The Construction Edition Official Sticker Album, featuring collectable images of construction machinery, is expanding distribution from more than 3,000 UK and Ireland supermarkets into plant and tool hire shops and dealer outlets. Publisher Paul Buist aims to use point-of-sale exposure at firms such as Shire Plant Hire to encourage customers to buy albums and sticker packs for children and young relatives, promoting early interest in plant and equipment. Interested hire shops and equipment dealers are invited to become stockists via The Construction Index contact channel.

Procurement delays on major schemes cut McLaughlin & Harvey Holdings’ turnover by 30% to £612.1m for the year to 30 June 2025, from £870.4m, as multiple large civil engineering and construction projects slipped into mid-to-late 2025/26. Despite the volume hit, operating profit rose to £12.8m and pre-tax profit to £18.2m, with both the Northern Ireland and Scottish construction arms contributing positively. The group reports net assets of £67m, cash of £148m and says most 2025/26 budgeted turnover is already secured in the order book.

Profits at GMI Construction Group rose sharply for the year to 30 September 2025, with profit before tax more than doubling to £2.31m on virtually flat turnover of £233.0m and gross margin improving from 3.3% to 4.8%. Cash at bank increased to £22.5m as the contractor delivered over 880,000 sq ft of industrial and logistics space and a 267,000 sq ft office scheme at Circle Square in Manchester, plus the Dakota Hotel in Newcastle and Hyatt Hotel in Leeds. Framework-delivered public sector projects now contribute 13% of turnover, up from 4%, giving a more visible forward pipeline for complex commercial, hotel and PBSA work.