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• Buckingham Plant Hire quits heavy kit market

  07-01-2025 15:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Buckingham Plant Hire is quitting the heavy site machinery sector after 69 years in the market.
  The firm is selling off its 72-strong fleet of Caterpillar and Volvo kit to concentrate on light equipment through the ACE Plant brand.
  The decision to step away from heavy plant activities coincides with the retirement of Paul Wheeler, who has served as Buckingham’s Managing Director since 1975.Paul and Patricia Wheeler founded Buckingham Group Contracting which went into administration in Sept
  
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• Construction output growth drops to six-month low

  07-01-2025 11:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction buyers reported a loss of momentum at the end of 2024 as total business activity in December expanded at the slowest pace since last June.
  The bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) registered 53.3 in December, down from 55.2 in November and the lowest for six months.
  But the index has posted above the crucial 50.0 no-change value since March 2024 and the latest reading still signalled a solid upturn in overall construction output.Commercial
  
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• Aggregates supply firm files administration notice

  07-01-2025 08:51 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Ashville Aggregates and Concrete has filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator.
  The materials supply and muck away specialist operates from a main yard near Heathrow Airport servicing sites across London and the South East.
  The company has an extensive fleet of tippers, grab lorries and artics and has been in business since 2016.Latest accounts for Ashville show the company employed 49 staff in the year to March 31 2024.Data and credit checking specialist Red Flag Alert highlighted
  
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• Briggs & Forrester names new engineering services MD

  07-01-2025 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  M&E specialist Briggs & Forrester has announced a leadership change at its key engineering service division.
  Ian Lawrence, who has headed up the business as managing director for the past eight years, has stepped down from the role to be succeeded by Will Newman, former engineering services arm south east area chief.
  (L-r) Will Newman takes over as MD of Engineering services as Ian Lawrence step down
  Lawrence has been with the business for 36 years and will remain both a Briggs & For
  
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• Suir Engineering swoops for Scottish M&E contractor

  07-01-2025 08:09 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Private equity-backed Suir Engineering has bought Scottish M&E contractor Taylor & Fraser as it sets its sights on becoming a UK top 10 specialist contractor.
  Taylor & Fraser, headquartered in Paisley, has been operating as a family-run business for 118 years, now turning over around £38m to generate a £1.4m profit.
  The firm will become a Suir Engineering company but continue to operate under its existing name with no impact on the 180 staff.Headquartered in Ireland and o
  
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• Lambeth to release six sites for £250m homes plan

  07-01-2025 07:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  London’s Lambeth Council is seeking a development partner as it advances plans to release six sites to build up to 450 mixed-tenure homes.
  The combined portfolio, titled New Homes 6, is the second procurement opportunity that Lambeth Council has launched in the past year to speed up delivery of affordable homes, as part of its New Homes Programme.
  Cllr Danny Adilypour, the Council’s Deputy Leader and Cabinet member for Housing, said: “Since the launch of our New Homes Prog
  
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• Morgan Sindall bags Salford Uni acoustics building

  07-01-2025 01:26 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Morgan Sindall has been lined up to build a planned Acoustics Building for Salford University.
  Proposals for the 1,300m² Acoustics Building have just been submitted for planning by the University.
  The project will be built within Salford’s 29-acre Crescent Innovation area, which lies north of the university’s Peel Park campus.If planning permission is granted, work is anticipated to start this summer and complete in spring 2027.
  Morgan Sindall Construction was appointed through
  
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