Mitie has agreed to a £3.1bn takeover offer by rival outsourcer OCS Group. The deal will combine OCS’s 50,000 UK employees with Mitie’s 86,000 staff to create a group with a turnover of around £8.5bn.

Angela Rayner has been given the keys to the housing ministry by new prime minister Andy Burnham, having departed from the ...

Professional bodies and firms from across the housing and construction sector have offered a mix of warm wishes and warnings ...

Whittam Cox has replaced Corstorphine & Wright as build-to-rent architect on the first phase of the £2bn York Central ...

M&E contractor SES has opened a standalone London office in the City. The firm has previously been based in the capital at ...

The UK Design Capital of the Year Award recognises and celebrates outstanding leadership in architecture, placemaking and regeneration. Launched in 2025, as part of the Architect of the Year Awards ...

HTA Design has revealed its refurbishment of Crystal Palace Park’s grade I-listed dinosaurs. The famously inaccurate ...

New prime minister says UK needs to 'show the world that we can regain our stability once again' as he enters Number 10 ...

New prime minister Andy Burnham has begun his Cabinet clear out hours after being formally appointed to the role with housing ...

Listed housebuilders issued as many profit warnings in the first half of this year as they did during the height of the global financial crisis, according to analysis by EY-Parthenon. The consulting ...

Plans to refurbish a six-storey office building next to Smithfield market have been approved by the City of London. The scheme by architect Henley Halebrown for pension investment manager Railpen will ...

Firm flags worries over firms bidding to win turnover and impact of steel quotas on project costs Mace Consult has decided to keep its tender price forecasts unchanged despite worries about rising ...