Mercury Tower

Malta’s location at the midpoint of the Mediterranean has made the island a centre of trade and tourism. Welcoming almost 2.5 million international tourists last year with the number of visitors growing by almost 10% annually, Malta’s hospitality industry employs... View Article

CIBSE launches a transformational technical symposium

Highlighting its agenda of change, The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) has announced the theme for its ninth annual Symposium as: Transforming Built Environments.  With this announcement, CIBSE is calling for participation and the submission of contributions for... View Article

Green Belt ‘being eroded at an alarming rate’

The Green Belt remains under severe pressure, despite government commitments to its protection, according to a new report from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). CPRE’s annual State of the Green Belt report highlights that there are currently 460,000 homes... View Article

Engineering services trade bodies respond to Government Sector Deal

The Government’s newly announced Construction Sector Deal has been broadly backed by ECA, the electrotechnical and engineering services trade body, and the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). Both bodies support the focus on more highly skilled apprenticeships, digital processes, and... View Article

Expert advice at the ExCeL

The London Homebuilding & Renovating Show returns to London in September, with essential advice on hand to help visitors build their dream property. According to the UK Land Registry, most of the publicly owned land available for new homes will... View Article

Elmhurst Energy welcomes Government call for evidence on EPCs

Elmhurst Energy, the energy performance assessment specialist has welcomed the Government’s latest call for evidence on better uses of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and is encouraging its members to respond. As requested in Elmhurst Energy’s 2018 Manifesto for Change the call for... View Article

Fastest rise in construction output since May 2017

UK construction companies achieved a stronger expansion of business activity levels during July, underpinned by the fastest increase in residential work for just over two-and-a-half years. The latest survey also indicated that new business growth gained momentum, which contributed to... View Article

SDLT receipts down by almost £1/3 billion: LCP Report

LCP has analysed HMRC’s Quarterly Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) Statistics for Q2 2018 released this week. In conjunction with the Quarterly Land Transaction Tax Statistical Release from the Welsh Revenue Authority, this reveals: Tax receipts in Q2 2018 are down 13.8%... View Article

IKO PLC appoints new group managing director

Global roofing, waterproofing and insulation manufacturer IKO PLC has appointed Anthony Carlyle as its new Group Managing Director. Anthony moves from his position as MD of IKO Polymeric where he has spent more than 13 years, having started the division... View Article

Open to ideas

A project in south west London saw a firm of architects tackle a difficult commission to extend a listed former coach house, resulting in a dramatically open new addition. The owners of a terraced house in leafy Barnes, in the... View Article

Housing & Care 21 is as good as gold

Housing & Care 21, a not-for-profit provider of retirement housing and care services for older people, has been awarded gold accreditation against the Investors in People Standard, demonstrating its commitment to high performance through good people management. The organisation currently has... View Article