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Private rental market faces £19bn EPC-upgrade bill

News The cost of getting private rental housing in England up to tougher EPC guidelines by 2025 is set to be around £19bn, new research by Hamptons on behalf of Bloomberg has revealed. The study, which analysed data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, found that almost half of privately rented homes […]

Latent defects and appropriate remedial solutions

News David Weare is a partner and Ian Smith is a senior associate at Fladgate LLP The recent decision in St James’s Oncology SPC Ltd v Lendlease Construction provides helpful guidance to PFI-project companies, design and build contractors, and employers generally when dealing with latent-defect claims. The case concerned a new oncology centre at Leeds […]

HS2 investigates slurry pool above Costain-Skanska tunnelling

News An HS2 tunnel boring machine HS2 is investigating how a roughly 6 square metre pool of bubbling slurry emerged on a rugby pitch in Ruislip, north-west London. The brown foam emerged from the ground on Saturday (18 February), above a site where CSC – a joint venture between Costain, Skanska and Strabag – is […]

Balfour workers vote for March strike action

News Balfour Beatty workers will carry out three 36-hour strikes on consecutive weekends next month in a dispute over pay. The RMT rail union announced the action following a ballot of Balfour staff working for the Central Rail Systems Alliance (CSRA), a joint venture between the firm, Network Rail, Atkins and TSO. The decision to […]

LIV Golf rosters 2023: New additions leave underwhelming impression

News NORTH PLAINS, OREGON – JULY 02: (L-R) Managing Director of LIV Golf Majed Al Sorour and Greg Norman, LIV Golf commissioner acknowledge the crowd during the award presentation ceremony after the LIV Golf Invitational – Portland at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club on July 02, 2022 in North Plains, Oregon. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images) […]

Bloober Team’s Layers of Fear remake coming in June

News If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. And there’s a new trailer too. Bloober Team has announced a June launch window for Layers of Fears – the slightly ridiculously named remake of Layers of Fear 1 & 2 – and shared […]

Monster Hunter Stories 2 is now officially $40, if you were on the fence

It’s been a year and a half since release If you missed Monster Hunter Stories 2 when it came out in mid-2021, I don’t blame you. There’s a host of reasons why a lot of folks skipped out on it, but the good news is that Capcom is permanently reducing the price of the game: which […]

Redfall’s co-op won’t tether players to each other in the open world

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Four players can roam the map independently Arkane’s co-op vampire hunter Redfall has received a new trailer ahead of its May release date, showing off its twisted open-world and magic-infused shooting. It looks like a […]

Don Lemon Absent From ‘CNN This Morning’ as Nikki Haley Fallout Continues

An on-air blunder. Don Lemon faced backlash after publicly dissing Nikki Haley on CNN — and was subsequently benched from multiple broadcasts. The 56-year-old newscaster made headlines on February 16 after making a sexist comment about Haley’s age. While discussing the 51-year-old former governor of South Carolina’s bid for the presidency on CNN This Morning, […]

Gaming deals since 2020 over $115bn

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. InvestGame expects investments, M&A and more to “remain more or less table in 2023” Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The value of gaming deals […]