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• Government to signal backing for London airports expansion

  21-01-2025 15:36 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The government is reported to be poised to give its backing for major expansion plans at London airports. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected next week to signal her support for a third runway at Heathrow, a second runway at Gatwick, and a near doubling of Luton Airport’s capacity.
  According to leaks she will give the green light for the airports to expand in a speech setting her latest plans to boost economic growth next week.The Chancellor said she was “not going to comment o
  
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• Industry’s best construction managers revealed

  21-01-2025 13:38 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The shortlist of construction managers set to compete for industry’s most prestigious award has been revealed.
  The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has now picked the professionals who stand a chance of being crowned Construction Manager of the Year.
  The full list of those in the running for the prize is below.The winner will be revealed at the CIOB award ceremony at London’s Hilton Metropole on 15 May 2025.
  Caroline Gumble, CEO, said: “Every year we are fortunate to rece
  
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• Plan for 6.5m sq ft Greater Manchester industrial zone

  21-01-2025 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  Ambitious plans are out to consultation to create a 6.5m sq ft mega-cluster of advanced manufacturing, industrial and logistics warehouses in Greater Manchester.
  A 50/50 partnership between developers Russell LDP and Harworth Group are behind the vast Northern Gateway scheme, which would be built within the Atom Valley Mayoral Development Zone.
  The developer plans to submit an outline and early phase detailed planning application to both Rochdale and Bury Councils in the spring and expect a deci
  
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• Kier launches £20m share buyback as debt cut

  21-01-2025 08:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Strong trading and cash generation in the first half of the year saw Kier strengthen its balance sheet shrinking average month debt to £38m from £137m previously.
  The improved financial position saw chief executive Andrew Davies launch a £20m share buyback programme this morning.
  In an upbeat trading update for the first six month he said Kier enjoyed a strong order book at the end of December, up to 3% at £11bn on a year before giving the contractor confidence for the fu
  
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• Plans unveiled for £365m Heathrow data centre

  21-01-2025 08:41 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Developer Tritax Big Box has has purchased a 74-acre site near Heathrow with plans for a £365m data centre.
  It is the first move into the data centre market for the firm which specialises in distribution centres.
  The planned data centre at Manor farm will be one of the biggest in the UK with phase one containing 448,000 sq ft of data halls across three floors. Tritax Big box has submitted a planning application for phase one with construction expected to start in the first half of 202
  
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• Hospital building plan extended by a decade – full list

  21-01-2025 08:15 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The government has allocated an annual average spend of £3bn for a rephased new hospital programme that will now take a decade longer to deliver.
  Following a fresh review, the Government confirmed all previously planned hospitals will be delivered but over a longer time frame of start times extending to 2039.
  Hospital projects will be delivered in three further phases, each lasting five years.
  Starts on the biggest schemes have been pushed back beyond 2030, which was the original target da
  
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