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• Industry wins two-year delay on CE marking switch

  14-11-2022 18:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Government has given the industry an extra two years’ leeway to switch from CE product marking to the new UK Conformity Assessed mark.
  The decision to give product manufacturers and producers more ‘breathing space’ came after construction leaders urged Government ministers for a delay warning the present testing regime was in chaos.
  Under Government plans, the CE quality stamp would no longer be officially recognised from 1 January.
  CE marks will continue to be recognised u
  
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• Russell WBHO to convert former Debenhams in Manchester

  14-11-2022 15:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  North west contractor Russell WBHO has been named construction partner for the £68.5m transformation of the Rylands building on the corner of Market Street and High Street in Manchester.
  Developer AM alpha is converting the former home of Debenhams in the city into a mixed-use development comprising retail, leisure and office space.
  The Grade II listed building will undergo extensive modernisation including fully redeveloping the existing building, converting the upper floors into high-qua
  
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• Weston Homes plans £500m land buying spree

  14-11-2022 08:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  South east house builder Weston Homes has unveiled plans to invest up to £500m in strategic land acquisitions over the coming five years.
  The firm aims to buy new homes sites across outer London and the South East in order to further expand the company’s existing £2bn portfolio of pipeline developments, which will deliver over 7,500 new homes.
  Bob Weston, chairman and managing director of Weston Homes, said he would look to purchase individual sites that could deliver between 1
  
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• Green light for Manchester Stretford Mall regeneration

  14-11-2022 08:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  Plans by developer Bruntwood and Trafford Council for the transformation of Stretford’s King Street have been given the green light.
  The £13m project makes up a part of the wider Stretford Masterplan and will see Caddick Construction deliver improved transport links, pedestrianised streets and a new town centre.
  The plans also include investment to create a new King Street Square at the site of the former Mall t0 provide market stalls and spaces to host events, along with transformin
  
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• Construction boss banned over Bounce Back Loan fraud

  14-11-2022 08:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  The boss of a London construction company has been banned from running a business for 11 years after abusing the Bounce Back Loans system.
  Lavinia-Larisa Mociar, 31, claimed £50,000 to support the Harrow-based construction business of which she was a director – but the business had ceased trading when the application was made.
  Mociar, originally from Romania, was the sole director of L&M Construct Ltd until the company went into liquidation in November 2021.But L&M Construct
  
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• Funding deal to unlock £400m Manchester scheme

  14-11-2022 07:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Landsec has struck a deal with Mayfield Partnership to fund the first phase of a £400m mixed-use scheme along the south side of Manchester city centre.
  The deal allows Landsec/U+I to begin drawing down land for two office buildings totalling 320,000 sq ft and a 581-space multi-storey car park, which were granted planning consent back in January 2020.
  The developer now expects to be on site in 2023 with a 24-month programme to deliver of the first building – the 76,000 sq ft
  
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