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• Social housing bidding opens for £1.5bn energy retrofit cash

  29-09-2022 09:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Government has fired the starting gun for the second funding round for cash to help the upgrade energy efficiency of around 130,000 social homes across the country
  Up to £1.5bn is being made available through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and Home Upgrade Grant schemes.
  Social housing providers and local authorities can now submit bids for funding to upgrade the properties of an estimated 130,000 low-income and social households.The cash will be allocated to fund energy effic
  
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• Bond Street Elizabeth line station to open next month

  29-09-2022 08:59 via constructionenquirer.com
  Bond Street’s Elizabeth line station will finally open on Monday 24 October.
  The opening will mean trains from Reading, Heathrow, and Shenfield will connect with the central tunnels of the Elizabeth line – opening up new direct journeys across the capital.
  Customers from those outer London routes will be able to go directly to Bond Street without having to change trains at Paddington or Liverpool Street mainline stations.The Elizabeth line was originally planned to open in December 2
  
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• Plan for £58m Bristol pharma R&D facility approved

  29-09-2022 08:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  Biotech firm Vectura has got the planning thumbs up to build a major R&D facility in Bristol.
  The Chippenham-based firm specialises in asthma inhalers and is understood to have Willmott Dixon lined up to build its planned 10,000m² Inhalation Centre of Excellence.
  The £58m project will be built at Bristol & Bath Science Park, with Wilmmott Dixon expected to start construction in early 2023.Michael Austwick, chief executive officer at Vectura, said: “We are delighted
  
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• Green light for St Helens town centre revamp

  29-09-2022 08:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  The transformation of St Helens town centre has got the green light allowing prepartions for demolition to start in April next year.
  English Cities Fund – a joint venture between Muse, Legal & General and Homes England – will now advance detailed designs for phase one of the town centre masterplan.
  Planning approval covers some demolition of existing property and outline consent for new buildings, allowing for flexibility in further phases depending on market conditions.Phase 1 t
  
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• Fire destroys conveyor belt at Silvertown Tunnel site

  29-09-2022 00:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  A conveyor belt was damaged by fire when a blaze broke out on the Silvertown Tunnel site on Tuesday night.
  Six fire engines and 40 firefighters were called to the site  on North Woolwich Road in Silvertown.
  Around 25 workers left the site before the London Fire Brigade arrived. There were no reports of any injuries.Station Commander Daniel Capon, who was at the scene, said: “Access to the fire was challenging, with firefighters working to reach a sub-surface conveyor belt.
  “Crew
  
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