The Cleveland Pools Trust is delighted to announce the start of works to restore the historic pools in Bath, following a 17-year community campaign to save the Grade II* listed site. Bristol-based Beard is leading the work on the restoration of Cleveland Pools, the oldest surviving outdoor public swimming pool in the UK, which was built in 1815 and is now regarded as a nationally significant site.

Two new buildings, the William Doo Undergraduate Centre and the Dr Lee Shau Kee Building, built by Oxford builders Beard at the centre of Wadham College’s historic Oxford site will be inaugurated this month.

Bristol construction firm Beard has completed a state-of the-art training facility for Bristol City Football Club – its second high profile development for Bristol Sport in less than a year. The family-run building company has delivered the Robins High Performance Centre, which follows the completion of rugby club Bristol Bears’ facility last year, also for Bristol Sport.

Family-run construction firm Beard has published its full-year accounts for year ending 31 December 2020, revealing a resilient performance for the business. The results reflect the strong foundation and financial controls within the company that have enabled Beard to face the many challenges presented to the industry across 2020

Yesterday (Wednesday 3 March) Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the contents of his Budget in the House of Commons. Setting out the government's tax and spending plans for the year ahead, he announced new measures to help business and jobs through the pandemic and to support the UK's long-term economic recovery and a series of tax-raising plans to help rebalance the public finances. Here's our thoughts on the announcements and what it means for the sector...