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• Fire hits £120m Tolent Milburngate site

  15-09-2021 23:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Firefighters battled a blaze on Wednesday afternoon at the £120m Milburngate development in Durham being built by Tolent.
  County Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue said the blaze broke out in a cavity wall.
  Eight crews tackled the blaze which also led to nearby road closures in the city centre throughout the day.Tolent is delivering the first phase of the mixed-use development where the structural steel frame reached completion in March.
  The contractor said the site was safely evacu
  
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• Robert Jenrick exits as housing secretary in cabinet reshuffle

  15-09-2021 15:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has been sacked from his role as Boris Johnson carries out his cabinet reshuffle today.
  Jenrick was appointed just over two years ago, replacing James Brokenshire, and at 37 became the youngest member of the Cabinet,
  It has not been announced who will replace him.
  He tweeted: “It’s been a huge privilege to serve as Secretary of State @mhclg.
  “Thank you to everyone at the department for their hard work, dedication and friendship. I&rsqu
  
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• Michael Gove named new housing secretary

  15-09-2021 15:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Michael Gove is the new minister for housing, communities and local government, replacing Robert Jenrick who has left government after being demoted to the backbenches.
  Gove will be in charge of the government’s “levelling up” agenda, as well as the taking Union brief.
  Jenrick was sacked from his role in today’s cabinet reshuffle.
  Spending just over two years as housing secretary, Jenrick was one of the longest-serving housing ministers.
  Gove, who has previously held
  
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• Redrow happy for staff to keep working from home

  15-09-2021 14:14 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Redrow is happy for its 2,300 staff to continue working “where they are most efficient.”
  The house building giant confirmed an extension of flexible working practices in its latest annual results.
  Group Chief Executive Matthew Pratt said:  “We have also introduced flexible working and many colleagues have been working from home during the pandemic.“This has proved to be very effective and, going forward; colleagues will be able to work from where they are most effici
  
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• Cleveland Bridge UK collapsed owing over £21m

  15-09-2021 09:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Administrators for collapsed steelwork contractor Cleveland Bridge have revealed the operation owes over £21m to creditors.
  Insolvency practitioners from FRP have set out their best estimate of debts while they wait for a detailed return from directors setting out details of the contractor’s affairs.
  Among the headline creditors, £6m is owed to the Arab National Bank, nearly £3m to HMRC and £2m to UK Export Finance.Unsecured trade creditors are owed around £8m
  
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• Subbies and suppliers owed £18.7m by WRW

  15-09-2021 08:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Subcontractors and suppliers hit by the collapse of Welsh contractor WRW are owed £18.7m.
  Administrators from Grant Thornton have revealed the scale of the company’s debts in a report filed at Companies House.
  Unsecured creditors are owed £18.7m and a loan company called ThinCats is owed £10m.WRW employed 100 staff before its collapse in July who are owed £257,000.
  Hundreds of suppliers are listed in the documents as creditors and Grant Thornton said they are unlike
  
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• Construction job vacancies soar to record high

  15-09-2021 08:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Job vacancies in construction have risen to the highest level since official records began in 2001.
  Latest Government figures from the ONS show the battle to find workers to deliver projects is intensifying as firms gear up for expansion.
  In the rolling three months from June to August, one of the busiest times for construction, unfilled jobs rose to 37,000, just over 15% higher than the spring March to May period and more than double the same period a year ago.
  This equates to around 2.4 vacanc
  
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