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This story was written with AI assistance from Harmsworth Who is Harmsworth? Royal BAM Group has appointed Henri de Pater as its new chief financial officer following shareholder approval at the company's annual general meeting yesterday (8 May). De Pater most recently served as executive director of finance for the…

This story was written with AI assistance from Harmsworth Who is Harmsworth? Leicester City Council has launched a fresh search for a contractor to deliver a major overhaul of Leicester station after a previous tender failed to attract competitive interest. The authority is seeking bids for a redevelopment project aimed…

This story was written with AI assistance from Harmsworth Who is Harmsworth? SIG chief executive Gavin Slark has announced plans to leave the company at the end of the year to take up a senior role at Travis Perkins. Slark will continue to lead the building materials distributor through a…

This story was written with AI assistance from Harmsworth Who is Harmsworth? Kier has signed a contract with the Department for Education (DfE) to deliver a major redevelopment of East Coast College’s Great Yarmouth campus. The project, which will begin in May 2025, is part of the £1.5bn Further Education…

Nearly a third of Balfour Beatty’s shareholders rebelled against a pay package increase for chief finance officer Philip Harrison at the company's annual meeting this morning (8 May). The UK’s biggest contractor saw 70.25 per cent of its shareholders vote in favour of the 2024 remuneration report in the firm’s…

Bam’s parent company has enjoyed a profit boost in the first quarter (Q1) of the year, helped by a “significant improvement” in the performance of its UK construction arm. In a trading update this morning (8 May), Netherlands-based Royal Bam said Bam Construct was one of the “main drivers” for…

Construction firm failures in April decreased by almost a third compared with the previous month. This reversed a trend seen in February and March when administration figures soared, with the number of firms going under rising to 32 and 31 respectively. Data from Creditsafe shows that 21 firms entered administration…

The government has been warned that its plan to ditch the lower level of landfill tax for less-polluting materials risks hitting construction and demolition firms with an unsustainable increase in disposal costs. Treasury proposals to reform landfill tax would see the lower rate of £4.05 per tonne gradually increase until…

A trial over alleged fire safety breaches by four firms – including a Morgan Sindall subsidiary – following a huge blaze at a retirement village has collapsed after less than two days. Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) said it was withdrawing its case, which was being heard at Chester…

An employment tribunal has ordered a crane supplier to pay a former employee almost £30,000 for unfair dismissal after the crane he was operating collapsed. The crane operator, named as G Shields in a tribunal judgment released this week, was dismissed by Falcon Tower Crane Services after the jib collapsed…