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Meldrum Group bosses hail construction company’s performance
Directors at Meldrum Construction Services Group Ltd have hailed the firm’s performance after boosting profitability, despite the challenges of the…
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Construction company Brims to launch recruitment drive as order book tops £30m
North East construction company Brims is poised to launch a recruitment drive on the back of a multimillion-pound order book.…
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Plans unveiled for new aparthotel in Birmingham
CGI of plans by Soller Group to build a 12-storey aparthotel on the former Lee Longlands car park in Tennant…
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Businesses eye up disused Plymouth nightclub where top rock acts played
A newly formed charity is among businesses that have been eyeing up the derelict Plymouth nightspot where Bono, Angus Young…
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CPW builds on success with four new offices and rebrand
Management at CPW – the international M&E consultancy formerly known as Couch Perry Wilkes – are celebrating a successful 12…
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Britishvolt signs up with green monitoring firm
The company aiming to build a 3,000-job electric battery gigafactory in Northumberland has partnered with an environmental monitoring firm in…
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Devon’s derelict Crossways shopping centre set to be demolished
Demolition work will begin soon on Paignton’s derelict Crossways shopping centre, it can be revealed. Torbay Council has finally completed…
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UK construction group announces South West arm
A UK construction company has announced a new group structure, including forming a South West arm to the business. Red…
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Housebuilder MJ Gleeson reports massive profit rise as business bounces back
Construction firm MJ Gleeson has reported a record performance that saw a 631% rise in operating profit, despite industry supply…
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Property company Harworth Group signals £1bn growth ambitions
Property company Harworth Group has announced ‘strong’ six-months results and set out a strategy that aims to make it a…
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Biden has ‘big stake’ in California’s recall election, as he campaigns there for Newsom
President Joe Biden delivered a speech on Monday night at a campaign rally for California Gov. Gavin Newsom, aiming to…
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Funding bid as Stoke pushes on with arena masterplan
More details have been announced about a major regeneration project planned for Hanley which could see new offices, a hotel,…
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Dow slips as stock market beset by end-of-week turbulence
U.S. stock indexes were lower for a fifth straight day Friday afternoon, after opening higher, as investors worried that the…
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Report says East Mids Freeport could support 25,000 jobs
The business case for an East Midlands Freeport, potentially supporting more than 25,000 jobs, has been submitted to government. The…
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Professional firms to co-locate in Lincolnshire market town new build
Two professional services firms are to co-locate at a 10,000 sq ft new office development in Louth, Lincolnshire. Business advisory…
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Work starts on 332,000 sq ft of industrial and logistics space
Construction work has started on 332,000 sq ft of industrial and logistics space in north west Leicestershire. Rotherham-based Harworth Group…
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Construction training centre built at 238-acre distribution park
Industrial property developer IM Properties’ has launched a new training centre at its latest big site. The national developer has…
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Man who broke back, ankles and wrists given £900,000 after four years of pain
A construction worker who was left with permanent physical injuries after falling three storeys from a building has been awarded…
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Shortlist revealed for £275m HS2 depot scheme
A shortlist of bidders vying to secure a new £275 million tender to build a train depot and network control…
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Headforwards reveals plans for £4m FibrePark tech campus in Cornwall
Cornish software company Headforwards is planning to create a £4m tech campus in the duchy. The £7m turnover firm, which…
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Home Group secures £125m funding linked to sustainability targets
A Newcastle housing organisation has agreed a £125m funding package that will support its plans to build more than 1,000…
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Urban Splash sales jump to £39m and continues Melville development in Plymouth
Regeneration specialist Urban Splash Group Holdings has seen turnover jump by £7m and confirmed it will continue with its redevelopment…
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Leicester firm puts 450 bathrooms in Battersea Power Station flats
A leading interior fit-out company has completed a £15 million contract to put more than 450 bathrooms in the £9bn…
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Unusable motorway junction ‘causing misery’ nearly two years on
A battle over who is responsible for connecting a £50m motorway junction to the road network is still ongoing nearly…
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Plymouth’s £4m cinema redevelopment project moves forward
The first businesses could be operating from Plymouth’s enormous former Millennium nightclub and cinema building by mid-2022 as work accelerates…
