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Kier and Wates mull new supply chain payment systems

2013-09-13T06:00:00Z

Both Kier and Wates are considering introducing a ‘reverse factoring’ payment facility for subcontractors

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Balfour Beatty wins £40m helicopter base contract

2013-09-12T16:46:00Z

Balfour Beatty has won a £40m job to build support facilities for Bristow Helicopters’ search and rescue service

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Kier cuts 200 jobs as it finalises restructure

2013-09-12T13:24:00Z

Exclusive: Contractor confirms £12m restructure in construction business led to closure of four offices and 200 redundancies

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Losses deepen at Miller Construction

2013-09-12T10:33:00Z

Miller’s construction business has reported a deepening pre-tax loss of £2.4m over the first half of the year

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Kier's profit tumbles as firm slims down

2013-09-12T08:33:00Z

Kier reported 32% fall in profit after slimming down its business but says its now well positioned for growth

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Heavyweight firms vie for prestigious London job

2013-09-12T06:00:00Z

Exclusive: Three contractors invited to bid for Land Securities’ £90m 1 New Street Square job

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Labour calls for government to 'blacklist blacklisters'

2013-09-12T06:00:00Z

Labour Party says ministers should follow Welsh government action on excluding firms from public sector contracts

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Wales looks to bar blacklist firms from public work

2013-09-11T07:42:00Z

Welsh government tells 103 public bodies to exclude unrepentent firms with history of the practice

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ISG mulls reverse factoring payment system

2013-09-10T13:27:00Z

Contractor the latest to consider controversial system but pledges to stick to 45-60 day payment terms

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MPs reiterate concern over Carillion's payment terms

2013-09-10T08:46:00Z

Critics restate their opposition despite survey by Carillion of its supply chain that showed subcontractors approved of 120-day system

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Main contractors failing on prompt payment

2013-09-09T11:51:00Z

Survey finds subcontractors rarely paid within 30 days on government jobs

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Galliford Try wins £35m prison job

2013-09-09T09:39:00Z

Galliford Try has won a £35m job to build the second phase of a young offenders prison in Bridgend, South Wales

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Stamping out cowboy builders

2013-09-09T09:07:00Z

We need enforceable standards to protect both domestic builders and consumers

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Laing O'Rourke's European profit plummets

2013-09-06T11:05:00Z

Firm posts 46% drop in profit in Europe, but Australian business bounces back into the black after two years of losses

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University departments need our help with research

2013-09-06T06:00:00Z

Funding cuts mean construction companies should reach out to their local university

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Recovery is a dangerous time

2013-09-06T06:00:00Z

At last there are glimmers of hope for the economy but many pitfalls lie ahead for building firms

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Fit-out delays push Shard hotel launch back ‘to 2014’

2013-09-06T06:00:00Z

Exclusive: Luxury hotel ‘unlikely’ to open fully this year as contractor after Sisk is replaced on £40m fit-out project

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Cambridge university seeks contractors for £1bn scheme

2013-09-05T09:47:00Z

Main contractors sought for first phase of Aecom-masterplanned North West Cambridge urban extension

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Skanska closes housing development business

2013-09-05T08:00:00Z

Contractor ditches ambition to become one of the UK’s top housebuilders as it closes Homes by Skanska business in the UK

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Miller site fire fuelled by rubber materials

2013-09-05T06:00:00Z

Devastating blaze at police firearms training centre in Portishead began more than a week ago