The UK government has turned US consulting engineering Jacobs for strategic advisory and programme management services for its carbon capture, usage and storage programme.

Construction work has formally begun on the new village of Lotmead near Swindon.

Procurement agency Fusion21 has named the suppliers for a £250m materials supply and associated services framework.

Liverpool City Council’s planning committee has approved plans to transform the former Littlewoods building in the city into a film and TV campus.

Eric Wright Civil Engineering has been appointed main contractor for a £15m urban landscaping scheme in Salford.