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The price of oil rose on Friday as a result of Hurricane Ike, after production of oil was disrupted in the US Gulf Coast.
Construction firm Costain has won an £80 million contract to regenerate Newbury's town centre, it has been reported.
The state of the property market will be far healthier in just three years, it has been suggested at the European Public Real Estate conference in Sweden.
French construction firm Bouygues has been awarded a £240 million Building Schools for the Future (BSF) deal, it has been reported.
The prime minister has announced that his proposed £1 billion package of measures to help the poorest families with their fuel bills will not be as immediate as previously thought.
Construction company Galliford Try has announced a pre-tax profit of £60 million, the same figure as was recorded by the firm a year ago.
The government is today expected wrap up decisions regarding an alternative scheme to help the country's poorest homeowners pay for their soaring energy bills.
Plymouth City Council has awarded construction firm Amey a £150 million contract to work on the council's highways.
Contractor Laing O'Rourke has revealed that Liverpool's new stadium is suffering from a short delay, and that work will begin now in early 2009.
Gordon Brown's commitment to creating up to one million "green collar" jobs by 2028 has been questioned by the Scottish National Party.
The salaries of Britain's top directors are being hit by the credit crunch, it has been revealed.
The government is anxious to get its 'nuclear renaissance' under way by wrapping up the deal between EDF and British Energy (BE) before the Labour Party conference in two weeks, its has been reported.
The London Olympic stadium may be demolished if a tenant is not found for the building soon, it has been reported.
Gordon Brown has failed to secure £1 billion from the 'big six' energy companies in order to assist the poorest households in paying their bills this winter.
Five construction companies have been lined up in the search for a contractor to build the Olympic rowing lake for the London 2012 Games.