4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (364+ words) 09 Sep 2026 By Joshua Stein Administrators for collapsed FK Group Ltd have reported that the firm is liable under an £8.3m cross-guarantee relating to two of its subsidiaries. In their first progress report to creditors, David Hopkins and Paul Stanley of BTG…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (493+ words) 03 Sep 2026 By CN Contributor: Jenny Eagle A builder has been jailed for 32 months after admitting fraud offences that left customers across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire more than £136,000 out of pocket. Sean Patrick Gartland, 54, of Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire, was sentenced at…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (330+ words) 02 Sep 2026 By Joshua Stein Morris & Spottiswood has received a prohibition notice for failing to carry out “suitable and sufficient” asbestos surveys at a construction site, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said. The regulator served the contractor with the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (809+ words) 02 Sep 2026 By Greg Pitcher It took Andy Burnham decades to become prime minister. Then it took just 10 days to start deliberately diluting the role. The former health secretary and mayor of Greater Manchester took the reins of the UK on…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (859+ words) 25 Aug 2026 By Joshua Stein Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick is being sued for an estimated £9.6m remediation bill over alleged external wall defects at a student accommodation site in Bradford. Its parent company Balfour Beatty plc is also the target of a separate…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (689+ words) 24 Aug 2026 By Ian Weinfass A self-employed 73-year-old suffered age discrimination after a mechanical and electrical firm declared him physically incapable of taking a job without telling him he was being assessed, a tribunal has ruled. HCM Electrical Ltd discriminated against…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (466+ words) 21 Aug 2026 By Ian Weinfass Subcontractors look set to lose out on £5m after the administration of Ardmore Construction Group Ltd. The £344m-turnover company went into administration in June after losing a judgment that it was liable to pay £14.9m to Crest Nicholson…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (482+ words) 21 Aug 2026 By Ian Weinfass The directors of a collapsed construction cladding firm have been asked to repay more than £600,000 following an investigation into transactions made before its collapse. M Price Group Ltd’s two directors have been sent a solicitors’ letter…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (335+ words) 19 Aug 2026 By Harmsworth Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has secured a £46.5m contract to deliver infrastructure for the £100m Carno III Wind Farm in Powys. The client, Carno 3 LLP (a joint venture between Amegni Renewables and Gresham House) appointed the Ruthin-based firm…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (315+ words) 18 Aug 2026 By Harmsworth SCAPE has unveiled plans for an £8.5bn construction framework covering defence sites and other complex environments across the UK – its first ever foray into the sector. The public-sector procurement provider said the Defence and Complex Environments Framework would…...