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Collapsed Kent-based construction group ‘may have’ used investor cash to hide losses
06 May 2022
Collapsed Kent-based construction and property firm JVIP Group has been accused of…
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Judge rules FM Conway is liable for defective Twickenham work
04 May 2022
FM Conway and engineering consultant Clark Smith Partnership (CSP) are liable for…
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Dozens of firms ‘unwittingly’ paid for slave labour in London and South East
03 May 2022
At least 33 companies ‘unwittingly’ paid an organised criminal gang that placed…
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Building Safety Bill: how it will affect the construction sector
28 Apr 2022
Running to a full 262 pages and packing in safeguards for leaseholders…
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Contractors urged to improve strategies to tackle modern slavery
25 Apr 2022
Construction contractors are among those who must improve their approach to tackling…
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Roofer hit with strict restrictions after gambling away his COVID loan
21 Apr 2022
A roofer who gambled away a COVID support loan he secured using…
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Workers on Multiplex’s troubled One Nine Elms site fined for lockdown party
21 Apr 2022
Construction workers at a troubled construction site in London have been fined…
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Construction chief guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence
19 Apr 2022
A construction boss has been found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence…
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Crime family faces prison after human trafficking of construction workers
19 Apr 2022
Four members of an organised-crime family in London have been sentenced to…
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Construction recruitment director banned for six years over accounting lapse
19 Apr 2022
The director of a recruitment agency specialising in the construction sector has…
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Unite HQ raided as police probe hotel construction costs
08 Apr 2022
Unite the Union’s headquarters in London were raided by police this week…
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Revealed: the 24 construction firms that went into administration in March
07 Apr 2022
Twenty-four construction-related businesses went into administration in March, Construction News can reveal.…
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Liverpool contractor placed in liquidation
06 Apr 2022
Liverpool-based contractor Crossfield Construction has been placed in liquidation. The construction arm…
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CECA adjusts day rates after red-diesel ban
01 Apr 2022
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has said that the cancellation of…
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COVID-19 site-working guidance dropped
01 Apr 2022
The return to normality on construction sites has taken a big step…
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The six law changes contractors must know about this month
01 Apr 2022
A raft of legislative and policy changes kick in over the next…
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Welsh firm fined for dumping almost 3,000 tonnes of construction waste on common
25 Mar 2022
A Welsh plant-hire company has been fined £13,000 for the illegal disposal…
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Police Scotland creates online platform to tackle site thefts
23 Mar 2022
Police Scotland has launched a neighbourhood watch-style online platform to notify firms…
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Suspended sentence for director after incident causes life-changing injuries
02 Mar 2022
A director at West Yorkshire-based firm J Murphy Aggregates and an excavator…
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Defunct Cleveland Bridge fined £1.5m for electrician death
01 Mar 2022
Failed contractor Cleveland Bridge has been fined £1.5m after an electrician fell…