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• Scaffold boss banned over covid loan abuse

  30-01-2023 14:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A scaffolder has been banned from running a business for 11 years after abusing the covid-19 Bounce Back Loan system.
  David McGuinness, 41 of the Sutton Coldfield area of Birmingham, was sole director of MC-Dalt Scaffolding Services Ltd, which was incorporated in 2017 with its registered office in Erdington in Birmingham.
  In May 2020, McGuinness applied for and received a Bounce Back Loan of £50,000 on behalf of the company.He then applied to dissolve the business two months later, which l
  
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• Construction forecast to fall by nearly 5% this year

  30-01-2023 09:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction output is now expected to fall by nearly 5% this year after economists at the Construction Products Association sharply downgraded forecasts.
  The big downward revision from -0.4% forecast just last summer and -3.9% forecast in the autumn is mainly due to the impact of a wider economic recession, rising interest rates and inflation.
  Two of the three largest sectors of activity, private housing new build and housing repair, maintenance and improvement, are forecast to be the worst aff
  
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• London Chiswick roundabout 24-storey tower approved

  30-01-2023 08:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans to build a landmark building at Chiswick Roandabout in London have passed through planning after four previous schemes in the past 25 years failed to materialise.
  The 400,000 sq ft Holly House project has been designed by architect Simpson Haugh as a landmark building next to an elevated section of the M4.
  It is estimated the project could cost around £125m to build over a four-year construction programme sustaining around 670 jobs each year.
  It will provide 252 homes, with around 35
  
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• Gove issues six weeks ultimatum to sign building safety contract

  30-01-2023 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing secretary Michael Gove has set a six-week deadline for developers to sign a government contract issued today committing them to fix their unsafe towers.
  He also warned that any house builders and developers failing to sign the contract would be banned from the market.
  Volume house builder Persimmon is the first to sign, with Barratt expected to follow suit today.The remediation contract requires developers to fix buildings and reimburse taxpayers, with an estimated £2bn expected to
  
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• Gove issues six week ultimatum to sign building safety contract

  30-01-2023 08:30 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Housing secretary Michael Gove has set six-week deadline for developers to sign a government contract issued today committing them to fix their unsafe towers.
  He also warned that any house builders and developers failing to sign the contract would be banned from the market.
  Volume house builder Persimmon is the first to sign, with Barratt expected to follow suit today.The remediation contract requires developers to fix buildings and reimburse taxpayers, with an estimated £2bn expected to b
  
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• Mace wins green office block at famous Fleet Street pub site

  30-01-2023 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developers BauMont Real Estate Capital and YardNine have appointed Mace to build a pioneering 12-storey office scheme at 100 Fetter Lane in Central London.
  The Edenica building will provide 95,000 sq ft of Grade A office and retail space on the site of a London pub once famous as a haunt for Fleet Street sports writers.
  The revamp of the former offices of DAC Beachcroft and the White Swan pub at 108 Fetter Lane includes the demolition of the existing buildings and the delivery of a new 12-storey
  
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