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Companies including Balfour Beatty, Carillion and Sir Robert McAlpine announce move after years of campaigning by unions

Major construction companies are to compensate workers whose names were on a secret industry blacklist.

The dramatic development

Last night's (Wed 09 October 2013) Grand Designs on Channel 4 featured a house building project using Japanese larch sourced from Phytophthora ramorum fellings in Wales.

Includes apparently surprising timber strength-grading findings.

Available on l

Wienerberger a provider of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, is continuing to consolidate its brands to promote global awareness and understanding of its portfolio of products, which cater for the entire building envelope. The launch of the Pen

Continuing its programme of working closely with end users, Dennis and SISIS have concluded their 2013 series of educational events with the recent bowling green maintenance seminars at Currie Bowling Club, near Edinburgh and Cardonald Bowling Club i

Screwfix has managed to achieve zero waste to landfill at all of its 285 UK stores thanks to collecting and sorting its own waste and eliminating the need for waste collections.

The business, part of the Kingfisher Retail Group, introduced a system a

Launching a strategy for the improvement of broadleaved trees in Britain and Ireland

The nations’ broadleaved trees such as oak, chestnut, ash and birch are admired for their beauty – but they are economically, socially and environmentally important

Having recently returned to Chelsea FC as the first team manager, all eyes have been on Chelsea and Jose Mourinho since the new Premier League season began in August. To keep Stamford Bridge in perfect playing condition, the stadium's assistant head

Two Hebridean islands are to become the UK’s first reserve for native honeybees after a ruling by the Scottish government.

The islands of Colonsay and Oronsay have about 50 colonies and the new order aims to protect them from cross-breeding and disea

Over 50 Etesia UK dealers recently visited the UK Head Quarters in Oxfordshire for a first look at the new products which will be introduced next year. In 2014 Etesia will also be celebrating their 25th Anniversary with a range of product promotions

A study by Natural England claims there is a positive impact from the natural environment on mental wellbeing.

Called Monitoring of Engagement with the Natural Environment (MENE): Wellbeing and the natural environment, (free download) the report cons

The first national HortAid fundraising campaign has so far raised over £23,000 for Perennial, with more coming in every day. As well as raising funds to help horticulturists and their families during times of need, the campaign has increased awarenes

Wembley groundsman Tony Stones worked with royal household gardeners to create the 110 yards x 65 yards (100m x 60m) pitch in the 39-acre (16 hectares) garden.

The lawn was seeded in parts to repair wear and tear following a busy summer which saw the

Barrow Borough Council has selected Farrer Huxley Associates and James Smith to improve the public realm surrounding the ‘Maritime Streets’ on Barrow Island in Cumbria. The winning design was selected from a shortlist of four following a Landscape I

This tree in a house can be found in the mountains of Almaty,Kazakhstan, among a forest of fir trees. Architect Aibek Almasov spent five months building the house.

See more photos here: http://amasow.com/tree-in-the-house/

After a decade in the planning, the £250 million development of the latest Centre Parcs holiday village - Woburn Forest in Bedfordshire, has rid itself of a significant stumbling block before it officially opens to the public next year, thanks to a t

A QUICK pick of articles that may prove interesting.

Let the fading foliage stand this autumn
When autumn wilts your garden into shrivelled foliage and toppled stems, don't be tempted to tidy up – yet.

Botanical wizards of Oz: exploring Australia's b

Having recently had my trimmer head jam up on me, i took it apart to find one of the con rods had started to break up where the bearings rub on the spur gear cam, and as a result loose parts had quickly stopped play!

I took everything out and removed

Hiab, part of Cargotec, has won a contract to supply 70 loader cranes to Marshalls, the UK's largest manufacturer of hard landscaping materials based in Huddersfield in the UK.

The cranes will be fitted to vehicles supplied by the leasing companies C

Traffic fumes render the scent of flowers barely recognisable to honeybees and could have a serious impact on their ability to find food, new research has found.

Scientists discovered that reactive pollutants in diesel destroyed key chemicals in the

Phytophthora ramorum, a disease already affecting thousands of larch trees across the South West of England, South Wales, Northern Ireland and the West of Scotland has been confirmed in Wales’ largest ancient forest.

The vast majority of the 1000 hec