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• Industry still booming but storm clouds gather

  04-11-2022 11:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  Construction buyers reported  industry activity rising at the fastest pace since May last month.
  But business expectations dropped to a 29-month low as the government seems intent on talking and taxing the country into recession.
  The bellwether S&P Global/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index posted 53.2 in October, up from 52.3 in September and the highest reading since May.
  Higher levels of business activity were attributed to a combination of new project starts and st
  
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• Harlow 740-flats town centre scheme approved

  04-11-2022 09:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Strawberry Star has got the go-ahead to built 740-flats in the centre of Harlow
  The flats will be delivered across a series of buildings, including two landmark towers.
  Harlow Quarter’s 741 new apartments will range from studios to three-bedroom family homes, and will sit alongside around 3,000 sq m of flexible commercial space and 6,250 sq m of improved public realm.Strawberry Star’s Harlow development has been designed by architect Flanagan Lawrence.The two buildings that
  
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• Scaffold boss banned over unpaid tax bills

  04-11-2022 09:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  A scaffolder from Berkshire has been disqualified by the courts for six years after failing to pay more than £200,000 of tax.
  Vincent Christopher Larkin from Bracknell, Berkshire received a six-year disqualification order in the High Court of Justice before Insolvency & Companies Court Judge Jones.
  During proceedings the court heard that Larkin was the director of a scaffolding company called V Larkin Limited. Trading as Olympic Scaffolding which was incorporated in February 2006.The f
  
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• Birmingham 51-storey tower to start construction

  04-11-2022 09:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  Birmingham developer Court Collaboration has agreed a £200m forward funding partnership with Pension Insurance Corporation to deliver its 51-storey project One Eastside scheme
  One Eastside will be the city’s tallest residential tower at over 154m and includes 667 build to rent apartments built near to the new HS2 station on Curzon Street.
  The scheme comprises two buildings, with residential gardens and courtyard spaces, as well as a gym, cinema, and residents’ sky lounge on the
  
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• Civils contractor FACE files administration notice

  04-11-2022 08:58 via constructionenquirer.com
  Derbyshire based Field and Civil Engineering (FACE) has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
  The company employs 130 people according to its latest accounts and has been in business since 2000.
  FACE’s core sector is the the construction of new roads, sewers, Section 278 works, retaining walls and car parks.The firm has worked with most major house builders and supermarket chains alongside projects for schools and local authorities.
  Managing Director Simon Edwards left the
  
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