Speedy Hire, the UK's largest provider of tools and equipment for hire, has announced today it has signed a three year extension to its existing preferred supplier agreement with Carillion.

Radical changes to public sector construction will lead to up to 20 per cent fall in costs of building schools, hospitals and roads

The order books of specialist contractors in the construction sector are continuing to shrink according to the latest National Specialist Contractors’ Council State of Trade Survey.

Despite a decline in output and a slow-down of growth in construction sector activity, construction companies’ confidence about the future has strengthened markedly to reach an eight-month high, according to a new survey of the sector.

The Environment Agency has gone out to tender with a waterway construction contract.worth up to £40 million.

Leading audit firm PwC  says that with the number of construction insolvencies likely to increase in 2012, major contractors must take a pro-active approach to managing risk in their supply chain.