Construction news

• M&E specialist J S Wright files administration notice

  07-02-2025 09:08
  
  West Midlands-based M&E specialist J S Wright & Co and allied business Wright Maintenance have filed notices of intentions to appoint administrators with the courts.
  Both firms operate out of headquarters in Birmingham and offices in Bristol and London employing around 160 staff.
  The business switched to employee ownership in October 2021 but subsequently has struggled with rampant cost inflation and project delays as well as a broader slowdown in the market.This impacted liquidity with
  
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• £90m funding release for quartet of road upgrades

  07-02-2025 09:07
  
  The Government has approved £90m funding for four major road schemes in England.
  The projects are targeted at speeding up travel times in Wiltshire, Leeds, Essex and Buckinghamshire.
  Dualling of the A350 Chippenham bypass, which connects the south coast with the M4, Bristol and the Midlands, will cost around £32m, with £27m coming from funding by central government.
  This will see two sections of the Wiltshire road dualled and improvements made to the roundabout
  In Leeds, travel
  
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• Construction boss jailed for double Covid loan claim

  07-02-2025 08:49
  
  A Berkshire-based director who fraudulently obtained two Covid loans for his construction firm has been jailed.
  Arti Deda, 31, overstated the turnover of his Knight Workers Limited company to obtain maximum-value Bounce Back Loans worth £50,000 each from the bank in 2020, when companies were only entitled to one.
  None of the £100,000 was used for the economic benefit of the business as was required under the terms of the scheme.Deda, of Slough, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years i
  
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• Another month of repairs at McAlpine problem panel hotel

  07-02-2025 08:20
  
  Repair work to cladding on Sir Robert McAlpine’s problem Hilton Hotel job in Woking could last another month causing chaos in the town centre.
  A loose panel was discovered after high winds late last month forcing the closure of the A320 Victoria Way while checks and repair work is carried-out.
  Woking Borough Council leader Ann-Marie Barker has now confirmed the work and road closure could extend into next month.She said: “The loose panel has been secured and additional temporary fixi
  
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