City construction site.

Over a hundred sites across England have come forward to be considered for the next generation of towns, with hundreds of thousands of working people set to benefit from the investment.

Business handshake.

The East Airdrie Link Road project will link together Newhouse and Stand/Riggend, opening up a wider transport network in the Airdrie area, and will improve journey times, transport reliability, and connections across West Scotland.

Digital cityscape.

The government has opened its bidding for its AI Growth Zones, letting local and regional authorities nationwide put themselves forward to become dedicated regions for AI infrastructure development.

Miniature model houses.

The chancellor has announced her plans to accelerate housing building and reform through building 1.5 million new homes over five years and 150 infrastructure projects by the end of parliament.

Model house and construction hat.

A £62 million regeneration package is set to deliver a wide range of uplift for local communities, as set forth in the draft Scottish Budget for 2025-26.

The government has announced measures intended to unblock infrastructure projects, whilst at the same time supporting nature recovery.

York train station

A new announcement by the government has meant that excessive rules on building infrastructure will be overhauled, leading to nuclear plants, trainlines and wind farms to be built much quicker.

A row of terraced housing in Cardiff

Tai ar y Cyd, a group of 23 Welsh social landlords, have developed a pattern book that aims to help making building houses in Wales more sustainable, energy efficient, and cost effective, which is to be fully unveiled on 15th January at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Swansea campus.

Model wooden house with bricks.

One week after the announcement of the prime minister’s new Plans for Change, councils have been told they must meet a new target of building 370,000 per year in the mission to build 1.5 million new homes for Britain over the next five years.

Model house

As part of the government’s Plan for Change, deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has set out new plans to speed up the planning process by giving greater decision-making powers for planners to speed up the approval process.

Man in PPE inspecting a building.

Hundreds of council building inspections will be carried out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to check councils are managing the risk of asbestos properly.

Two construction workers work on the roof of a partially-built house.

A £140 million industry investment to get Britain building again has been launched, starting with 5,000 more construction apprenticeship places being made available.

Event Diary

Returning to the NAEC Stoneleigh in Warwickshire from 24-26 June, Road Transport Expo (RTX) is back with its winning ‘All about the truck’ formula.

19-20 November 2025, ExCeL London

elementalLONDON’s debut show is the latest launch from the team behind InstallerSHOW, building on the success of the elemental digital brand, which delivers news, views and solutions on reaching net zero to its audience of built environment professionals.

Education Business LIVE is a carefully designed conference and exhibition bringing together education people with a passion for the promotion and development of effective school leadership, management, learning and teaching.

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