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Kildare Live

Housing body says that 55 new social homes are now under construction in Kildare

One of Ireland’s largest Approved Housing Bodies and service providers, Respond, have 55 new social homes in construction in County Kildare. The properties are being constructed in The Vestry, Athy and in Westfield, Leixlip. The announcement was ...

05 Oct 2022 at 16:33

Kildare Now

Housing body says that 55 new social homes are now under construction in Kildare

05 Oct 2022 at 16:33

Construction firms offered cybersecurity advice in new safety scheme

Construction firms working together on major building projects such as high-speed railway HS2 are being offered first-of-its-kind security advice from the cybersecurity industry and government on how to better protect themselves from cyber ...

23 Aug 2022 at 13:03

Scotland

Consultation opens on devolved tax on construction materials

The Scottish Government is seeking views on a new tax that would aim to incentivise the use of recycled materials in construction. The Scottish Aggregates Levy will replace the current UK-wide tax, which is payable when newly quarried ...

26 Sept 2022 at 13:25

Text service launched to help tradespeople open up about mental health

A new initiative has been launched as part of a campaign to help tradespeople open up about their mental health. A new text service, launched by national charity Band of Builders, coincides with the return of the Big Brew – an ...

27 Sept 2022 at 10:22

GDP falls 0.1% as Covid-19 vaccination programmes wind up

The UK’s economy shrank over the last three months as spending on test and trace and the Covid-19 vaccine programme subsided, figures show. Gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.1% between April and June, the Office for ...

12 Aug 2022 at 11:19

Longfordleader

Longford construction firms reflect on difficult market

Importation costs of over 500 per cent as well as the doubling of insulation and timber prices are draining Longford’s building sector in a trend that is delaying or even scuppering the hopes of an increasing number of ...

06 Aug 2022 at 08:33

Local News

Tipperary firm Clancy Construction to speed up housing delivery by using off-site methods

Tipperary firm Clancy Construction is the first firm to secure approval under Enterprise Ireland’s ‘Built to Innovate’ initiative. The initiative aims to achieve faster, higher quality construction of housing by ...

11 Aug 2022 at 19:33

City

August saw highest number of companies collapsing this year, analysis shows

August saw the highest number of insolvencies this year as nearly 100 companies went into administration amid worsening financial pressures. Businesses have been grappling with higher costs and steeper energy ...

20 Sept 2022 at 17:23

Construction industry shrinks for first time in 18 months

UK construction firms have seen activity in the sector decline for the first time since January 2021 due to pressure from soaring costs and higher interest rates, according to new figures. The closely ...

04 Aug 2022 at 11:58

Longfordleader

Local building sector in crisis

Longford’s construction sector is facing arguably its biggest challenge since 2008 as spiralling inflationary costs hit home and threaten to undo the region’s post Covid boom. Spiralling material ...

03 Aug 2022 at 08:33

Ireland

Interim work ‘the priority’ as building defect repairs estimated at 2.5bn euros

An independent report into apartments with defects built during the Celtic Tiger-era has found that interim measures to address potential safety issues “need to be identified as a priority” ...

28 Jul 2022 at 17:01

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