Another M25 motorway junction upgrade project has secured planning permission, this time in Essex.

Construction firm Beard has landed a package of work for Surrey County Council valued at close to £5m.

House-builder Avant Homes has acquired a seven-acre site to put up a £22.7m development of 70 homes in Shipley, Derbyshire.

Building Better, an alliance of housing associations and local authorities, has appointed an initial six manufacturers to its new dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for flat-pack housing.

Bath & North East Somerset Council has appointed Farrans Construction as main contractor for a £39m domestic waste recycling facility in Keynsham.