Housebuilder Bovis Homes Group has today acquired Elite Homes Group from its existing directors and related trusts for a cash consideration of £25.7m.

At this years’ prestigious Builder and Engineer awards held last night at The Palace Hotel in Manchester, HBG Construction was awarded Main Contractor of the Year.

The chosen contractor for the £40m project to refurbish the northern section of the Blackwell tunnel in London is to be announced early next year.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned quarrying companies and stonemasons of the risk workers face of contracting the potentially fatal disease silicosis, if adequate measures to monitor and prevent exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) are not in place.

Thames Water has announced a £64m  new sewer scheme for West Ham, London.

The secretary of state Ed Balls and schools minister Jim Knight have announced £21.9 billion of capital investment allocations over the next three years to local authorities to raise standards with state-of-the-art classroom, arts, sports and ICT facilities.

SUEZ Group, through its subsidiary Elyo, has been selected as preferred bidder for the Energy Centre and Community Energy Networks for the Olympic Park and Stratford City development in east London.

The Association of British Insurers have slammed the Government's planned expenditure on the UK's flood defences as too little too late.And now its members, facing bills of up to £3 billion for this year's floods, may even withdrawn from insuring flood risk.