Give Great British Nuclear the funding it needs to revive declining sector, industry boss warns March 10, 2023 Jeremy Hunt needs to provide more clarity over the funding of Great British Nuclear in the budget next week, says industry boss.
Campaigners win High Court bid to quash planning permission for Holocaust memorial outside Parliament April 8, 2022 Campaigners have won a High Court bid to quash planning permission for a national Holocaust memorial outside Parliament. The London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust is opposed to a new UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre being built in Victoria Tower Gardens, a small triangular Grade II-listed park next to Westminster Abbey and the Palace [...]
We need a new deal for affordable housing, empowering councils to join forces with private developers March 3, 2023 The current framework for building affordable housing is not working - the shortage is abysmal. We need a new deal between councils and private developers that puts affordability first, writes Jonathan Werran
HS2 costs rise £800m just weeks after construction starts October 14, 2020 The cost of controversial rail link HS2 has risen another £800m, the government has admitted, just six months after the project was newly approved. Ministers said that the extra costs were related to removing more asbestos than had been expected, as well as on developing the terminus at Euston station. The increases were revealed in [...]
Shell restarts LNG shipments from giant floating gas site April 12, 2022 Shell has restarted shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Prelude, its massive floating plant off the coast of Western Australia.
Government buys stake in Sizewell C and paves way for funding June 14, 2022 The government has made progress on its proposed funding scheme for nuclear power, with Sizewell C set for taxpayer backing.
Retailers fighting for every inch of warehouse space as e-commerce boom rapidly increases storage shortage January 10, 2022 A surge in demand for logistics sites in 2021 is increasingly leading to a shortage of warehouse space, according to new data. Experts at real estate advisory firm Colliers said the take-up for large industrial distribution warehouses increased to record annual levels. Around 50.7 million sq ft of large distribution warehouses were snapped up in [...]
Race for space: Store shortage hits retailers January 9, 2022 The UK is witnessing a shortage of supply of warehouse space after a surge in demand for logistics sites in 2021, according to new research. Experts at real estate advisory firm Colliers said the take-up for large industrial distribution warehouses increased to record annual levels. Around 50.7m sq ft of large distribution warehouses were snapped [...]
Canary Wharf skyscraper faces uncertain future as China cracks down on builders October 6, 2021 Many development projects in London are in limbo as Beijing is cracking down on overleveraged firms and casting a pall of uncertainty on their ability to bankroll their ventures. Greenland, a major Chinese real estate developer which rushed to London in post-recession boom along with many others, is reportedly struggling to finish ‘Spire’, which when [...]
Recovery in construction sector continues as activity builds to two-year high June 6, 2024 An upturn in commercial property helped push construction activity to its highest level in two years, a new survey shows.