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• Three sites left in chase for £200m small modular reactor factory

  19-12-2022 10:26
  Rolls-Royce has narrowed to three the shortlist of sites for its first factory manufacturing parts for its planned fleet of small modular reactor power stations.
  plans to spend £100 to £200m on the heavy pressure vessels factory that will produce and assemble some of the largest and most complex components.
  The facility will be around the size of three football pitches and create more than 200 long-term, highly skilled roles.The Teesworks Redcar regeneration site is up against Sunder
  
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• £57m zero-carbon West Sussex secondary school approved

  19-12-2022 08:39
  A 900-pupil secondary school at a major housing scheme West Sussex has been given the green light.
  The school will be created at Homes England’s new Brookleigh 3,500 housing scheme near Burgess Hill and is designed to be the first school in West Sussex to achieve Passivhaus certification.
  Graham Hyslop, Homes England’s project director, said: “Homes England is committed to providing new schools as part of a truly sustainable community at Brookleigh.“This planning approval
  
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• Plasterboard prices set for major New Year hike

  19-12-2022 08:24
  Contractors have been left “angry and bemused” by plans for another major hike in plasterboard prices from January.
  The Enquirer understands that major manufacturers have been informing the industry of price rises of more than 15% in the New Year.
  That is on top of a near 100% rise during 2022.One concerned contractor said: “The excuse for the price rises this year has been soaring demand and raw material price rises.
  “But that’s not the case any more.
  “We wer
  
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• Green light for London House of Fraser redevelopment

  19-12-2022 08:07
  Sheen Lane Developments has got the planning thumbs up to turn a landmark House of Fraser building in south west London into a mixed-use development with gym and restaurant.
  The firm will redevelop the George Street store in Richmond giving it an additional top floor and extending the basement for a swimming pool.
  The grade II-listed store was originally built in the 1960s, has been empty since September 2020, when House of Fraser ceased trading.Roof top extension with bar and restaurant
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• Stewart Milne shelves sale plans as market softens

  19-12-2022 08:05
  Stewart Milne Group has shelved the planned sale of the business as the housing market continues to soften.
  The for sale sign was put up in April following the decision by founder and majority shareholder Stewart Milne to retire after nearly 50 years at the helm of the Scottish house builder.
  The company said “interest from prospective buyers was strong and the management team has been involved in fruitful discussions with a number of potential bidders.”But Stewart Milne Group has no
  
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• Stadium job tips Buckingham Group into loss

  19-12-2022 01:51
  Buckingham Group Contracting suffered a near £11m pre-tax loss last year after taking a big hit on a major stadium job.
  In freshly-published accounts for 2021, the main contractor said otherwise strong underlying operating profit margin at 1.8% had been adversely impacted by £22.6m from both the stadium project and Covid-related project delays.
  Extra costs also included £1m in one-off special bonus paid to staff as the business switched over to an employee ownership trust in S
  
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• Fulham stadium job tips Buckingham Group into loss

  19-12-2022 01:51
  Buckingham Group Contracting suffered a near £11m pre-tax loss last year after taking a big hit on a major stadium job.
  In freshly-published accounts for 2021, the main contractor said otherwise strong underlying operating profit margin at 1.8% had been adversely impacted by £22.6m from both the stadium project and Covid-related project delays.
  Extra costs also included £1m in one-off special bonus paid to staff as the business switched over to an employee ownership trust in S
  
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• 239 school rebuild and upgrade projects unveiled – list

  19-12-2022 00:15
  Nearly 240 schools across the country will be able to move ahead with plans for rebuilding or refurbishment works after the Government announced the fourth wave of school projects to win funding.
  The latest and largest tranche means a total of 400 school projects have secured funding commitments in the 10-year rebuilding programme.
  New buildings will be more energy efficient for future winter resilience and net-zero in operation, with old facilities replaced by modern education environments incl
  
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