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• Ex-sports minister Colin Moynihan to be new Amey chairman

  18-01-2023 14:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Amey UK Limited has announced that Lord Colin Moynihan has been appointed Chairman of the firm replacing Ian Tyler.
  The announcement follows the recent acquisition of Amey by One Equity Partners and Buckthorn Partners, where Moynihan is also Chairman.
  Moynihan was Minister for Sport from 1987-1990 in Margaret Thatcher’s government and also served as Energy Minister and Environment Minister under John Major. He has also acted as Chairman of the UK Renewable Energy Advisory Group and was the
  
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• Offsite Solutions wins latest VINCI bathroom pod deal

  18-01-2023 11:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bathroom pod specialist Offsite Solutions has been awarded its second student living contract at the University of the West of England’s Frenchay Campus in Bristol.
  The £1.7m project will see the manufacture of 757 bathroom pods for VINCI Building.
  Offsite Solutions has delivered 16 pod projects for VINCI Building to date which includes major student accommodation schemes for universities in Swansea, Cardiff, Coventry, and Liverpool. This latest project is for the University of the W
  
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• Vistry banks on partnerships to ride out private sales drop

  18-01-2023 11:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Vistry Group is counting on its acquisition of Countryside Partnerships to drive growth in the year ahead.
  Chief executive Greg Fitzgerald said that strengthening Vistry’s partnerships housing business with the Countryside purchase had created a less cyclical and more resilient business.
  In a end of year trading update this morning, Fitzgerald said Vistry started the new financial year with forward sales totalling £4.6bn (31 Dec 2021: £2.7bn), including £3.6bn for the new
  
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• Construction to employ 2.67m people by 2027

  18-01-2023 11:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  New figures from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) reveal that almost 225,000 extra workers will be needed to meet UK construction demand by 2027.
  The projections will mean by 2027 the number of people working in construction will be 2.67m.
  CITB’s annual Construction Skills Network (CSN) report shows that 44,980 new workers a year will be needed to meet UK construction demand between now and 2027 as the industry recovers from recession this year.Construction is expected to re
  
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• Galliford Try order book edges up to £3.5bn in first half

  18-01-2023 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Galliford Try has battled against economic headwinds to improve its work pipeline and keep strong cash reserves
  In a first-half trading statement this morning chief executive Bill Hocking said the group’s order book had edged up to £3.5bn providing good visibility of future workload. “We continue to see a robust pipeline of new opportunities across our chosen sectors, supported by our strong track record and focus on the public and regulated sectors alongside high-quality
  
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• British Steel starts year with £75 a tonne price hike

  18-01-2023 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  British Steel has started the year with an immediate effect £75 a tonne structural steel price hike.
  In a letter to steelwork contractors this week, British Steel’s commercial director Ben Cunliffe blamed the continued rise in steelmaking costs in recent weeks.
  It is the first significant rise in steel prices since September when prices were pushed up by £250 a tonne in two hikes over a matter of weeks.
  But industry cost consultants later reported push-back from contractors wit
  
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• Inside Hinkley crash bus: Picture special

  18-01-2023 00:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hinkley workers have shared dramatic pictures of the immediate aftermath of the double-decker bus crash.
  It has now emerged that workers and engineers from a second following bus clambered onto the overturned bus to smash windows to get people out before the emergency services arrived at the scene.
  The double-decker bus was carrying 70 workers to Hinkley Point when it overturned early on Tuesday morning injuring 56 people.
  Hinkley workers trapped inside the tipped-over busThe incident took place
  
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