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• Pension provider B&CE changes name to People’s Partnership

  25-11-2022 15:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  Pension provider B&CE is to changing its name to People’s Partnership.
  The announcement coincides with the 80th anniversary of the not-for-profit organisation, which began life providing holiday stamps to the construction industry during the Second World War.
  Today, it provides a range of straightforward financial products, including The People’s Pension, which has more than six million members.
  With assets under management currently more than £17bn and serving more than 10
  
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• £3.4bn Sellafield infrastructure race delayed to New Year

  25-11-2022 09:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  Sellafield has set a new January start date for the race to bid to become one of four new key infrastructure partners in a strategic delivery shake-up at the nuclear decommissioning site.
  Tenders for the major procurement plan were due to be published last month but progress has slipped with the race now set to start early in the New Year.
  Sellafield aims to replace its Infrastructure Services Alliance with Morgan Sindall and Arup with a new Infrastructure Delivery Partnership.
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• ISG wins £600m Hertfordshire Hollywood film studio job

  25-11-2022 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  ISG has secured the pre-construction services agreement to build the largest film studio complex in the current crop of projects being planned.
  The 2m sq ft blockbuster construction project for Hollywood’s Sunset Studios is believed to worth around £600m.
  The Waltham Cross complex would rival Sky’s new studios in Borehamwood, the Elstree Studios and Warner Bros’ complex in Leavesden, as Hertfordshire looks set to become a hub for the UK’s film industry.
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• NAO calls for road programme cuts as costs soar

  25-11-2022 01:02 via constructionenquirer.com
  The public spending watchdog has called for an urgent review of the current roads programme amid rising costs and project delays.
  The Department for Transport and National Highways needs to make difficult decisions in prioritising road enhancements projects, the National Audit Office said today.
  The NAO report warns urgent action is needed to avoid damaging unmanaged knock-on effects.
  “The extent of inflationary cost pressure is beyond the levels that can be absorbed by National Highways a
  
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