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A London council has changed its procurement methods and will make more of preconstruction services agreement (PCSA) methods after pausing the third phase of a housing programme due to financial pressures. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has delivered 168 homes under its £139.3m new homes programme, with another 94 still under construction. But

A London council is pursuing McLaren Construction over what it says is a failure to meet compliance issues at a major new-build development. The contractor delivered the £85m mixed-use 12 Thames Road development in Barking for the local authority’s Be First regeneration arm. The scheme features 156 homes across four connected high-rise blocks, plus 17

A private network for founders and executives, limited to 1,000 members The Next Web today announces the launch of TNW Council, a private membership community created for founders and executives leading technology companies. The Council is limited to 1,000 members globally. Each member is selected through an application and review process. The Council is designed

​By Barth Ndubuwah, Port-Harcourt ​Following intelligence reports citing unauthorized police interference as a primary driver of port congestion, the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) and the Nigeria Maritime Police Command have launched a collaborative effort to sanitize port operations. ​The move comes as investigations revealed a disturbing disparity in cargo clearance times...

A United Nations Security Council delegation on Saturday urged all parties to uphold a year-old ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, expressing support for a state weapons monopoly at the end of a Lebanon visit.A November 2024 ceasefire was supposed to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah militants...

Residents in Wallingford have been warned about Union Flags. (Image: Unsplash) This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. An Oxfordshire council has issued a warning to residents

Wirral Council has launched a £1.2bn framework for public sector construction, infrastructure and demolition work across the North West. The four-year procurement, being run in partnership with Procure Partnerships Framework, is the third generation of the North West Contractor Framework and follows a market engagement session earlier this summer. Contractors are now invited to submit

Basildon Borough Council is set to end its relationship with Morgan Sindall as the contractor’s housing maintenance work “has not been good enough”. The Essex authority threatened to terminate Morgan Sindall’s lucrative contract in February, with council leader Gavin Callaghan criticising the “diabolical state” of housing repairs.  Morgan Sindall Property Services was appointed to repair