Formal planning permission has been granted for the Olympic Delivery Authority to construct the venues for the London 2012 Games and create Europe’s largest urban park in 150 years.

Ashtead, the equipment hire specialist, has posted strong results for its first quarter to July 2007.

Property Developers Urban Splash will begin work on the first phase of the redevelopment of Sheffield’s Park Hill estate, after the City Council gave planning permission.

Galliford Try has won preferred bidder status for English Partnerships' planned redevelopment of the former Graylingwell hospital site on the outskirts of Chichester, West Sussex.

The short-list for the prestigious RIAS Andrew Doolan Award 2007 has been announced.

UCATT members working in the craft and maintenance divisions of the NHS have voted narrowly in favour of accepting the Government’s revised pay offer, which works out at roughly 2.6%.

Housing and Planning minister Yvette Cooper yesterday called on developers to refocus their efforts to deliver the eco homes of the future as Communities and Local Government published revised guidance to help the construction industry respond to the challenge of meeting the zero carbon homes target.

The UK’s biggest building show will now happen every year.