Construction Companies in East Anglia
Browse 4 construction companies in East Anglia. Read reviews from subcontractors, suppliers, and trade professionals.
All Regions
The East Anglian companies we list include Norwich contractor R G Carter, Suffolk contractor Toppesfield and housebuilder Hopkins Homes in Bury St Edmunds.
How they pay
All three file government payment reports, and their average payment times run from 28 to 39 days. Compare them with every other company we track on the payment league table, and check each company's page for the share of invoices paid late.
Frameworks
In 2022 SCAPE appointed R G Carter and Clegg Construction to the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire lots of its £750m regional construction framework for the Midlands and the East of England, a four-year deal for public projects up to £7.5m. Ashe Construction and Conamar won the lots for Essex, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.
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Updated October 2026. Company figures from their accounts and government payment reports (see each company's page). Sources: SCAPE regional framework (The Construction Index)
Average days to pay suppliers, fastest first, from each company's latest government report.
| Company | Average days |
|---|---|
| M Group Highways | 15 |
| Hopkins Homes | 28 |
| R.G. Carter Construction | 33 |
| Toppesfield | 39 |
Check Payment Practices (GOV.UK). Averages cover all suppliers, not only subcontractors.
Larger firms based in the region, by year. 2026 is the year so far.
| Year | Failures |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 |
Our failures register, from Companies House and The Gazette.
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