Countryside appointed by west London council to build 300 homes at £125m redevelopment of leisure centre

Scheme to built at 1970s-built Gurnell leisure centre that closed during covid

Construction covid loan cheat gets six-year director ban

Suspended jail sentence and 200 hours unpaid work order

Construction boss busted for covid loans fraud

The director of a London construction company has admitted to fraudulent applications for £150,000-worth of Covid Bounce Back Loans.

PMI: Steepest downturn in output for five-and-a-half years

Pre-budget jitters hit UK construction activity like nothing since the covid pandemic.

Former Highways England director banned over Covid loan abuse

Anna Daroy received two maximum-value Bounce Back Loans for her management consultancy

Metroun - Are Labour Shortages Affecting The UK Construction Industry? 08022023

This animated video from Metroun looks at the labour shortage currently being experienced within the UK and the reasons behind why it is happening. They also look at some of the impacts and affects of the labour shortage.

Rider Levett Bucknall Tender Price Forecast UK, Q4 2021

RLB's end-of-year 2021 edition of the Tender Price Forecast summarises the dramatic experience of the last year and looks to how 2022 will be unwrapped. Much will depend on how the industry continues to deal with its resource-availability and cost concerns, as input costs remain the focus of attention, and contractors’ cost responses are clothed in uncertainty.

The Sunday Times - Canary Wharf office block sold & WFH, 12122021

A couple of articles from The Sunday Times which highlight the current (and potentially) long term influence of Working From Home on the commercial office sector and 'urban recovery': - Canary Wharf office block sold for knockdown price amid WFH fear; and - This capricious government can't level up without business This is an issue the Government should be considering as they finalise their "levelling up" White Paper

Building Magazine - Covid risks are being shunted down the supply chain, 13112020

Rudi Klein states "Subcontractors should beware of sneaky contractual clauses that force them to carry the bulk of all covid risk"

Beale & Co - Webinar: COVID-19 and Insurance Brokers E&O, 06052020

In this webinar Joe Bryant and Stephen Reilly of Beale & Co look at how unsuccessful claims for Business Interruption cover may rebound and result in negligence claims against insurance brokers and their PI insurers, and whether or not such claims are likely to be successful

How change in law is considering due to outburst of COVID and what is the interpretation pursuant to FIDIC where pandemic is neutral event