Technology

Kier has been appointed to deliver a life sciences laboratory in London’s Hammersmith. The project – the value of which has not been disclosed – will create 121,000 square feet of laboratory and research space and involve the extension and reconfiguration of the existing four-storey building. The facade will be…

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to turn the UK into a clean-energy superpower – stating his ambition to establish a government-owned energy company within his first year in office. Addressing delegates at the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Sir Keir said he would work with current shadow…

The government has announced a three-month review of its net-zero strategy, barely a year after it was launched. Former energy minister Chris Skidmore will lead the “rapid review” of the government’s approach to delivering on net-zero targets, after being commissioned by business and energy secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg. The government published…

Investors have submitted outline plans for a £300m expansion of an automotive and low carbon engineering research and development (R&D) technology park in the Midlands. Developer and investor Evans Randall Investors has applied for permission from North Warwickshire Borough Council to develop MIRA Technology Park (MTP) in Nuneaton. The proposed…

From an energy crisis to a major European land war and ongoing Brexit issues, prime minister Liz Truss’s inbox is busier than almost any incoming PM's in recent memory.  However, with a mandate from the public based on a promise to “level up” the country, will Truss commit to the…

ISG is committed to delivering Britishvolt's £3bn gigafactory despite recent disruptions, a senior level executive at the contractor has confirmed. Last month, the tech start-up's co-founder Orral Nadjari revealed that rising energy costs had pushed back the expected completion date of the Northumberland project to mid-2025. The factory's main facility,…

The insulation and solar power arm of the UK's largest roofing specialist, which entered administration last week, has been acquired by a private investor – saving all 100 jobs in the division. Avonside Energy was one of the 39 divisions which fell into administration last week when the wider Avonside…

The government has been warned that delays in commissioning the first tranche of mini nuclear reactors risk undermining action to tackle the energy crisis.Plans to develop five small modular reactors (SMRs) by Rolls-Royce, each generating enough power for a million homes, had been hindered by red tape within the Treasury,…

Tunnel-boring work on Transport for London’s controversial Silvertown tunnel has begun. Work on the cross-river tunnel, which will stretch 1.4km, connecting Newham and Greenwich Peninsula in the east of the capital, is being carried out by the Riverlinx Consortium. The group features Bam PPP PGGM, which is a partnership between…

Boris Johnson has committed to investing £700m in major nuclear project Sizewell C, saying it would be “absolute madness” not to build the plant in light of soaring energy costs. In his final major speech before leaving office, the prime minister said he was confident that the nuclear plant on…