Close Brothers funds Leics homes

Close Borthers Property Finance has financed the fourth phase of Mulberry Homes' Kingsbury Park development, which has a gross development value of £120m.

Builders merchants' sales drift down in April

The latest Builders Merchants Building Index shows like-for-like value sales down 0.6% in April 2026 from the same month in 2025. Volume sales were down 3.5% with prices up 3%.

Berkeley Group calls for ‘strong political leadership’ as profits dip

Chief executive Rob Perrins said the group would focus on maximising long-term shareholder value by “optimising our existing land holdings”. The post Berkeley Group calls for ‘strong political leadership’ as profits dip appeared first on Property Week.

SEGRO rebuffs £12.6bn Prologis takeover approach

The unsolicited proposal represented a value of 925p per SEGRO share and comprised 0.084 new Prologis shares for each SEGRO share. The post SEGRO rebuffs £12.6bn Prologis takeover approach appeared first on Property Week.

Ramboll picked for £3.5bn framework

Ramboll has been appointed to the UK government's Construction Professional Services 2 (CPS 2) framework, which has an estimated total value of £3.5bn.

The Value of Platforms in Construction

An essential 2024 guide by Mott MacDonald for anyone interested in design, productivity and skills challenges in the construction industry

Constructacademy - Cost Value Reconciliation, The Definitive Guide to CVRs, 20032021

This video explains the basics of a CVR, why they're useful and more importantly how to prepare one. This is the most requested topic from Constructacademy viewers and Richard Wimbush gives a comprehensive explanation of the CVR process. CVRs are an important tool in construction reporting but they are often misunderstood. This can be as a result of the CVR template being too complicated or poorly interpreted. If you want to know how to compile a CVR then look no further than this video

An Introduction to the value toolkit - Published by Construction Innovation Hub

Many projects fail to realise their intended value. Even for projects that are delivered on time and on budget, the anticipated benefits do not always materialise. Why is this?This is why the Construction Innovation Hub is setting out the new Value Toolkit – a suite of tools that will drive faster, better decision making to deliver measurable value improvement. This document provides an introduction to the Value Toolkit – what it is, what it will deliver and how it will be used.

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