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• McLaren appoints former McAlpine commercial director

  01-11-2023 12:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  McLaren Construction has appointed Paul Spiller as Group Commercial Director.
  Spiller was previously London commercial director at Sir Robert McAlpine and left earlier this year following a restructure.
  He joins former colleague Paul Heather who left McAlpine last year to become group managing director at McLaren.Spiller will build on McLaren’s recent success in delivering a range of public and private sector projects through repeat business and frameworks across its Major Projects, London
  
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• Muse to deliver Solihull town centre revamp

  01-11-2023 08:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall’s urban renewal arm Muse has been picked as preferred development partner for the regeneration of Mell Square shopping centre in Solihul.
  Working closely with Solihull Council, Muse will help to deliver a wholesale transformation of Mell Square over the next 10 years.
  Solihull Council took ownership of Mell Square in April 2021 in order to support the delivery of its Town Centre Masterplan.The masterplan identifies and outlines several development opportunities at Mell Squar
  
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• Builders prefer poached eggs or porridge for breakfast

  01-11-2023 08:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  One of construction’s biggest on-site caterers is set to soon sell more healthy breakfasts than traditional fry-ups.
  Construction catering specialist Bon Appetit feeds 30,000 hungry workers a day and has seen a gradual shift towards healthy eating.
  Its latest research shows says the proportion who choose a traditional breakfast has fallen from 81% to 56% over the last ten years.Almost half (44%) now opt for health-conscious menu items such as poached eggs or porridge oats or a freshly prep
  
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• Squibb Group owes creditors £23m

  01-11-2023 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The scale of demolition specialist Squibb Group’s debts can be revealed as the firm tries to strike a deal with its creditors.
  Documents seen by the Enquirer detail how much is owed by Squibb as it seeks agreement for a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) with creditors.
  The CVA proposals by Begbies Traynor show £23.3m owed to more than 300 creditors by the group which had a turnover of £30.9m for the year to January 31 2022.Unsecured creditors in the supply chain are owed &pou
  
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• Leeds 30-storey Springwell Gardens tower approved

  01-11-2023 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Citylife has gained consent for a 30-floor residential skyscraper in Leeds, after scaling down its height from 46 floors.
  The £100m scheme planned for Whitehall Road in the north west part of Holbeck would consist of 345 flats with a sky garden and private roof terrace.
  Designed by Nick Brown Architects, the project on the site of Holbeck’s Cartwright House would form the second phase of the Springwell Gardens scheme in the city.Construction is timetable to get underway in
  
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• Bouygues E&S returns to profit ending five years of losses

  01-11-2023 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bouygues Energies & Services’ UK engineering contracting business has delivered a profit ending five years of losses.
  The engineering construction and maintenance specialist based in Motherwell returned a pre-tax profit of £19m last year,  after accumulating £141m of losses since 2017.
  Revenue over the year to December 2022 was slightly ahead at £198m, helped by around £45m of revenue derived outside the UK.
  The big gains came from a tighter control of oper
  
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