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• Housing activity dives 5% in July as construction stagnates

  11-09-2026 09:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Private house building slumped nearly 5% in July as weakening new work left construction output bumping along the bottom.
  The sharp fall in housing activity in July, dragged total new work down 0.4% with only infrastructure showing signs of growth.
  A 0.8% rise in repair and maintenance, historically an erratic figure in the Government official data, was enough to offset most of the decline, leaving overall construction output just 0.1% higher in July.
  But the wider three-month trend figures show
  
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• M&J Evans moves into new market as profits jump

  11-09-2026 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Groundworks specialist M&J Evans is diversifying into the utilities sector alongside its traditional house building work.
  The move helped the contractor post a strong set of results with pre-tax profits for the year to December 31 2025 up to £8m from £3.8m last time on turnover up to £374.3m from £323.3m.
  The company also confirmed plans to open its eighth region in the South East this year.M&J Evans said it “has also taken its first steps into the utilities
  
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• Berkeley calls for urgent stamp duty reform in Budget

  11-09-2026 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Berkeley Group has called for urgent stamp duty reform in the Budget to kick-start housing transactions and unlock stalled development.
  The house builder is urging Government to cap stamp duty at 1% for first-time buyers and downsizers and scrap the 5% surcharge on investors.
  Berkeley said the present stamp duty land tax regime had become a “binding constraint” on the housing market since interest rates returned to more normal levels.It argues that reduced transaction levels are now
  
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• McLaren seals go-ahead for £2bn York Central scheme

  11-09-2026 08:22 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction and property firm McLaren has secured planning for the first phase of the £2bn York Central regeneration.
  This clears the way for construction to start next year on more than 1,000 homes and a major new commercial district beside the city’s railway station
  City of York Council yesterday granted detailed consent for the opening phase of the 110-acre scheme being brought forward by McLaren Regeneration and Arlington Real Estate.The approved plans for phase 1C include 1,014
  
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• RSK buys £61m turnover highways contractor MSF

  11-09-2026 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  RSK Group has acquired £61m turnover highways infrastructure contractor Mason Street Furniture (MSF).
  The firm specialises in street lighting, traffic signs and signals, highway technology systems, fibre networks, electric vehicle infrastructure and independent connections.
  MSF works regularly alongside civils contractor Octavius Infrastructure which was acquired by RSK last year.Founded and led by Managing Director Shaun Stacey, MSF employs 175 people across its Northamptonshire headquart
  
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