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• 100 jobs axed as Geoffrey Osborne confirms administration

  30-04-2024 14:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The board of contractor Geoffrey Osborne lost their long fight to save the business today calling in administrators.
  Insolvency specialists from RSM laid off 100 staff immediately, keeping on a handful to help with talks to sell parts of the business to the trade.
  All staff have been paid until the end of April and consultations with people being made redundant have been carried out in recent days.Today’s announcement follows an 18-month battle to save the firm which saw much of the origi
  
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• £117m-turnover contractor files administration notice

  30-04-2024 09:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Hertfordshire based contractor ARJ Construction has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The Stevenage based firm has been in business since 1991 and specialises in projects from £10m to £60m across the South East in the residential, healthcare, education and commercial sectors.
  Latest results for the year to April 30 2023 show a turnover of £117m generating a pre-tax profit of £2.8m while the company employed 136 staff during the period.The firm&rsquo
  
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• Fortem extends homes repair deal across Birmingham

  30-04-2024 09:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Fortem has extended its long-term partnership with Birmingham City Council (BCC) with a new two-year homes repair contract worth £170m.
  The latest deal will extend Fortem’s relationship with the council to 18 years after it was first appointed to deliver these services back in 2008.
  The Willmott Dixon owned firm operates a ‘one stop shop’ for the council’s property repair needs to over 20,000 properties. It also carries out planned installations such as new kitchens
  
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• Green light for 34-storey Digbeth apartments tower

  30-04-2024 08:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The development arm of Clarion Housing has got the planning green light for a £100m high-rise homes scheme in Digbeth, Birmingham.
  Latimer plans to deliver 480 flats in a part 34 and part 10-floor scheme bounded by Clyde Street and the High Street and is now looking for a contractor to deliver the scheme, which is presently in planning.
  High-rise will be built on Digbeth High StreetThe site is home to a former Safestore industrial facility and surrounding hard-standing car parking.Regenera
  
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• £1bn London Blackfriars tower blocks approved

  30-04-2024 08:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A US-Korean development consortium has got the planning green light for a trio of towers at the southern end of Blackfriars Bridge in London.
  The landmark £1bn scheme of around 1m sq ft involves building two residential towers of 40 and 22 storeys and an office building reaching 45 storeys and topping out at nearly 200m.
  Developer Hines, alongside the National Pension Service of Korea, bought the 18 Blackfriars Road site for £208m in 2021.The approval, which was secured working with
  
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• Council decides to end Balfour deal after 13 years

  30-04-2024 08:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Herefordshire Council has decided to part ways with Balfour Beatty Living Places (BBLP) on a long running highways and maintenance deal across the county.
  Balfour has been maintaining roads and open spaces for the council since 2013 when it signed a ten-year deal worth £200m employing 150 staff.
  Last December it was awarded a £54m two-year extension to the Herefordshire Public Realm contract.But the council has now decided the deal will end in 2026 “because the current contract
  
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