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• B+K inks £274m Newcastle student campus rebuild

  29-01-2026 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  Bowmer + Kirkland has landed the £274m main contract to deliver Newcastle’s major Castle Leazes student accommodation redevelopment for Unite Students and Newcastle University.
  Gateway 2 approval has now been secured from the Building Safety Regulator, clearing the way for the replacement of the ageing 1960s complex with 2,009 new student rooms across a series of two to nine-storey blocks.
  It ranks as B+K’s second major student project to achieve Gateway 2 this month following
  
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• Henry Boot profit warning after construction sale

  29-01-2026 08:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  Henry Boot issued a profit warning to the City this morning with 2026 profit before tax set to be “significantly below current market expectations” of £33.6m.
  The firm is now a land, property development and home building businesses after selling its contracting arm in a management buyout last September.
  The trading update said results for the year to December 31 2025 – due out in March – are expected to reach market forecasts of £29.7m of pre-tax profits.But
  
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• Crest Nicholson cuts 50 jobs in pivot to mid-market homes

  29-01-2026 08:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  Crest Nicholson has cut around 50 jobs, shut divisions and overhauled its land strategy in a shift out of volume house building into mid-market homes in response to a stubbornly weak sales environment.
  The house builder said 2025 marked a year of “transition and transformation” as it repositioned the business away from volume-led delivery and towards higher-quality, mid-premium homes under its Project Elevate turnaround plan.
  Chief executive Martyn Clark said Crest was now targeting
  
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• New contractor for delayed £14m Oxford footbridge job

  29-01-2026 08:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  Oxford City Council has moved the long-delayed Oxpens River Bridge scheme forward after selecting Jacksons Civil Engineering Group as preferred contractor on the £14m project.
  Work is now expected to start on site this spring, with the bridge due to be craned into position in September and completion targeted for February 2027.
  The scheme is a key element of the council’s wider West End regeneration plans aimed at boosting sustainable transport and cutting car use.The project secured
  
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• Bristol car park set for 12-storey student scheme

  29-01-2026 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  London-based investor Downing has lodged plans to redevelop a Bristol multi-storey car park with a 12 storey purpose-built student accommodation scheme in the Broadmead district.
  The Nelson Street scheme will deliver 331 bedrooms across studios, cluster flats and accessible rooms, alongside active ground-floor uses and new public realm.
  Sitting between Lewins Mead, St James Barton and the Old City, the site is within a five-minute walk of Bristol Bus Station.
  The car-free scheme is pitched as a
  
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