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• Former Midas chief executive joins Real

  24-10-2022 11:34
  Contractor and developer Real has appointed Alan Hope as director in its South West business.
  Hope was previously Chief Executive at Exeter-headquartered Midas Group which went into administration in February owing more than £50m to its supply chain.
  Paul Nicholls, CEO at Real, said: “We’re pleased and excited to have someone as experienced as  Alan join Real with a clear remit to grow our South West business.“Alan’s local knowledge and relationships will help
  
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• Strong offsite demand sees profit rise for McAvoy

  24-10-2022 11:19
  Offsite manufacturing specialist McAvoy Group Limited has seen profit and turnover rise in its latest accounts as the company marked its 50th year in business.
  Revenue to £71.5m for the 13-month period to 31 May 2022, compared to £23.8m for the six-month period ending April 2021 as McAvoy generated EBITDA of £6.2m for the same period, compared to £2.4m for the period ending April 2021.
  During the reporting period McAvoy unveiled a significant expansion programme that incl
  
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• Crystal Palace’s revised £100m main stand plan approved

  24-10-2022 08:43
  Crystal Place Football Club’s revised plan for a £100m new Main Stand at Selhurst Park has been approved by Croydon councillors in London.
  The Eagles first got the green light four years ago, but progress was delayed by Covid and now required minor adjustments to adhere to new London Plan requirements.
  The Main Stand development will overhaul Selhurst Park, which has been the Club’s home since 1924 and will increase capacity from 26,000 to more than 34,000.The scheme will now g
  
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• Interserve hit with £4.4m fine after cyber attack

  24-10-2022 08:19
  Interserve Group Ltd has been fined £4.4m by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to keep personal information of its staff secure.
  The fine follows a breach of data protection law in May 2020 when the company failed to put appropriate security measures in place to prevent the cyber attack, which enabled hackers to access the personal data of up to 113,000 employees through a phishing email.
  The compromised data included personal information such as contact de
  
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• Third of major rail enhancement projects stuck in sidings

  24-10-2022 07:37
  Around one-third of the projects in the Government’s £10bn Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline have failed to advance in the three years since the 2019-2024 plan was published.
  There is now deep concern among contractors and suppliers about slippage and a lack of official programme transparency.
  Their trade body, the Rail Industry Association, has now taken the step of carrying out its own progress audit on the planned rolling programme of 58 enhancement projects, after the Department
  
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• Eric Wright go-ahead to start £40m Preston cinema complex

  24-10-2022 07:27
  Long-awaited plans to revamp Preston city centre with a £40m cinema and leisure complex will finally move to construction after Eric Wright was signed to deliver the project.
  The Animate leisure project will advance after Preston City Council gave Eric Wright Group-owned development partner Maple Grove Developments clearance to start.
  Site preparation will start over the next month, with full construction scheduled to begin in early 2023.Located on the site of the former indoor market, the
  
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• JCB rolls out world’s first hydrogen refueller truck

  24-10-2022 07:01
  JCB has designed the world’s first mobile site hydrogen refueller for its next-generation hydrogen-powered backhoe loaders and telehandlers.
  The plant manufacturer has designed the truck to refuel its prototype machines in the same way that fuel bowsers are used for diesel-powered equipment.
  JCB is betting a £100m on its development project to produce super-efficient hydrogen engines for construction plant and has 100 engineers working on hydrogen power.JCB chairman Lord Bamford, who
  
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