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• Mace finance chief resigns

  09-09-2022 14:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  Mace Chief Financial Officer Richard Bienfait has resigned and has stepped down from his role with immediate effect.
  The contractor said he “is leaving Mace to pursue other opportunities in the private sector.”
  Andrew Beck has now been appointed as new interim Chief Financial Officer. Beck joined Mace in May this year as Group Finance Director.He will lead Mace’s finance team as the company commences its search for a permanent replacement for Bienfait.
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• Thomas Plant buys collapsed Hawkrent in pre-pack deal

  09-09-2022 09:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  North Wales-based Thomas Plant has bought collapsed Hawkrent from administrators in a deal that will save more than 20 jobs.
  RSM was appointed administrator of Hawkrent this week, which rents and leases plant machinery and site cabins.
  The assets of the business were immediately sold in a pre-pack deal to Flintshire-based Thomas Holdings (North West), the parent firm of Thomas Plant Hire.Hawkrent will continue to operate at its site in Shropshire and the jobs of all 22 employees have been s
  
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• Esh Construction launches new drainage division

  09-09-2022 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  Esh Construction has launched a new division specialising in drainage solutions for the commercial and utility sectors.
  The North of England contractors has invested £1.5mto create Esh Drainage Solutions which will deliver planned and reactive trenchless drainage maintenance, repairs, and cleansing services.
  More than 15 new jobs have initially been created, including operative, administrative, trainee and management roles, with that number set to rise in the coming months.The new division
  
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• B&K signs-off £60m Stoke Goods Yard job

  09-09-2022 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Capital & Centric has agreed a final contract price with Bowmer & Kirkland to build a £60m urban quarter next to Stoke-on-Trent’s train station.
  The Goods Yard scheme will involve building a mixed-use community for 174 new homes, works spaces, shops, bars, cafes and a new public square at the Swift House site.
  Construction work will now begin this month, including the demolition of some of the existing industrial buildings with no architectural merit.Preparatory wor
  
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• Man jailed for £260,000 construction tax fraud

  09-09-2022 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  A man has been jailed and three others sentenced for trying to steal more than £250,000 in a construction tax fraud.
  The three men and a woman, working in the construction industry in Northern Ireland, were charged after false claims for tax repayments were uncovered by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigators.
  The fraudulent claims of £260,000 were submitted to the HMRC Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) between January 2015 and September 2017.Edward Copeland, aged 51 with an add
  
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• Kier tops contracts league for wins in August

  09-09-2022 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  Kier continued its comeback as one of the country’s leading contractors picking up the highest tally of work for the second month running in August.
  The firm secured a spread of 16 projects together valued at around £516m and strengthened its grip on the 12-month rolling league where it has held pole position since April.
  Kier has now accumulated double the value of work of its closest rivals: Wates, Bam and Morgan Sindall.
  Its major win for the month was HMP Full Sutton, a new &poun
  
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