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• Buckingham supply chain hit soars above £300m

  07-10-2024 13:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Administrators for collapsed contractor Buckingham Group have revealed the amount owed to its supply chain has now topped £300m.
  When the firm went into administration in September 2023 there were 1,292 unsecured creditors with claims totalling £113m.
  That figure was increased in a progress report from Grant Thornton in April to 1,375 claims totalling £256m.The latest update filed at Companies House shows that total is now 1,391 claims worth £302.2m with suppliers and sub
  
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• New construction boss for Robertson North East

  07-10-2024 09:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Robertson Construction has promoted commercial director Neil Kennedy to regional managing director for the North East.
  Kennedy, a quantity surveyor by profession, has been with Robertson Construction for over 15 years, and his promotion comes following the retirement of Garry Hope who has been the managing director of Robertson Construction North East since 2016.
  In his new role at the firm’s Gateshead base, he will hold overall responsibility for the North East construction business. This
  
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• Renew buys onshore wind firm for £50m

  07-10-2024 09:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Renew has bought onshore wind turbine maintenance specialist Full Circle for £50.5m.
  Paul Scott, Chief Executive Officer of Renew, said: “The acquisition of Full Circle represents an exciting opportunity for the group to enter a high-growth, and fragmented onshore wind services market.
  “Full Circle operates a scalable technology-enabled platform across a diverse customer base with existing long-term contracts and a fast-growing brand in the UK and across Europe.
  “The comp
  
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• Go-ahead for £125m Immingham Ro-Ro terminal

  07-10-2024 08:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Government has given Associated British Ports the go-ahead to build a large roll on roll off terminal at its port in Immingham on the Humber Estuary.
  Transport Secretary Louise Haigh granted development consent paving the way for contractor Dragados to start work on the £125m eastern Ro-Ro Terminal plan next year.
  Works are set to cover at least 46 acres. The new roll-on/roll-off facility comprising a new jetty with three berths, improved hardstanding, terminal buildings and an interna
  
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• BBC brickies firm went down owing £2m to suppliers

  07-10-2024 08:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A construction firm featured in a BBC series about young bricklayers went under owing nearly £2m to subcontractors and suppliers.
  Hodgkinson Builders featured in the BBC Three docuseries  Brickies which ran for two seasons from 2022/23 following the lives of young recruits at the Derby-based contractor.
  The firm went into administration last month and was acquired in a pre-pack deal by East Midlands Masonry Limited.Robert Hodgkinson is a director of East Midlands Masonry Limited and t
  
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• Network Rail reveals top suppliers spend

  07-10-2024 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Network Rail’s top suppliers were paid nearly £4.1bn last year – 42% of the infrastructure provider’s total spend with suppliers.
  The rail infrastructure body raised spending among its leading suppliers by 7%, with major power supplier EDF continuing to rank as the biggest supplier followed by signalling and train control specialist Siemens Mobility in second place.Network Rail’s top suppliers by spend
  Rank
  Supplier
  24/23
  23/22
  1
  EDF Energy Customer
  £681m
  &pou
  
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• Winners of £3bn London housing major works deal

  07-10-2024 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Forty-eight firms have secured spots on the revamped London Construction Programme major works housing framework.
  London’s Haringey Borough Council handled the procurement of the £3bn framework, which has been reshaped to allocate places for SME firms as well as bigger players in the market.
  Among the big names Graham, Kier, Higgins, Hill, McLaren, Morgan Sindall, Vinci and Wates secured places on the renewed framework.
  LCP Major Works Housing FrameworkAD Construction; Alexander Jame
  
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