Rescue for ISG arm | New orders fall 22% | Reeves loses plant hire sector

Rescue for ISG arm | New orders fall 22% | Reeves loses plant hire sector


UK Construction News


Morris & Spottiswood saves ISG Cathedralv

Morris & Spottiswood has acquired part of the collapsed ISG group.


New orders drop 22% in third quarter

Latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics put third quarter construction output growth in Great Britain at 0.8% but new orders are down 22%.


Trade earnings reach new high

Construction labour rates hit a new high last month, reaching £1,048 per week for self-employed tradespeople, according to Hudson Contract.


Civil Procedure Rules: the suitability issue

Ridgemont solicitor Tim Seal reports on the proper approach to be taken when considering a CPR Part 8 claim


Labour pains: Reeves’ first budget

Bishop & Taylor are joined by Dr David Crosthwaite, chief economist of the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS), to discuss chancellor Rachel Reeve’s autumn 2024 budget statement. Suffice to day, the doctor is unimpressed with her remedies.


Contract News


Graham wins £10m school revamp

John Graham Construction has started work on a £10m project to modernise an Edinburgh primary school.


Northwest consortium plans £500m social house-building framework

A northwest consortium is putting together a social housebuilding framework worth up to half a billion pounds.


Plant & equipment news


Government loses the plant hire sector

Diggers could soon be joining tractors demonstrating in Parliament Square, judging by growing anger and despair across the plant hire world.



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