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Acorn Property Group secures £23m for Exeter housing development
A property developer has secured £23.2m in funds to begin building more than 60 homes in Exeter. Acorn Property Group,…
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Bosses from electric carmaker Rivian to visit potential UK site
Bosses from Amazon-backed US carmaker Rivian are flying into the UK next week to visit a potential site for a…
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Turnover passes £200m at family-owned building giant
Turnover passed the £200m mark at family-owned building giant Seddon Group, which has been in business for more than 120…
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Shortlist revealed for £370m HS2 Interchange contract
The shortlist of construction companies vying to build the new HS2 Interchange station in Solihull has been revealed. Laing O’Rourke,…
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Construction firm Tolent chosen for major Sunderland housing scheme
A North East construction firm has been chosen as the preferred contractor on a major housing scheme in the region.…
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Judging is underway for 2020-21 Leicestershire ProCon Awards
Judging is underway for the ProCon Leicestershire Property and Construction Awards with a bumper set of high-quality entries for the…
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Housing associations Karbon and Thirteen get major funding boost
More than 5,000 new homes will be built in the region after two North East housing organisations were awarded more…
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£1m Indian restaurant opening in Nottingham this autumn
Around £1 million has gone into creating a 500 capacity Indian restaurant which the owners hope will gain a reputation…
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£15m eco-friendly council houses get go-ahead
A £15 million eco-friendly council housing project has got the go-ahead. Mansfield District Council is set to build 77 affordable…
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Finzels Reach housing development in Bristol hits key milestone
Work to deliver more than 60 affordable homes in one of Bristol’s major developments has reached a key milestone, with…
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One of Wales’ leading construction firms collapsed owing creditor nearly £30m
One of Wales’ leading construction firms, WRW Construction, collapsed owing creditors nearly £30m. Despite having an order book worth £60m,…
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Gloucester inventor crowdfunding to make anti-theft tech
A Gloucester-based start-up is launching a crowdfunding campaign to manufacture anti-theft technology it hopes will help reunite tradespeople with stolen…
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26 developments being built in Bristol right now
Bristol’s landscape is set to be transformed over the next few years as billions of pounds are spent on new…
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If you’ve got the stock market jitters, here are 20 companies in two defensive sectors
When investors expect economic growth to slow, interest in defensive sectors — health care and utilities — tends to perk…
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Pending home sales slide for second month in a row — even though economists predicted an increase
The numbers: Fewer Americans signed on the dotted line in July to purchase a home — but it’s likely too…
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Hodgson Sayers hails Nottingham base for extending company footprint
North East roofing and maintenance specialist Hodgson Sayers has seen further growth in the pandemic as its Nottingham base attracts…
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Supreme Court blocks pandemic ban, allows evictions to resume nationwide
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration…
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U.S. stocks drift lower after records as investors assess jobless claims, GDP revision
U.S. stocks drifted slightly lower Thursday, as investors weighed data on second quarter economic growth and weekly jobless benefit claims,…
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Collapsed South West construction firm Pollard leaves debts of £10m
A South West construction firm which went into liquidation leaving buildings unfinished has also left debts of more than £10m,…
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Brick maker Forterra sells Midlands site in £14.2m deal
Britain’s second biggest brick manufacturer Forterra has sold its Swadlincote site for £14.2 million. Earlier in the summer the £180…
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Salesforce results blow past Street view, outlook raised once more, and shares rise
Salesforce.com Inc. shares rose Wednesday after the cloud-based customer-relationship management company easily sailed past Wall Street estimates and once more…
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Komatsu kick starts recruitment drive for 80 new North East roles
A Japanese firm which was one of the first to set up in the North East has launched a recruitment…
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30 of the region’s biggest firms hunting for workers
Some of the region’s biggest companies will be looking for potential recruits at a two-day jobs fair next week. Representatives…
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Merit completes critical lateral flow test manufacturing facility in York
Northumberland construction specialist Merit has completed a contract to expand a lateral flow test manufacturing facility for a York business.…
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Vistry funds university study into climate change effect on construction
One of the UK’s top five housebuilders is to fund climate change research at the University of Exeter and look…
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