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• Colas finance chief joins Tolent

  07-02-2022 14:56
  
  North East contractor Tolent has appointed former Colas financial chief Mark Overton.
  Overton replaces as financial director, Andy Clark who leaves the business after 26 years in post.
  He brings a decade’s worth of experience at £300m Colas, having become CFO three years ago.Overton said: “I feel very privileged to be taking on the role of CFO for Tolent. I am really looking forward to this new adventure and very keen to know more about Tolent, its team, and its projects.&rdquo
  
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• Green light for 350 North London rental homes project

  07-02-2022 14:12
  
  Transport for London and residential landlord joint venture partner Grainger have got the planning green light for a 350 rental homes scheme in North London.
  Designed by HawkinsBrown and Mae Architects, the scheme will be built across four buildings located adjacent to Cockfosters London Underground station in Enfield, subject to conditions.
  Construction is set to get underway before the end of this year.
  It is the fourth project being brought forward by the Connected Living London JV and will i
  
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• HE Simm launches offsite business

  07-02-2022 12:12
  
  Independent building services contactor HE Simm Group is launching a specialist prefabrication business after investing £1m in a 21,000 sq ft facility.
  To be known in the marketplace as Pinnacle Offsite, the business is being led by Ernie Price, a prefabrication specialist with over 20 years’ experience.
  The facility, based in Walsall in the West Midlands, is already working on the production of prefabricated solutions for customers across the country.
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• Facade specialist Kaicer collapses owing estimated £7m

  07-02-2022 09:23
  
  Building facade specialist Kaicer is understood to have fallen into administration owing an estimated £7m-plus to suppliers and trade contractors.
  The specialist was not answering calls this morning, and staff and creditors late on Friday said administrators had been called in to run the business after an eleventh rescue deal failed to materialise.
  A Scottish contractor is understood to have looked at buying or investing in the business, but bosses failed to agree a deal leading to the app
  
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• Taylor Wimpey names new chief executive

  07-02-2022 08:39
  
  House builder Taylor Woodrow this morning said that group operations director Jennie Daly will take over the chief executive role when Pete Redfern stands down in April after 14 years.
  The board said her appointment as CEO followed a thorough selection process that considered a long list of industry and non-industry candidates, along with extensive consultation with shareholders.  
  Daly will take the helm when Redfern steps down at the annual general meeting on 22 April and starts with
  
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• Council leaders call on Gove to help Midas

  07-02-2022 08:25
  
  Council leaders in the south west are calling on the government to help stricken contractor Midas.
  The BBC reported that the Liberal Democrat leaders of Torbay, Teignbridge and North Devon Councils have written to Michael Gove for help.
  The leader of Torbay Council said the company’s position could “significantly impact on thousands of jobs and businesses in the South West”.Councillor Steve Darling said the Levelling Up Secretary “must step in to stop this engine of regen
  
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• Winners named for £1.8bn north west framework

  07-02-2022 08:08
  
  Galliford Try has scooped the greatest number of lots in the latest major framework renewal for both building and infrastructure projects in the north west.
  Liverpool-based Procure Partnerships has selected 28 firms for its second-generation framework to be used by Oldham Council for its pipeline of works but also is open for all North West public sector bodies.
  The new framework, which covers all sizes of projects from £500,000 and above, comes into use from the start of April and expires
  
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• Plans for £200m Teesside airport business park

  07-02-2022 08:07
  
  Plans are advancing to build a £200m airport business park on the southside of Teesside International Airport.
  The new business park is expected to create up to 4,400 jobs when fully operational, made up of 1.9m sq. ft of logistics, distribution, and industrial buildings, with direct access from the A67.
  Four new units built along a new through road covering 130,000sq ft make up the first phase of the plan.Subsequent phases would see plots of between one to 200 acres developed as more busi
  
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• Hub South East on the hunt for more contractors

  07-02-2022 07:42
  
  Scottish framework Hub South East is looking for more contractors to join its new Tier 1B Construction Contractor Supply Chain.
  Hub South East already has three main contractors delivering projects – BAM, Balfour Beatty and Morrison.
  The Tier 1B scope of work will predominately focus on new build affordable housing and  care homes ranging in value from £3m to £15m.Paul McGirk, Hub South East’s Chief Executive, said: “Our approach is focussed on building strong
  
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