Category: Infra

7 days ago Dearbail Jordan,Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Shareholders in some of the UK’s largest water companies have taken out tens of billions of pounds but failed to invest, new research claims, with firms planning to raise household bills to fund future spending. Investors have withdrawn £85.2bn from 10 water and sewage firms...

In the five years since the first National Infrastructure Assessment, government has worked to increase the share of electricity generated by renewables, set up the UK Infrastructure Bank, devolve transport funding to major city regions, and provide industry with the direction to rapidly build gigabit capable broadband networks. But there is more to be done...

Taxis using illegal infra-red number plates that cannot be read by speed cameras are being targeted by licensing officials. So-called ghost plates make vehicles illegally invisible to speed, bus lane or low-emission zone cameras, City of Wolverhampton council said. The authority has now invested in specialist cameras for its taxi licencing and compliance officers who...

Galliford Try has appointed a former HS2 chief as its first divisional managing director for infrastructure. David Lowery, who joined Galliford Try three years ago after heading an HS2 joint venture, will take up the position on 1 July. Lowery will be responsible for the firm’s environment division, which is focusing on water infrastructure upgrades....

The UK government should rule out backing hydrogen as way to heat homes and instead focus on the speedy roll-out of heat pumps and networks, according to country’s top infrastructure advisor.  The National Infrastructure Commission, an executive agency of the government which makes non-binding recommendations to government, said electrification was the only viable option for...

Only a third of the £4.2bn Housing Infrastructure Fund aimed at increasing housebuilding and unlocking hundreds of thousands of new homes has so far been spent, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.  The FOI request made by local government researcher Jack Shaw, the findings of which were reported in the Financial Times (FT) yesterday,...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has announced the appointment of a top planning barrister to lead a review into speeding up major infrastructure project delivery.  Charles Banner KC, an expert in planning and environmental regulation, will explore whether Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects are unduly held up by inappropriate legal challenges and,...

24 Apr 2024 By Contributor Main contract awards fell against the previous year and the previous quarter. More positively, detailed planning approvals grew on the preceding three months and a year ago. Infrastructure overview Totalling £4.531bn, civil engineering work starting on site during the three months to March...