The Crossrail and High Speed Two (HS2) mega-projects could be “thousands” of engineers short during peak periods of construction, a leading recruitment firm to both infrastructure projects has warned.

Tesco is set to be one of the first big companies to capitalise on a major change to water regulations that will save English and Welsh businesses £2bn over 30 years.

The Government is expected to take back control of the clean-up of nuclear waste at Cumbria's Sellafield, following a string of failures by a private sector consortium of US, French and British engineers. Alarmed by spiralling budgets – £70bn and counting – and a series of delays to crucial projects, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has quietly drafted in a team of consultants from the accountants KPMG to review how Sellafield is run, The Independent on Sunday can reveal.

Anglo American's new chief executive, Mark Cutifani, has unveiled a dramatic recovery plan to slash costs, send expensive projects back to the drawing board and overhaul management at the troubled iron ore-to-diamonds miner.

Ofwat has turned to a star alumna to lead the water regulator, which is facing one of the most testing times in its 24-year history.

The Pyms Lane factory was built to make Hurricane and Spitfire engines. Bentley, then owned by Rolls-Royce, moved in in 1946 and that year the Bentley Mark VI became the first to be built entirely at Crewe.

Firms bidding to award MoD contracts already work for the department they would take over

City grandee Sir Paul Judge has warned that he will countersue the scandal-ridden mining concern Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation after the Kazakhstan-based group lodged a High Court writ against him.