Construction
In Pictures: The 2019 HQR Summer Ball
Prime resi construction firms raise £110k for worthy causes as 650 guests descend on Park Lane for the annual charity bash
Britain’s oldest building firm goes under
R Durtnell & Sons has ceased trading after more than 400 years, having been in the same family since Elizabethan times
Watch: Knowles rolls out luxury ‘car cave’ division
One of London's top basement construction firms has launched a new arm specialising in luxury "car caves"
Northern Line trains on track for Nine Elms
Milestone for the first major Tube line extension since the late 1990s, as an engineering train travels the full length of the tunnels for the first time
£2.4m bill for royal renovation project
Latest set of royal accounts reveal how much it cost to redevelop Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, now home to the Duke & Duchess of Sussex, from five separate units into a ten-bed family home
London airspace developer secures £3m equity backing
BGF has agreed a further £3m investment into Apex Airspace, taking the specialist property developer's fundraising total to £22m in 2019
Industry task force looks to create a mandatory licensing scheme for all UK construction companies
The new Construction Licensing Task Force is chaired by Liz Peace CBE
Kier to sell housebuilding arm in ‘fundamental restructure’
Construction giant confirms that it 'has received a number of inbound expressions of interest' in its housebuilding division Kier Living
John Lewis merges Home Solutions with Opun ‘to create a truly differentiated home improvement offer’
Retailer merges John Lewis Home Solutions with home improvement management firm Opun, which it acquired last year
Government launches a consultation on new building safety regs
The DHCLG is looking for industry feedback on a proposed new building safety regulatory regime, which implements Dame Judith Hackitt's post-Grenfell recommendations
BREEAM rolls out green building standards to all residential properties
Widely-respected sustainable design certification will be available for all residential buildings from this Autumn
New connectivity rating scheme launches for UK homes
Office infrastructure rating scheme WiredScore launches residential certification, focusing on the British build-to-rent sector