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OpinionThe built environment: Britain’s hidden super industry
Martyn Evans argues that one of Britain’s largest and most vital industries remains hidden in plain sight. He urges the government and business to recognise the built environment as a unified sector central to national prosperity
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NewsWorkload confidence dips as smaller practices report growing strain, says RIBA
September 2025 RIBA Future Trends survey finds overall confidence slipping into negative territory for the first time since January, with smaller practices hit hardest by a subdued residential sector
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NewsConstruction output slumps to level last seen at height of covid pandemic
Activity remains stuck in reverse for seventh successive month
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OpinionWhy immigration is key to meeting the UK’s housebuilding targets
Ilaria Iovieno and Kirsty Moore look at the extent to which current immigration rules are a help or hindrance for housebuilding
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NewsRIBA survey: workload expectations turn positive in February
Industry more upbeat but RIBA warns that geopolitical context presents on-going risks
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FeaturesA fresh start for the Oxford-Cambridge corridor – or will it be déjà vu all over again?
The chancellor has given her backing to an expansion plan for the corridor connecting Oxford, Milton Keynes and Cambridge, including thousands of homes, which the previous government dropped. Joey Gardiner asks what hope the industry can have
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NewsElizabeth line has boosted housebuilding and jobs, survey says
Route is single busiest railway service in UK
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NewsOutput ticks up but worries grow over impact of Budget tax rises
Concerns about increased NI costs and speed of interest rate cuts dampen sector confidence for next year
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NewsConstruction output rises at fastest rate since June 2021, PMI report says
Civil engineering best-performing sector amid ‘robust’ demand for renewable energy infrastructure
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NewsMMC use would need to ‘expand considerably’ to solve labour shortage issue, says Skills England
Rates at which method is currently used not enough to plug worker gaps, group warns
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NewsUK ‘over-reliant on a handful of volume builders’, says housing minister
Pennycook tells Labour conference event that housing sector needs more SME building and pledges diversification
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NewsConstruction industry’s ‘broken economic model’ under scrutiny in wake of ISG collapse
Consensus grows that contractors’ margin levels ‘not sustainable’ and more firms will go to wall unless current system changes
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NewsMajor contractor set to file for administration, chief executive confirms
ISG to go under two months after firm’s chairman said rescue deal was ‘days away’
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OpinionThe five economic forces set to shape the built environment in the next decade
New research essays commissioned by RIBA take the long view on the impact of economic forces on architecture, writes Adrian Malleson
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NewsRIBA survey: Architects foresee workload growth despite small practice pessimism
Large practices the most optimistic in two years
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FeaturesHow the life sciences boom is impacting the UK’s housing sector
The British life sciences industry is attracting record levels of investment and now housing developers are looking to take advantage of the opportunities
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NewsThinktank says Manchester and Birmingham’s relative underperformance ‘at heart’ of UK’s stagnation
Second cities must grow significantly to break UK out of cycle of low productivity, says report
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NewsConstruction output slumps again with warnings coming months will see sector stuck in doldrums
S&P Global/CIPS report says falling orders, high interest rates and election will keep lid on demand
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NewsFall in housebuilding drives steepest drop in construction output since covid
Survey of purchasing managers shows drop in housing activity fastest for 14 years outside of pandemic
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OpinionThe loss of the Crooked House pub reveals that built heritage is about a lot more than buildings
Old buildings and the stories that we tell about them are often at the heart of what makes a place special, writes Martyn Evans