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• Murphy to offer 175 Ukrainian refugees jobs

  19-04-2022 08:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  J. Murphy & Sons is looking to offer up to 175 Ukrainian refugees employment opportunities across a variety of roles.
  The firm is working with the Home Office to offer positions across a range of jobs to help support a broad cross-section of the Ukrainian community that is relocating to the UK.
  The roles include onsite, operative jobs and functional roles in areas such as finance, and skilled opportunities within the group’s engineering, commercial and operations activities.John Murphy
  
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• Recruitment boss banned over £5.5m accounts mystery

  19-04-2022 08:39 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The director of a construction recruitment firm has been banned from running a business for six years after failing to maintain adequate accounting records.
  Stephen Joseph John Mason, 45, from Edinburgh was a director of Angel Contracting Ltd which went into liquidation in 2019 after two years of trading
  At this point the Insolvency Practitioner made repeated requests for the company’s accounts and other records, in order to carry out their statutory duties to determine whether there was a
  
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• Firms readied for £120m London park housing blocks job

  19-04-2022 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hackney Council is preparing to invite bids to build the final housing element of its scheme to regenerate an area next to Shoreditch Park in North London.
  The final element of its Britannia scheme, which has already seen Morgan Sindall build a leisure centre and new academy, will consist of four housing blocks.
  Blocks H3- H6 will range from three storeys to 25 and be phased under a single design and build contract.
  The Council is planning to hold a bidders’ day ahead of inviting tenders.
  
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• Building boss convicted of manslaughter after roofer death

  19-04-2022 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A pair of construction company owners have been convicted of health and safety offences, including one conviction of manslaughter by gross negligence, after a worker fell to his death on a building site in Hove
  Steven Wenham, 48, of Brighton, and John Nicholas Spiller, 52, of Portslade, were found guilty of several charges at Lewes Crown Court last week following a long and complex investigation led by Sussex Police, with support from the HSE.
  A prosecution had also been brought against two comp
  
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• Lorne Stewart back in profit after three years of losses

  19-04-2022 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The holding group for building services specialist Lorne Stewart and Rotary Building Services has returned to profit after battling through several years of losses.Accounts for Saudi Arabian-owned LSRM Holdings in the year to December 2021 reveal the Harrow-based group edged into pre-tax profit £420,000 after accumulating a total loss of over £20m in the previous three years.
  Revenue slipped by 7% to £124m, due to the continuing impact of the pandemic.
  Over the year headcount w
  
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• £50m Farnworth precinct rebuild approved

  19-04-2022 07:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Capital & Centric has got the planning thumbs up for a £50m plan to transform Farnworth market precinct into a vibrant new town centre community.
  Bolton council has backed the detailed plans to overhaul the precinct, creating a bustling neighbourhood with nearly 100 new homes and shops built around a new public square and flexible indoor community space.
  It paves the way for work to start on site later this summer, with hoardings set to be installed in the coming weeks.Manche
  
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