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• Inland Homes delays results announcement

  28-02-2023 15:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Inland Homes has delayed the publication of its final results for the financial year ended 30 September 2022.
  The results were due to be published by today but have now been pushed back until March to give new auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP more time to go through the books.
  In January Inland increased predictions of pre-tax losses for the year to 30 September 2022 to £91m.That was up on the previous estimate last September of £37.1m as Inland launched a strategic review of the
  
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• Luton Airport submits ambitious expansion plan

  28-02-2023 09:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London Luton Airport has submitted revived plans for a major airport expansion to raise capacity from 18m to 32m passengers per year.
  Luton Rising, the Luton Council company that owns the airport, said the plans include community funding proposals that, in time, could provide an additional £14m every year for communities across Luton and neighbouring areas.
  Consent is being sought to build a new terminal, a major programme of earthworks to create an extension to the current airfield p
  
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• Pocket Living teams up with French builder on London scheme

  28-02-2023 09:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Pocket Living has secured up to £100m in bank funding to accelerate affordable homes schemes for London’s first-time buyers.
  It is Pocket’s third facility with Lloyds Bank which collectively has funded over 1,000 homes to date and will remain as the developer’s principal senior lender.
  The first tranche of cash drawn down will fund Pocket’s affordable development at Sheepcote Road in Harrow.The 100% affordable scheme is expected to complete in August 2024 and will d
  
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• Thames Water plans £1.6bn sewage works bonanza

  28-02-2023 08:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Thames Water is planning to splash out £1.6bn on upgrading sewage treatment works and sewer networks over the next two years.
  An extra 150 extra staff have been taken on at Thames Water’s capital delivery team to raise its capability to deliver complex engineering projects at pace.
  Its fast-tracked programme will see significant upgrades to wastewater treatment plants and sewerage networks to reduce storm discharges and pollution incidents.
  The spending splurge will help Thames Water
  
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• First nuclear reactor arrives at Hinkley

  28-02-2023 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  The first new nuclear reactor for a British power station for more than 30 years has arrived at Hinkley Point C.
  The “reactor pressure vessel” will create the heat needed to make steam for the world’s largest turbines and is just 13-metres long weighing 500-tonnes,
  It is the first of two nuclear reactors which will be installed at Hinkley Point C and each reactor will help provide enough low carbon electricity for 3 million homes.The reactor made by Framatome comes from the sam
  
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• First nuclar reactor arrives at Hinkley

  28-02-2023 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  The first new nuclear reactor for a British power station for more than 30 years has arrived at Hinkley Point C.
  The “reactor pressure vessel” will create the heat needed to make steam for the world’s largest turbines and is just 13-metres long weighing 500-tonnes,
  It is the first of two nuclear reactors which will be installed at Hinkley Point C and each reactor will help provide enough low carbon electricity for 3 million homes.The reactor made by Framatome comes from the sam
  
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• Muse submits plan for 1.3m sq ft Crewe logistics park

  28-02-2023 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Muse has submitted a planning application to Cheshire East Council to bring forward a 1.3m sq ft highly-sustainable logistics and business park a short distance from the M6 in Crewe.
  The firm has submitted a hybrid planning application for the WestonM6 scheme. It is seeking detailed approval for the first phase, which will include three logistics and warehousing buildings totalling approximately 750,000 sq ft.
  Approval is also being sought to bring forward landscaping including a 3km a
  
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