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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

World Gold Council launches digital gold initiative with Linklaters, Hilltop Walk

Birmingham City Council has approved plans for the redevelopment of Aston Villa Football Club’s North Stand at Villa Park, paving the way for a significant expansion of the stadium’s capacity ahead of Euro 2028. The scheme will increase capacity by 5,926 seats, taking the ground’s total to around 48,800, according to council planning committee minutes

An insulation firm has had its ban lifted by the council in charge of Grenfell Tower, after it launched judicial review proceedings. Siderise Insulation, which manufactured some of the cavity barriers used on Grenfell’s refurbishment in 2015-16, was banned from future work in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) in December last year.

Bristol City Council has awarded a £288m highways and civils framework covering a four-year programme of road improvement and infrastructure work. The Highways Asset Management and Civils Framework, which will run from October 2025 to September 2029, is divided into 10 lots. These cover a range of services from surfacing and structural maintenance to traffic

A council and Galliford Try have ended their contractual relationship on a controversial scheme aimed at improving one of the North of England’s most popular tourist towns. The tier one contractor was working on the design development stage of the Harrogate Station Gateway Project as part of a two-stage contract with North Yorkshire Council. However

By Rory Butler A second council has suspended building control applications due to a serious shortage of qualified staff, it has emerged. City of York Council’s building control department has placed a warning on its website that building inspections are currently unavailable, citing a significant backlog of work and serious staff shortages. “We’re sorry, due

The fallout from ISG’s collapse last year led to a six-month delay to a project in Manchester and cost the council £3m, Construction News can reveal. Manchester City Council was forced to redo some of ISG’s work on the affected project – believed to be the £16m Orchard House Secondary School – following “winter weather”