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• Higgins job cuts to be confirmed within weeks

  31-07-2023 08:52
  
  Higgins Group is set to make its recently announced round of redundancies within the next two weeks.
  Sources close to the company told the Enquirer up to 50 jobs could go in the restructuring.
  Higgins confirmed redundancy plans last month as part of a restructuring into regions of “the delivery element of the business.”The Essex based contractor said the changes “will improve operational efficiencies and provide a platform for our growth targets.”
  Higgins said “the
  
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• Marshalls to cut 250 jobs as sales slump

  31-07-2023 08:24
  
  Building products manufacturer Marshalls is cutting 250 jobs and closing its factory in Carluke, Lanarkshire as the slowing housing market drags down sales.
  The job losses come on top of 150 redundancies at the end of last year.
  Marshalls confirmed the cuts in a gloomy trading update today which warned performance in the second half of the year will be below market expectations.For the six months to June 30 2022 group revenue fell by 13% to with the biggest falls at landscape products which was
  
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• 20 firms win YORcivil3 £800m framework deal

  31-07-2023 08:08
  
  Procurement body YORhub has picked 20 firms for its third-generation civil engineering framework covering the Yorkshire and Humber regions.
  Separated into two regional frameworks together worth an estimated £800m, they will replace YORcivil2, which is due to expire in August.
  Presently 29 civils firms hold places on the existing panels.Newcomers to Yorcivil3 include Eric Wright, Keltbray, Galliford Try, Octavius. Among the big-name firms dropping out are Amey, Balfour Beatty, Kie
  
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• Quartet clinch £360m Yorkshire Highways Alliance deal

  31-07-2023 08:03
  
  Four contractors has secured spots on a major works framework covering highways and transportation projects in Yorkshire.
  Balfour Beatty, BAM Nuttall, Farrans and John Sisk will deliver projects valued over £7m.
  The framework firms will be used by Leeds Council and the wider Yorkshire Highways Alliance, which also includes the councils of Bradford, Wakefield, Kirklees Council, York and Calderdale.It will also be available to any local authorities or contracting authorities who are a wholly
  
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• McAleer & Rushe set for record year after 2022 profit fall

  31-07-2023 08:02
  
  McAleer & Rushe is set for a record year having secured new contracts worth £440m in the first six months of 2023 in Greater London, the Midlands, and Scotland.
  The bounce back follows a disappointing performance in 2022 that saw pre-tax profit fall 19% to £12m from revenue flat at £404m, according to newly-published accounts.
  Project delays also caused year-end net cash to slip back to £45m from £59m previously.
  But several residential and student accommodation
  
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