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• Kier confirmed for £20m Yasa Motors Bicester HQ

  14-10-2024 17:26
  
  Property developer Bicester Motion has picked Kier as its construction partner to deliver UK electric motor company YASA’s HQ at a former World War Two RAF base in Oxfordshire.
  The 444-acre future mobility estate in Bicester, called the Ranges, will be built out with several buildings over the next few years.
  Kier will construct the bespoke HQ development that will total 90,000 sq ft, estimated to cost around £20m. It will consist of three linked buildings.The Ranges’ remaining
  
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• Data centres and airport expansion to spur growth

  14-10-2024 16:41
  
  Plans to invest £1.1bn in London Stansted airport and build yet more data centres that turbo charge planned total digital infrastructure spend to £25bn were hailed at the Government’s International Investment Summit today.
  The latest schemes, including a host clean energy projects corralled together in an earlier Government statement, were hailed by Prime Minister Kier Starmer as drivers of the Government’s industrial growth strategy.
  The Manchester Airports Group, which
  
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• Winvic secures Leeds build to rent scheme

  14-10-2024 09:12
  
  Winvic is to start construction on a 450-flat build to rent scheme making up the first phase of the Sweet Street regeneration project in Leeds.
  The project is getting underway after build to rent developer and operator PLATFORM_  signed off a £150m joint venture with Lloyds-backed equity investor – HGP – to deliver the initial build at the South Bank regeneration project to create 1.3m sq ft mixed-use space
  Mark Jones, Managing Director for Multi-room, Winvic said the proj
  
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• Starmer vows to “rip out” obstacles to investment

  14-10-2024 09:01
  
  Prime Minister Kier Starmer is vowing to “rip out” bureaucracy that blocks infrastructure investment in the UK.
  His pledge will coincide with today’s inaugural International Investment Summit where billions worth of projects are due to be unveiled.
  Starmer will say: “We’ve got to look at regulation where it is needlessly holding back the investment, to take our country forward.“Where it is stopping us building the homes, the data centres, warehouses, grid conn
  
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• BAM reassures supply chain after winding-up petition

  14-10-2024 08:42
  
  BAM Construction has acted to reassure its supply chain after a supplier issued a winding-up petition against the firm.
  The main contractor took the step to email its subcontractors after the firm’s credit rating was impacted by the action.
  In an email seen by the Enquirer, BAM said: “BAM is aware that its credit rating is being temporarily affected as a result of action taken by a small supplier.
  ‘The petition debt is disputed and we are in the process of pursuing our rights i
  
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• London super sewer turned on after eight years of construction

  14-10-2024 08:27
  
  London’s £4.5bn super sewer has now been turned on after eight years of construction work.
  The first four of 21 sites have been switched on with the new tunnel starting to protect the River Thames from sewage pollution for the first time.
  Valves, which operate like giant gates, are now open at four sites with the rest due to come online in the coming months when the sewer will reach full operating capacity next year.In May the new 25km super sewer was connected to the 6.9km Lee Tunne
  
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• £60m turnover construction group sold to staff

  14-10-2024 08:11
  
  Gateshead based Meldrum Construction Services Group has become an Employee Owned Trust (EOT) by its 220 staff.
  The £60m turnover firm specialises in construction, civils, fabrication, M&E, fire engineering and also has in-house FM capability.
  Current CEO Dave Meldrum will continue in his role while the existing board of directors will remain in full control of strategy and business decisions.Meldrum said, “By becoming an employee-owned trust, we’re securing the future of th
  
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• VolkerFitzpatrick starts prep-work for £210m M3 junction upgrade

  14-10-2024 08:04
  
  National Highways has given VolkerFitzpatrick the go-ahead to start compound construction and vegetation management for the M3 Junction 9 Improvement near Winchester in Hampshire.Construction is set to start in early 2025 and finish in late 2027 on the complex £210m Winnall roundabout scheme.
  Programmed works include the creation of four traffic lanes in each direction of the M3 as well as building a same-direction free-flow link between the M3 and A34.
  Also VolkerFitzpatrick will be const
  
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