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• Renew swoops for nuclear welding and fabrication specialist

  27-10-2023 09:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Engineering services contractor Renew has bought welding and fabrication specialist TIS Cumbria for £4.7m.
  Workington-based TIS is a leading nuclear manufacturing and fabrication specialist employing around 30 staff.
  Renew said the deal would enhance its nuclear services offering by immediately doubling manufacturing capacity and strengthening Renew’s position in the growing nuclear decommissioning and new build markets.Paul Scott, Chief Executive Officer of Renew, said: “This
  
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• Bouygues bags £30m Cotswolds designer shops village

  27-10-2023 09:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Regional property developer Robert Hitchins has appointed Bouygues UK as main contractor to deliver the £30m first phase of its Cotswolds Designer Outlet in Tewkesbury.
  Construction will start next month on the 136,000 retail village ahead of a Spring 2025 opening with shops for 56 brands.
  The Cotswolds Designer Outlet sits at the heart of Robert Hitchins’ long-term vision for a significant, mixed-use development programme across a 300-acre site, bringing forward retail, F&B, lei
  
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• Cheshire civils contractor files administration notice

  27-10-2023 09:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Cheshire based civils and building contractor M Igoe Ltd has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The Northwich based business lodged court papers this week.
  Latest accounts for M Igoe show for the year to May 31 2022 it had a turnover of £19.1m generating a pre-tax profit of £162,383.During the year M Igoe employed 34 staff and the firm has been in business since 1985.Data and credit checking specialist Red Flag Alert highlighted the firms’ administration n
  
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• Industry urges rethink on fire sale of HS2 land

  27-10-2023 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  New analysis shows the government plan for a hasty sell-off of HS2 Phase 2a land between Birmingham and Crewe will cost taxpayers £100m.
  The Government decision to press ahead with a fire sale would also lock in the north south gap for generations, permanently ruling out a new Birmingham-Manchester railway.
  Analysis by the industry’s High Speed Rail Group published today warns the Government plan to sell ‘within weeks’ 2,900 acres of land between Birmingham and Crewe woul
  
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• Gilbert Ash tipped for 900-room London hotel

  27-10-2023 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans to renovate and double the size of the existing Hilton London Olympia to over 900 rooms have been approved.
  Developer Frogmore and C1 Capital, which acquired the hotel last year, will now proceed with one of London’s biggest hotel projects at 380 Kensington High Street.
  Under designs drawn up by architect Studion Moren, part of the property’s existing structure will be retained, while nearly 500 bedrooms are added alongside a new rooftop garden.Contractor Gilbert Ash has been a
  
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