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The government has confirmed that it plans to go ahead with the creation of a central consultancy hub. How should it work? Iain Greenwood explores the...

UK Infrastructure Bank opens for business UK businesses and communities will have billions of pounds available from today (17 June) as Chancellor Rishi Sunak opens the new UK Infrastructure Bank to support local growth and tackle climate change. From: 17 June 2021 Launched today at its headquarters in Leeds, the UK Infrastructure Bank will be tasked with accelerating investment into ambitious infrastructure projects, cutting emissions and levelling up every part of the UK. First announced ...

SOLOMON HUGHES reports on the revolving door from the British army to defence corporations like General Dynamics, whose latest £3.5bn vehicle is an unusable clunker

Supported by the government’s Infrastructure Projects Authority (IPA), the Industry transformation and innovation champion category will recognise project

A £5.5 billion programme to deliver 589 light tanks to the army appears to be “unachievable”, a leaked government report discloses.The project is facing “major issues” that limit the amount of time

The Army has ordered 589 Ajax vehicles, but a leaked report details numerous problems with them.

A leaked government report on the Army's Ajax Armoured Vehicle Programme identified major design flaws in vehicles. It says delivering the programme on time and to budget is "unachievable".

By Tom Lowe2021-05-28T08:54:00+01:00 Transport secretary Grant Shapps quashes fears that north-eastern section of line could be scrapped HS2’s northern leg to Leeds will go ahead and could be built “dramatically” ahead of schedule, the government has said. Transport secretary Grant Shapps allayed doubts about the line to Leeds yesterday and said the section of the £106bn line from Birmingham to the North-east could even be brought forward by “building it in a smarter way”. Work on ...

HIGHLANDS and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL) has again been forced to defend its plans to centralise air traffic control after a new report brought fresh doubts over the controversial project. A report from Digital Scotland said there are “major risks” apparent in a number of...

Panellists in a recent Construction News webinar, sponsored by Deltek, assessed how the industry can continue to drive the wave of digital transformation triggered by the trials of the virus crisis “As an industry we’ve learned that, under pressure, we can actually adapt very quickly,” according to Craig Finn, head of preconstruction at Henry Boot Construction and part of a panel assembled for a Construction News webinar focusing on digital transformation in the wake of the pandemic. �...