The government has launched the £10 billion first wave of its 10-year school rebuilding programme with 71 new projects.

A Leeds-based construction company has announced that it has begun work on the next phase of a £50 million riverside development.

Home England has formally submitted plans to turn an army barracks into a 1,300-home urban village in Ripon, North Yorkshire.

Sigmat, the Leeds-based specialists in the development of modern methods of off-site construction, has partnered with RED Systems to launch a scheme for the luxury housing market.

European industrial developer Panattoni has begun work on a warehouse development project in Yorkshire which has the potential to create up to 500 jobs.

Leeds City Council has given the go ahead for 2 Kirkstall Forge, which will see an additional 200,000 square feet of commercial space being added to the £400 million development.

The Heritage Craft Alliance has launched a Heritage Skills Bridging Course to in a bid to help revitalise Yorkshire buildings.

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