Monthly Archives: January, 2026

The Communities and Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC) has launched procurement for a building materials supply framework worth up to £1.94bn. Running from May 2026 to April 2034, the eight-year framework will cover the supply and delivery of materials including plumbing, electrical, retrofitting, ironmongery, glazing, roofing, timber and flooring. Painting and decorating materials, managed stores, tools

Balfour Beatty is on track to boost its revenue and operational profit in 2025, it has announced. In a trading update this morning (4 December), the UK’s largest contractor said it expected its turnover ─ including revenue from joint ventures ─ to be more than 5 per cent higher than the £10bn it achieved in

The construction sector extended its long period of decline in November, according to the latest purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data. The S&P Global index registered 39.4 in the month, down from 44.1 in October. A number below 50 shows industry activity is shrinking. November’s figure was the lowest recorded since May 2020, when almost all

Gary Ennis Gary Ennis has been appointed chief executive of Untypical, the company that combines Hopkins Homes and Tilia Homes.  Guy Hands, founder of Terra Firma Capital Partners, bought Tilia Homes (when it was called Kier Living) from Kier in May 2021 and Hopkins Homes from James Hopkins in January 2022. In October 2024 he

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Jerry Aliberti is principal of Thornwood, New York-based Pro-Accel, a construction consultancy focused on accelerating business growth. Opinions are the author’s own. You started your construction company because you love building things. You were good at it. Maybe great at it. You could

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Catholic Health opened a new patient care pavilion today at its Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, New York.  The $500 million project features an emergency department with 75 treatment bays, dedicated spaces for adult and pediatric patients, a secure holding area

If the UK papers are to be believed, the biggest upside of Rachel Reeves’ latest budget is that Keir Starmer is safe from a leadership challenge… until May. Tough business, this. But the public is not wrong to be disappointed by this government’s crushing orthodoxy. Is this the brightest future we can imagine? “So much

Credit: Freer / Shutterstock Spotlight Sports Group expects US watershed moment from World Cup Ted Orme-Claye December 4, 2025 Europe, Football, Latest News, North America, Sport, Sportsbook, UK The FIFA World Cup is still seven months away but any business with a stake in the game, and with common sense, will already be undertaking extensive