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• Civils firm files administration notice as part of restructure

  02-12-2025 16:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  The directors of Essex-based contractor E.J. Taylor & Sons Limited have filed a Notice of Intention (NOI) to Appoint Administrators as part of a proposed restructuring process supported by FRP Advisory.
  The NOI was filed at Court on Monday to provide the company with protection while marketing of the business is undertaken and a pre-packaged sale is progressed.
  The business continues to trade normally in the meantime and said it will continue to make supplier and subcontractor payments.The c
  
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• Tilbury Douglas appoints new fit-out MD

  02-12-2025 15:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  Tilbury Douglas has appointed Jack Dixon to the newly created role of Managing Director at its fit-out division Paragon.
  Dixon joins from Structure Tone London where he spent nine years latterly as a divisional director.
  Craig Tatton, Chief Executive Officer at Tilbury Douglas said: “This appointment further invests in Paragon’s development, building on its established reputation.“Looking ahead, there’s a clear opportunity to grow our fit-out business with targeted privat
  
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• Kier CFO to step down after six-year turnaround mission

  02-12-2025 09:31 via constructionenquirer.com
  Kier CFO Simon Kesterton is stepping down at the end of the year after six years helping steer the group through its biggest financial reset in a generation.
  Kesterton joined when Kier was on the ropes with a battered balance sheet and mounting debt.
  He leaves with the group firmly back on its feet, cash discipline tightened and major IT and procurement shake-ups pushed through.
  CFO change: Simon Kesterson steps down after six years as Tom Hinton hired to drive next phase of growth
  His replaceme
  
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• London Mayor ends stalemate over Paddington student towers

  02-12-2025 09:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  Unite has won a long-running planning battle in Paddington after the London Mayor’s office stepped in to overturn Westminster Council and approve its 600-bed Baltic Wharf student towers project.
  City Hall’s intervention draws a line under one of Westminster’s most fiercely contested student housing disputes and finally clears the way for construction to start.
  The £147m scheme on a Travis Perkins builders’ merchant site had been repeatedly blocked by councillors who
  
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• Severfield suffers £7.6m first-half loss amid work slowdown

  02-12-2025 09:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  Steelwork giant Severfield has taken another financial hit after posting a £7.6m pre-tax loss for the first half of the year amid tighter pricing, lower factory volumes and lingering bridge remediation fallout.
  Revenue at the steelwork contractor tumbled 18% to £206m as demand across commercial, industrial and data-centre work stayed muted and margins remained under pressure.
  Underlying pre-tax profit slumped from £16m in the same period a year ago to just £0.6m as factor
  
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• Holcim buys site waste removal business

  02-12-2025 08:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  Holcim UK has acquired London construction waste management company Thames Materials Limited.
  The acquisition will reinforce Holcim’s position in the recycling and construction demolition materials market in the capital and surrounding areas.
  Thames Materials was formed in 1995 and employs 90 people with a fleet of 62 vehicles with its head office in Uxbridge.Recycling operations are conducted from a 12 acre facility in Harefield with a capacity of 750,000 tonnes.
  The firm specialises in t
  
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• London co-living job storms through Gateway 2 in 13 weeks

  02-12-2025 00:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developer Morro has achieved the industry’s fastest Building Safety Act approval clearing Gateway 2 in just 13 weeks for a London co-living scheme.
  The rapid Building Safety Regulator sign-off means contractor HG Construction can now get underway on the Hackney project at a long-vacant builders’ yard overlooking Regent’s Canal.
  The Meanwhile Group’s Morro brand, working with development manager Pareto Projects and principal designer Veretec, has now secured both planning
  
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