Keltbray has acquired ailing firm Gamble Rail from MCR Corporate Restructuring for an undisclosed sum.

Crossrail has appointed Martin Buck as its commercial director.

This week's top five construction tenders features the new £1.2bn Forth Crossing, social housing construction in Glasgow worth £147m and a £57m PFI deal to build nine fire stations in London.

Rok is the latest contractor to extend its standard payment terms from 30 to 60 days for new contracts with sub-contractors and consultants.

Cladding specialist Lakesmere is bracing itself for a fall in turnover and margins this year.

Bexley Council is unlikely to retender for a development partner for the £100m Erith Western Gateway scheme in south-east London, which stalled in February after the appointed partner Crest Nicholson pulled ...

Dawnus Construction has seen its pre-tax profit plummet by 57% in 2008, despite turnover increasing 9% to £69.2m.

Morrison has started work on the White Water Canoe Centre in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire for the London 2012 Games.

Balfour Beatty expects its orderbook is "broadly in line" with the £12.8bn it reported for 31 December 2008.

Vinci subsidiary Stradform has won a £7.6m contract to build a 25-bed hospital in Hensol, South Wales.