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CECA is anticipating that the second Roads Investment Strategy will be published in the coming weeks, confirming Government’s plans for £25.3bn investment in our strategic roads between 2020-25. Ongoing commitment to five-year cycles for roads spending is welcomed by industry, as they provide much greater project certainty, giving industry the confidence it needs to prepare

The new Conservative Government has committed to restoring many of the closed Beeching lines reconnecting those small towns that have suffered permanent disadvantage since they were removed from the rail network in the 1960s. In the last few weeks, Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has allocated £500m to reopen former train lines and

The UK Government is undertaking a review of changes to the off-payroll working rules, ahead of the implementation of reforms that are due to come into force in April. The reforms, which were announced in the 2018 Budget, are designed to tackle non-compliance with off-payroll working rules, by making medium and large organisations in the

The UK Government has today announced £71 million new funding towards ambitious local plans to turn the former site of the SSI Steelworks in Redcar into a huge business zone, home to world-leading clean energy, manufacturing and tech companies. Since the steelworks went into liquidation in 2015, it has been a local priority to create

Next year CECA is to partner with M&CCE Expo (Marine & Coastal Civil Engineering Expo) which will be held between 9-11 June 2020 in Southampton. Commenting, CECA National Civil Engineering Director Peter Crosland said: “CECA is delighted to partner with the M&CCE Expo. Taking the national body out of London and straight into the heart

CECA and Build UK have collaborated on a website which aims to help you prepare your business for Brexit by summarising the latest available information. You can access the website here. The UK Government’s Brexit Business Readiness Tool and HMRC Partnership Pack may also provide useful information. If you are a CECA member and would like

CECA, working in a collaborative working group with the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) and supported by Highways England, has published a free online Supplier Guide on Working with Highways England. The aim of the guide is to provide information and support to civil engineering contracting companies, providers of professional and management services, and their