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• Birmingham City FC unveils striking chimney towers stadium plan

  20-11-2025 22:08
  Birmingham City FC has lifted the lid on its plans for a new 62,000-capacity stadium featuring 12 giant chimneys-form structures supporting a fully retractable roof.
  The showpiece ground, designed by Heatherwick Studio with US stadium specialist MANICA, will  formed the centrepiece of a new Birmingham Sports Quarter in Bordesley Green .The Birmingham City Powerhouse stadium will cost an estimated £1.2bn to build. Its unique design delivers a steep, tight bowl forming a 360-degree wall
  
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• Manchester mayor bets £1bn on ‘good growth fund’ project drive

  20-11-2025 15:57
  Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has unveiled a £1bn regeneration push that will see 30 major projects rolled out across all 10 boroughs.
  A first £400m wave is due for sign-off next week by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, with three schemes lined up for each district in a decade-long construction drive.
  Together the schemes will help trigger nearly 3,000 new homes, 22,000 jobs and 2m sq ft of employment space and unlocking a further £1.3bn in private capital.The
  
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• 15 firms win £525m Cumberland Council works deal

  20-11-2025 14:57
  Cumberland Council has picked a 15-strong contractor line-up for a new four-year capital works framework covering building and civil engineering jobs across the county.
  The framework will be used for schemes up to £6m — with scope to push above that threshold on more complex mixed civils and building projects. Each lot carries an estimated value of £175m.
  Local mainstays Cubby Construction, Story Contracting and Thomas Armstrong came away as the biggest winners, securing places
  
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• Homes England launches £860m housing JV

  20-11-2025 11:09
  Public and private sector heavyweights have teamed up on an £860m push to build more than 2,250 homes in some of England’s most under-invested communities.
  Homes England has formed a new joint venture with investor Swiss Life Asset Managers and Manchester-based social-impact developer Capital&Centric to target areas where housing demand is rising fastest but supply has stalled.
  The agency will take a 40% stake in the vehicle, The Impact & Places Partnership, with the other pa
  
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• OCU surges to £886m revenue as acquisitions spur growth

  20-11-2025 09:18
  Energy and utilities infrastructure services contractor OCU Group has hit a record £886m turnover after another year of rapid expansion driven by energy transition work, contract wins and a fresh wave of bolt-on acquisitions.
  The Stockport-based group lifted revenue by 45% for the year to 30 April 2025, helped by three new acquisitions that brought in £301m of extra revenue.
  Even stripping those out, the group still grew organically by 11% across its utilities and energy divisions. I
  
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• Mellior to build 200 Salford town house scheme

  20-11-2025 08:48
  Plans for a 200-home waterfront neighbourhood in Salford are moving ahead after developer Bentry Capital snapped up the Irwell Gardens site for £12m.
  Its in-house construction arm Mellior Group is now expected to start work in the first quarter of next year on the first 50 three- and four-bed townhouses, kicking off phase 1 of the £80m scheme.
  Irwell Gardens scheme reintroduces the traditional terrace pattern of nearby houses, with modern architecture, such as sawtooth rooftops, insp
  
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• Mitie buys ACR contractor for £7m

  20-11-2025 08:29
  Mitie has swooped for Midlands-based refrigeration expert Forest Group Holdings in a deal worth up to £7m.
  The move hands Mitie a 40-strong specialist engineering workforce and brings critical commercial refrigeration maintenance in-house for the first time.
  The deal sees the firm pay £4.5m upfront with a further £2.5m tied to performance over three years. It gives Mitie extra muscle in hospitality, retail and distribution sectors.Forest, which turns over £7.6m with EBITD
  
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• Winvic wins Birmingham £130m BTR job for McLaren Living

  20-11-2025 08:20
  Heim Global Investor and McLaren Living have appointed Winvic to deliver Oasis – a 456-home Build-to-Rent development on Kent Street in Birmingham.
  The £130m scheme is being forward funded by investor Heim with McLaren Living acting as developer.
  Heim and McLaren Living first partnered on Water Lane in the South Bank regeneration area of Leeds where the 375-home Build-to-Rent development is being built by HG Construction and due to complete in 2027.Oasis will consist of one- and two-
  
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