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• Management buyout at joinery specialist TMJ Interiors

  07-11-2024 14:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ipswich based Taylor Made Joinery Interiors Limited has completed a management buyout.
  The joinery specialist was established by James Taylor in 1981 and employs a workforce of more than 200.
  Taylor said: “After building TMJ for the past four decades, I am pleased the company legacy will continue.“This is an exciting opportunity for the management team and I look forward to supporting them as they navigate through this evolution”
  The MBO was led by directors Tim Coll, Sarah War
  
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• £125m cash injection for infrastructure at Barking Riverside

  07-11-2024 14:29 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Homes England has approved a £124m funding package to unlock more homes to deliver vital infrastructure at Barking Riverside in east London.
  The vast 443-acre brownfield site formerly occupied by Barking Power Station, is one of the country’s most ambitious placemaking projects with the aim to build 20,000 homes.
  The vital infrastructure funding will unlock the building of another 16,500 homes on the site to complement the 3,500 already built or under construction by housing associat
  
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• Guinness Partnership starts race for £1bn housing upgrade deal

  07-11-2024 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Guinness Partnership has opened bidding for a £1bn housing upgrade and repairs framework covering homes across the country.
  The 15-year framework deal has been split into five regional lots to deliver an extensive planned programme of works.
  Appointed contractors in each of the regions will be required to carry out planned investment works covering kitchen and bathroom replacements, roofing, electrical works, external and internal decorations, and window replacements.
  The framework wil
  
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• Guinness Partnership starts race for £1bn housing deal

  07-11-2024 08:52 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The Guinness Partnership has opened bidding for a £1bn housing upgrade and repairs framework covering homes across the country.
  The 15-year framework deal has been split into five regional lots to deliver an extensive planned programme of works.
  Appointed contractors in each of the regions will be required to carry out planned investment works covering kitchen and bathroom replacements, roofing, electrical works, external and internal decorations, and window replacements.
  The framework wil
  
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• Electrician caught abusing covid loans

  07-11-2024 08:32 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  An electrician from Middlesbrough is subject to seven years of stringent bankruptcy restrictions after claiming two Covid Bounce Back Loans and overstating his turnover to gain £16,250 more than he was entitled to.
  Shaun David Dixon, 43, a self-employed electrician from claimed Bounce Back Loans totalling £23,750 for his business in the summer of 2020.
  Dixon was made bankrupt in November 2023 and the Official Receiver found that Dixon had claimed two separate loans – a breach o
  
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• McAleer & Rushe wins London City 670-room student job

  07-11-2024 08:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Dominus has stuck with McAleer & Rushe to construct a 669-bed student accommodation project on Holborn Viaduct in the heart of the City of London.
  This is the 11th project that Dominus and McAleer & Rushe have undertaken together and the second purpose-built student scheme, with works currently on site at the other 782-bed development at 65 Crutched Friars, also in the City of London.
  Designed by Stiff + Trevillion Architects, 65 Holborn Viaduct will provide a mix of bedroom ty
  
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• Rockwool plans new factory to ramp up output

  07-11-2024 00:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Stone wool insulation manufacturer Rockwool has bought 46 hectares of land near Birmingham for a new factory to ramp up production in the face of rising demand.
  The planned manufacturing facility at the Pedimore site to the north east of the city will feature proprietary electric melting technology for its stone wool insulation products.
  The Peddimore site, which is designated specifically for manufacturing use, is included in Birmingham City Council’s development plan and comes with outli
  
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