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• Strike ballot as Network Rail maintenance job cuts loom

  21-04-2022 16:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Railway workers across the country will be balloted over strike action following fears that Network Rail plans to cut 2,500 maintenance staff.
  The Enquirer revealed major cost saving plans last month as Network Rail chiefs prepare to transition to Great British Railways next year.
  Unions fear Network rail is planning to scrap the front-line ‘operative’ role, abandon certain pieces of maintenance work and reduce the size of teams who maintain Britain’s railways.The RMT union is
  
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• Bob Holt is back with plan to grow M&E contractor

  21-04-2022 09:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing maintenance veteran Bob Holt has bounced back into construction taking a major stake and the chairman’s role at Bristol M&E contractor Cosgrove & Drew.
  Holt, 67, returns to the industry after a sudden exit a year ago as chairman at compliance contractor Sureserve – formerly called Lakehouse – following disagreements with the board.
  He returns with plans to scale up the regional specialist into a big player in the developing energy transition market.
  His car
  
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• Higgins returns to profit after restructure

  21-04-2022 09:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Essex housing specialist Higgins Group has returned to profit after restructuring the business.
  While revenue at the group continued to slide falling 10% to £151m, the firm recorded a £203,000 pre-tax profit in the year to July 2021, back from a 3.7m loss the year before.
  Higgins Partnerships, the contracting arm of the group, raised revenue by 43% in the year to £125m, as its benefitted from the start of several delayed schemes from the previous Covid-impacted year.Underlying
  
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• Stewart Milne Group puts house builder up for sale

  21-04-2022 08:45 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Stewart Milne Group is selling off the house building business after its founder and main shareholder decided to retire.
  Stewart Milne, 71, told The Herald: “The unprecedented events of the last two years have forced many to re-evaluate and, after considerable soul-searching, I have decided that the time is right to step back from the business I founded to prioritise my time for family, friends and other ventures I want to pursue.”
  The business is owned by Milne and his three sons.Th
  
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• Go-ahead for East London 400-room student scheme

  21-04-2022 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Watkin Jones has gained planning permission for a 400-room student scheme in Stratford, East London.
  The Grove Crescent Road scheme has been designed by Glenn Howells Architects with M&E design from Waterstone Design to be rated BREEAM ‘Excellent’.
  It will also include around 22,000 sq ft of new workspace aimed at local makers and creative businesses.High Wycombe-based demolition contractor Putnam will clear the site which was previously a Jewson builders’ merchant material
  
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