Bid race takes off for £500m MAG airport small works deal
Airport operator MAG has kicked off the hunt for firms to deliver a major new construction framework covering small to medium-sized projects…
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European alliance to develop lead-cooled SMR
Four European nuclear technology organisations have launched the Eagles Consortium to develop and commercialise the EAGLES-300 next-generati…
Cumbrian engineering firm expands with acquisition
A Cumbrian engineering firm has acquired a county family business. Forth, which is headquartered at Flimby, near Maryport and has operationa…
Views of business cluster sought for Family, Privately-owned and Owner-Managed Business Survey
BECBC members are being urged to take part in a survey to help provide vital insights into the challenges they face, their plans for growth…
Costain wins vast underground hydrogen storage design job
Costain has bagged a key design role on a pioneering hydrogen storage facility planned for Cheshire. Costain previously constructed the St…
Morgan Sindall upgrades profits forecast for this year
Morgan Sindall Group is set to smash previous profit forecasts for 2025 after stronger-than-expected performances from its fit out and const…
The Future of Radioactive Waste Disposal in the UK: Building Towards Geological Disposal
Why do we need a GDF? For over seventy years nuclear technology has played a central role in the UK. Today it provides around 15 per cent of…
Rolls-Royce wins race to build UK’s first small modular reactor
Rolls-Royce SMR has been named preferred bidder to build the UK’s first fleet of small modular nuclear reactors. Each Rolls-Royce SMR ‘fac…
AtkinsRéalis, EDF enhance collaboration
Canadian engineering firm AtkinsRéalis announced it has signed an agreement with France's EDF to expand their existing global partnership to…
Energy Minister asks NDA to explore clean energy at Moorside
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Cumberland Council to explore clean energy development in Cumbria – protecting billpayers and supporti…
newcleo becomes first advanced reactor technology accepted for UK regulatory design assessment
LONDON, UK – 10 June 2025 – DESNZ have confirmed their acceptance of newcleo’s GDA application for its commercial-scale 200MWe Lead-cooled F…
Rolls-Royce SMR selected to build small modular nuclear reactors
New era for nuclear power as Rolls-Royce SMR selected as preferred bidder to build country’s first small modular reactors Follows rigorous t…
Sizewell C nuclear plant gets £14bn go-ahead from government
The government has committed £14.2bn of investment to build the new Sizewell C nuclear plant on the Suffolk coastline, ahead of the Spending…