Building work, heavy rain and vehicles moving from a nearby laboratory probably caused the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, according to the Health and Safety Executive.
Landscape product maker Marshalls has revealed a 9.1% increase in profits today but admitted its domestic market had been hampered by exceptional summer rainfall.
The total volume of construction output rose by 3 per cent according to the latest figures from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
The Government has been accused of performing a "public relations stitch-up" over the way evidence is due to be presented on the issue of nuclear power stations.
Amec posted a 127 per cent increase in first half pre-tax profit today after completing an overhaul of the group which saw it exit the construction sector.