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Let’s not sugar-coat it: headlines are that the first quarter of 2025 has been pretty doom and gloom. It’s not set the world alight.

Growth is coming. That’s the manifesto of today’s spring statement, the first major financial update of the year, delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Bright sun breaks the dawn on Spring Statement week. It’s joined by an announcement. Headlines for the construction industry to sink its teeth into. £

Construction stands at a crossroads. Completion of projects are at risk from a range of threats: , grappling with a growing skills shortage that threatens not just the completion of projects, but the very fabric of its future.

Every year since two-thousand-and-..something, it’s been a tradition for dictionary makers to nominate a word of the year.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, so says Andy Williams. Here in Bristol, we’re brimming with festive cheer. Think joy, think mince pies, think questionable Christmas jumpers.

It’s been Hard Times for construction. At times, it’s felt like there Ain’t No Sunshine. But we could be yet to see Glory Days – there may be hopeful chorus ahead.

Planning reforms have landed with a big splash. The focus of the recent announcement sits squarely on accelerating the planning process to meet ambitious housing targets.

Faster decisions, a more streamlined approval process, and increased access to land have all been promised in the Government’s new planning reforms.

Change has come to the built environment. Major change in safety. In construction standards. In performance of both the building itself and the materials it is made of.

Sustainability is no longer just a buzzword—it's a critical consideration in modern construction.

Key environmental data, in one key place – EPDs provide a central location for all sustainability related data. But do you know how to read one?