Market moves, contract awards and hiring signals across UK construction, and what each one means for your career.
Farrans has been appointed to build new skylink walkways at Stansted Airport, the first visible construction package in the airport's £1.1bn terminal expansion. Offsite fabrication and night-time logistics make it a technically distinctive job worth watching.
Northamptonshire civils and groundworks firm Agetur has gone into administration owing more than £2m to trade creditors, with all staff made redundant overnight. It's a reminder of how thin the margin still is for housebuilders' civils supply chain.
After an eight-year planning and legal saga, Wring Group has begun demolition at Bristol's Ashton Gate sporting quarter, clearing the way for a new arena, 125 homes and a hotel. It's the kind of long-gestating regeneration scheme that quietly rebuilds a regional workforce.
HS2 has renegotiated its main civils contracts with the EKFB and Align joint ventures, replacing the cost-plus model blamed for years of budget overruns with one that rewards efficient delivery.
Construction News data shows a record 32 firms went under in July, including Leeds contractor Torsion Construction, even as survey data suggests the wider downturn is easing.
Graham and its partners have reached financial close on a £530m redevelopment of the University of Manchester's Fallowfield campus, the world's largest single-phase Passivhaus student housing scheme. For the North West's construction market, it is a four-year commitment to MMC and low-carbon skills.
The S&P Global UK Construction PMI hit its highest reading in four months in July, with commercial work leading a broader stabilisation. But the employment numbers tell a more cautious story, one that matters more to jobseekers than the headline.
Yorkshire Water has launched early market engagement for a ten year infrastructure framework running from 2028 to 2038, worth around £330m a year. For water sector professionals, this is the long-term pipeline signal worth paying attention to.
The Court of Appeal has thrown out the last legal challenge to Gatwick's second runway. That puts a £2.2bn airport programme, and years of recruitment demand in the South East, firmly on the runway.
The Chorley engineering specialist has restored profit and record revenue on the back of Network Rail's CP7 programme. Here is what the turnaround signals for rail careers in the North.
The Lloyds Business Barometer shows construction confidence at its highest level in more than a year, with 65% of firms planning to take on staff. That number should catch the eye of anyone hiring or thinking about a move.
Here are the stories that caught my attention this week.
Morning all. A genuinely busy week for people moves, and a couple of them tell you more about where the market’s heading than any trading update will.