Trio helped more than 500 people cheat a construction health and safety exam, investigation revealed

Officers investigating suspected fraudulent activity at an independent testing centre in Winchester have carried out two warrants and made four arrests.

The government could have lost over £500,000 due to “potential fraud” of the Building Safety Fund.

The owner of a former Bedfordshire construction firm has been banned as a company director for 13 years after fraudulently obtaining a £50,000 covid loan.

A father and son have been given suspended sentences following a prosecution by the Insolvency Service for abusing a covid recovery scheme.

A self-employed construction contractor from East London has been ordered to pay £10,000 within one week after transferring a Covid support loan to his personal account. 

A builder who conned his client on their £700,000 home refurbishment has been jailed for four years following an investigation by the Trading Standards.

HMRC has revealed £110m of fraud and error in R&D tax relief claimed by SMEs in the construction sector in 2020-21.

A total of 27 members of a gang that created a false audit trail to enable clients to operate in the construction industry without paying tax or VAT have been sentenced.

A Birmingham scaffolding boss has been banned from running a business for 11 years after fraudulently claiming £50,000 in bounce back covid loan support.

A former council highways worker has been jailed for four years and eight months for stealing almost £1m from Birmingham City Council.

The Align joint venture of Bouygues/Sir Robert McAlpine/Volker Fitzpatrick is using the AI construction sequencing platform from ALICE Technologies on its HS2 contract.