Caerphilly County Borough Council has appointed Jones Brothers (Henllan) to deliver 16 affordable homes on the site of the former Castle Court sheltered housing scheme in Pontywaun. The South Wales contractor was selected through a procurement process and will work with the council’s Caerphilly Homes team to redevelop the underused site. The scheme will provide [...]
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has called on the new Welsh Government to work more closely with the construction sector following the 2026 Senedd election, warning that skills shortages, housing delivery and retrofit targets will remain under pressure without long-term policy support. The comments follow the election result which saw Plaid Cymru become the [...]
The redevelopment of the Kop Stand at Wrexham AFC’s STōK Cae Ras has formally moved into its main construction phase, following a groundbreaking ceremony on 4 December attended by representatives from the Club, McLaren Construction Midlands and North, Wrexham Council, the Welsh Government, Wrexham University and partners in the Wrexham Gateway programme. The event marks [...]
Ahead of the 2026 Senedd election, the Home Builders Federation (HBF) has unveiled its manifesto for the next Welsh Government, setting out a series of actions to address Wales’ worsening housing shortage. The report, Increasing housing supply in Wales, published today, identifies 12 key measures needed to boost delivery and ease the strain on households. [...]
30 government-funded mast upgrades have now been activated in Wales as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) – a programme brokered by the UK government and joint-funded with mobile network operators to improve mobile coverage in rural areas. Across the whole of the UK, 56 masts are now live as part of the SRN. [...]
A Welsh civil engineering firm has started work on a multi-million-pound wind farm in Scotland. The new wind farm is expected to be able to generate power for 130,000 homes in the region by 2030. Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has been appointed as principal contractor for the 20-turbine Windy Standard III Wind Farm in Dumfries and [...]
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