What are the UK's top construction firms? Read the CN100 list and news https://www.constructionnews.co.uk Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:38:43 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png What are the UK's top construction firms? Read the CN100 list and news https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Manchester Town Hall costs soar by £100m https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/delays-push-lendlease-town-hall-costs-up-by-100m-31-10-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/delays-push-lendlease-town-hall-costs-up-by-100m-31-10-2024/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:45:24 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=508306 The costs of a landmark Lendlease project in Manchester have spiralled by nearly £100m amid “hyperinflation”, dozens of subcontractor claims and unexpected nesting falcons. Lendlease’s mammoth restoration of the Grade II* listed Manchester Town Hall was originally due to complete by June this year. In…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/delays-push-lendlease-town-hall-costs-up-by-100m-31-10-2024/feed/ 0 Wates targets London commercial fit-out market with new division https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/wates/wates-targets-london-commercial-fit-out-market-with-new-division-31-10-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/wates/wates-targets-london-commercial-fit-out-market-with-new-division-31-10-2024/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:24:07 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=508718 Tier one contractor Wates is setting up a new fit-out business headed by the former managing director of ISG Fit Out. Lee Phillips, ex-managing director of ISG Fit Out, will build and lead a team focusing on the London commercial fit-out and refurbishment market, Wates…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/wates/wates-targets-london-commercial-fit-out-market-with-new-division-31-10-2024/feed/ 0 Balfour Beatty boss welcomes Budget infrastructure boost https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/balfour-beatty-boss-welcomes-budget-infrastructure-boost-31-10-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/balfour-beatty-boss-welcomes-budget-infrastructure-boost-31-10-2024/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:16:50 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=508701 Leo Quinn, the boss with the biggest wage bill in construction, has given a cautious welcome to the Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves yesterday (30 October) announced a 1.2 percentage point rise in employers’ national insurance (NI) contributions and lowered the threshold at which employers start…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/balfour-beatty-boss-welcomes-budget-infrastructure-boost-31-10-2024/feed/ 0 Morgan Sindall chief’s wife sells more shares https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/morgan-sindall/morgan-sindall-chiefs-wife-sells-more-shares-30-10-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/morgan-sindall/morgan-sindall-chiefs-wife-sells-more-shares-30-10-2024/#respond Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:20:14 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=508603 The wife of Morgan Sindall chief executive John Morgan has sold almost £450,000 of shares in the company. Rosalind Morgan disposed of 11,543 ordinary shares at £38.90 apiece on 24 October as a “person closely associated with John Morgan”, the tier one contractor stated today…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/morgan-sindall/morgan-sindall-chiefs-wife-sells-more-shares-30-10-2024/feed/ 0 Vinci Construction to acquire FM Conway https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/vinci/vinci-construction-to-acquire-fm-conway-30-10-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/vinci/vinci-construction-to-acquire-fm-conway-30-10-2024/#respond Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:29:52 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=508578 Vinci Construction is to acquire infrastructure services business FM Conway, one of the biggest family-owned firms in the construction industry. Highways specialist FM Conway will be bought for an undisclosed sum after it signed a share purchase agreement with Vinci’s UK construction business this week.…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/vinci/vinci-construction-to-acquire-fm-conway-30-10-2024/feed/ 0 Morgan Sindall replaced on hotel job after costs rise https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/morgan-sindall-replaced-on-hotel-job-after-cost-rise-29-10-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/morgan-sindall-replaced-on-hotel-job-after-cost-rise-29-10-2024/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:54:51 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=508542 Plans to redevelop the historic George Hotel in Huddersfield are set to go ahead despite the cost of the project spiralling by almost 50 per cent over the past two years. The restoration of the Grade II-listed building, known as the birthplace of rugby league,…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/morgan-sindall-replaced-on-hotel-job-after-cost-rise-29-10-2024/feed/ 0 Fit out arm adds £111m to ISG supply chain debt https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/isg/isg-supply-chain-hit-tops-300m-28-10-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/isg/isg-supply-chain-hit-tops-300m-28-10-2024/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:42:43 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=508458 Administrators have estimated ISG's fit out business owes £111.4m to the supply chain, bringing the total across the firm to more than £301m. Companies House today (28 October) published a statement of affairs relating to ISG Fit Out Ltd – the final of the six…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/isg/isg-supply-chain-hit-tops-300m-28-10-2024/feed/ 0 Kier scoops £100m Royal Navy helicopter base revamp https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/kier/kier-scoops-100m-royal-navy-helicopter-base-revamp-28-10-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/kier/kier-scoops-100m-royal-navy-helicopter-base-revamp-28-10-2024/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:17:56 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=508437 Kier Construction has landed a £99.5m job to develop a new helicopter base for the Royal Navy. The four-year project involves revamping Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose in Cornwall, including the replacement of the Engineering Training School (ETS) at the site. The ETS mainly…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/kier/kier-scoops-100m-royal-navy-helicopter-base-revamp-28-10-2024/feed/ 0 ISG: replacement contractor named on leisure centre https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/isg-replacement-contractor-named-on-leisure-centre-23-10-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/isg-replacement-contractor-named-on-leisure-centre-23-10-2024/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2024 07:38:18 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=508214 A replacement has been named on a part-completed leisure centre where ISG had been main contractor. North East Derbyshire Council announced this week that its development partner Alliance Leisure had appointed Nottingham-headquartered Universal Civils & Build to finish the Clay Cross Active scheme in Chesterfield.…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/isg-replacement-contractor-named-on-leisure-centre-23-10-2024/feed/ 0 Morgan Sindall profit to beat expectations https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/morgan-sindall-profit-to-beat-expectations-22-10-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/morgan-sindall-profit-to-beat-expectations-22-10-2024/#respond Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:30:19 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=508201 Profit at Morgan Sindall is set to exceed expectations due to the strength of its fit-out and partnership housing arms. In a trading update released on Tuesday morning (22 October), the contractor said profit at its fit-out arm Overbury had strengthened significantly due to exceptional…

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