All Building articles in 13 June 2025 – Page 2
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NewsReeves announces £10bn for ‘financial investments’ to attract private funding into affordable housing
But day-to-day cuts see housing ministry hatching plans to simplify grant funding and roll out AI
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NewsWillmott Dixon says cladding repair bill on Tesco job has topped £50m
Executive chairman says contractors ‘remain fully in firing line for work now deemed non-compliant’
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NewsWSP to buy UK engineering consultant for £281m
Deal for Ricardo due to be wrapped up this autumn
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NewsCosts of getting capacity back up and running set to hit brickmaker’s profit
Ibstock says trading so far in 2025 has been ‘well above’ prior year
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CommentA week in the world of main contracting
Sluggish output data masks signs of some real ambition among some top tier contractors
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NewsGreen light for life sciences buildings at Wellcome campus near Cambridge
Work is first phase of 1.6 million sq ft expansion of pharma giant’s site at Hinxton
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NewsGovernment faces nine ‘major obstacles’ to delivering 1.5 million homes, says report
Radix Big Tent Housing Commission calls for the reclassification of affordable housing as infrastructure
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NewsAHMM behind plan for £100m mixed-use scheme in shadow of Birmingham HS2 station
Digbeth area of city becoming building hotspot triggered by arrival of new railway
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NewsReeves to announce £39bn Affordable Homes Programme and 10-year social housing rent settlement
Treasury also confirms CPI plus 1% annual rent rises and a consultation on convergence in a major win for the affordable housing sector
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NewsReeves reportedly drawing up plans for ‘housing bank’ and £25bn Affordable Homes Programme
Homes England to be redesignated as public finance institution to allow it to create financial assets and lower capital costs for developers
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NewsGrimshaw cuts three out of four domes from its £100m Eden Project Morecambe scheme
Scaled back plans to be submitted in September following project team changes
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NewsRolls-Royce team wins competition to build Small Modular Reactors
Winning consortium also includes Laing O’Rourke and Bam Nuttall
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NewsBellway says completions this year will now be higher than expected
Housebuilder adds reservation rates have begun to pick up
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NewsReds10 restructures with founder back in day-to-day charge
Current boss takes helm at sister firm Thrive-AI
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NewsStarmer announces AI tool to speed up planning system
Initiative to be rolled out nationally by spring next year
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CommentWe need more than warm words if we want to save the high street
The demand is there for a broader range of uses but the government has a vital role to play in revitalising our town and village centres, writes Richard Steer
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NewsFive things to watch out for in the spending review
Tomorrow’s announcement will have huge implications for housing and infrastructure, but defence and health commitments mean cuts will have to fall somewhere. Daniel Gayne reports
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FeaturesLearning from the land of opportunity: Could a US-style system of low income tax credits boost affordable housing in the UK?
The government is on the hunt for ways to fund affordable housing without increasing short-term public borrowing. A group of activists and researchers believes there is a solution in operation across the Atlantic. As part of Building’s Funding the Future sereis, Carl Brown finds out more
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NewsGovernment commits £14.2bn to Sizewell C ahead of spending review
Chancellor heralds ‘biggest nuclear building programme in generation’