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• NG Bailey chief to step down

  29-02-2024 23:18
  
  NG Bailey Chief Executive Officer David Hurcomb has announced his retirement after 14 years at the helm.
  Hurcomb will retire in May and be replaced by Jonathan Stockton who joined NG Bailey in 2016 and has held several senior roles including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.
  Hurcomb said: “It has been a huge honour to have played my part during my time as Chief Executive in the ongoing success of what is a truly fantastic family-owned business.“I am immensely proud
  
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• Hundreds to be rehoused in Aberdeen over RAAC fears

  29-02-2024 17:37
  
  Hundreds of people living in council housing in Aberdeen are being told to leave their homes because they contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete panels.
  The city council is writing to tenants after a structural engineers report recommended they be relocated to alternative accommodation because of fears the concrete panels could fail.
  Last year a survey of thousands of homes in the city found RAAC panels in around 500 homes in the city’s Balnagask area, including 364 council propert
  
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• Stantec lands design role on £4bn battery factory

  29-02-2024 14:27
  
  Stantec has been selected to provide integrated design services for Tata Group’s global battery business Agratas who are planning a £4bn battery cell manufacturing facility on the Gravity Smart Campus in Bridgwater, Somerset.
  The new advanced manufacturing facility, comprising three separate buildings with associated ancillary structures, will create up to 4,000 jobs on site over the lifespan of the project and thousands more in the supply chain.
  Gord Johnston, president and chief ex
  
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• Equans suffers £146m loss and quits new build housing

  29-02-2024 09:18
  
  Bouygues-owned contractor Equans Regeneration has pulled out of bidding for housing association new build work after plunging to a £146m operating loss.
  Colin Macpherson, chief executive at Equans UK, blamed cost inflation, supply chain failures, legislative changes and  ‘unsustainably low levels of return’ across the industry for its problems.
  He said the social housing business would work through existing new build contracts leading to a complete withdrawal from the sect
  
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• Graham wins £85m Milton Keynes Lakes Estate revamp

  29-02-2024 08:59
  
  Contractor Graham has started enabling works to regenerate the Lakes Estate in Milton Keynes.
  It will build almost 200 new council homes, a nursery, community centre and retail space and was appointed under an intensive two-stage tender using the Pagabo framework.
  The Lakes Estate is located at the southernmost end of Milton Keynes, on the outskirts of Bletchley and ranks in the top 10 most deprived areas in England for crime, income and health deprivation.The project is being funded by the city
  
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• Graham wins £85m Milton Keynes Lakes Estate rebuild

  29-02-2024 08:59
  
  Contractor Graham has started enabling works to regenerate the Lakes Estate in Milton Keynes.
  It will build almost 200 new council homes, a nursery, community centre and retail space and was appointed under an intensive two-stage tender using the Pagabo framework.
  The Lakes Estate is located at the southernmost end of Milton Keynes, on the outskirts of Bletchley and ranks in the top 10 most deprived areas in England for crime, income and health deprivation.The project is being funded by the city
  
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• Green light for major mixed-use scheme in Ealing

  29-02-2024 08:55
  
  Henley Investment Management has secured consent for the mixed-use redevelopment of a site on Stanley Road in Ealing, west London.
  The scheme, designed by HTA Architects, will transform the area and forms a key part of the council’s South Acton masterplan.
  The new development will provide 10,915 sq ft of purpose-built industrial workspace alongside 140 new homes.The plans were updated, to those of the original planning submission, following objections from local residents and subsequent ex
  
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• Job cuts at modular house builder TopHat

  29-02-2024 08:20
  
  Volumetric modular house builder TopHat has started a round of redundancies as part of a cost-cutting drive.
  The Enquirer understands that around 70 roles are at risk with consultation now underway.
  The Goldman Sachs-backed business has been trading since 2016 with investors – who also include Aviva and Persimmon – pumping in £200m of funding since then.Latest results for TopHat Industries Ltd for the year to October 31 2022 showed pre-tax losses increased to £20.4 from &
  
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