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• Scottish contractor Stewart and Shields goes under

  18-04-2023 16:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Historic Scottish contractor Stewart and Shields has appointed joint provisional liquidators from Interpath Advisory.
  The family firm has been trading for more than 60 years from its head office in Helensburgh on the west coast of Scotland.
  The company provides building services across the country including, social housing, local authority work, commercial construction and private and residential contracts.
  But a cashflow crisis combined with contract delays and the rising cost of raw materials
  
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• Man City submit plans for £300m stadium expansion

  18-04-2023 13:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  Manchester City FC has submitted revised plans to the local council for a £300m expansion of its Etihad Stadium.
  The project will boost the ground’s capacity from 54,000 to 60,000 while creating a “best-in-class fan experience and year-round entertainment and leisure destination.”
  Plans include several connected all-weather facilities integrated into the stadium centred around an expanded North Stand with one larger, single upper tier above the existing lower tier.Above t
  
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• Higher-value steelwork contracts lift Billington profits

  18-04-2023 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Independent steelwork contractor Billington navigated volatile material prices to deliver a much-improved underlying operating margin approaching 7% last year.
  The jump in pre-tax profit to £5.8m from £1.3 m previously out of revenue ahead 5% at £87m was helped by improved factory operating efficiency and a move to larger more complex projects.
  Mark Smith, chief executive officer, said that market remained challenging, but Billington had secured significant contracts at improve
  
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• Rainham Steel to open Northern rebar production facility

  18-04-2023 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Steel stockholder and distributor Rainham Steel Company has bought a 17 acres site in North Lincolnshire to open a rebar production facility.
  Rainham Steel Company plans to invest around £3.5m into developing the Althorpe Wharf site in Keadby over the coming year eventually leading to 60 new jobs.
  The business already services the UK, European and world markets from a 70 acre site and distribution facility in Scunthorpe.The land had previously been used by RMS Trent Ports Limited to stock
  
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• Strike hits new £100m anti-wind cow food plant

  18-04-2023 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Engineering construction workers started a three-week strike today in a row over bonus payments at a new £100m manufacturing plant in Dalry, Scotland.
  The Unite members working for Kaefer and Altrad Babcock are demanding a local bonus under the terms of the NAECI agreement “in recognition of flexibility and work being undertaken to assist with the delivery of a new manufacturing plant.”
  The plant is owned by Royal DSM and the new facility will manufacture a product known as Bov
  
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