Contractors working on large large-scale electricity projects can expect faster planning decisions after the government announced plans for new rules today.

Small and medium sized contractors claim a boost in work, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) said yesterday.

Galliford Try and Ellmer Construction, today said they have won a £34m refit contract from Marks and Spencer.

Carillion clients are finding hospital food a most agreeable experience, the company claimed.

Henderson Infrastructure upped the bidding for John Laing on Friday, after Allianz Infrastructure offered more than £950m for the company.

Leeds City Council has named Interserve-led consortium, Environments for Learning, proposed preferred bidder under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.

The British Aggregates Association (BAA), the organisation that represents those that work in the Quarry industry, has launched an appeal at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against the recent decision by the Court of First Instance (CFI) that the Aggregates Levy met the necessary legal tests for discriminatory taxation.

The latest figures released by the Department for Communities and Local Government show new housing starts and completions in England slowed down with starts down 9 per cent and completions down by 1 per cent up to the quarter ending September 2006. 

Gleeds yesterday said it has won an £18.5m contract to work with Capita Symonds, to build a science laboratory in Oxfordshire. The laboratory will become one of the leading research centres of its type worldwide.