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• Blenheim House creditor claims explode to over £60m

  26-02-2026 08:18 via constructionenquirer.com
  Claims from unsecured creditors to administrators of Surrey-based contractor Blenheim House Construction have rocketed to more than £60m – more than triple the £19m originally flagged when the firm went under.
  The surge has all but wiped out earlier hopes of a 10p-in-the-pound return for suppliers and subcontractors.
  In a fresh update, administrators from S&W Partners say unsecured claims received to date “far exceed” the £19m owed to 578 unsecured credito
  
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• John Lewis ditches plan to be house builder

  26-02-2026 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com
  John Lewis Partnership has scrapped its house building arm and pulled the plug on plans to deliver around 1,000 rental homes across three sites, blaming a “fundamental shift in economic conditions” for the big U-turn on build to rent.
  The employee-owned retailer confirmed it is withdrawing from the build-to-rent sector after concluding the numbers no longer stack up in today’s higher-rate environment.
  The group had secured planning to build above existing Waitrose stores in Bro
  
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• Tilbury3 approval shores-up capital’s aggregates supply

  26-02-2026 08:07 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Port of Tilbury has secured outline planning approval for its 143-acre Tilbury3 expansion, unlocking a major new phase of industrial and logistics growth on the Thames.
  Thurrock Council’s decision clears the way for a flexible, rail-connected port zone capable of handling container operations, large-scale warehousing, vehicle storage and industrial processing.
  Crucially for the construction sector, the consent also covers the import, storage and distribution of aggregates and bulk cons
  
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• Highland Council names first £2.1bn contract winners

  26-02-2026 08:06 via constructionenquirer.com
  Highland Council has appointed main contractors for the first projects to be delivered under its new £2.1bn Highland Investment Plan (HIP).
  Morgan Sindall, Morrison Construction, Robertson Group and Ogilvie will work on seven key multi-million-pound projects across the region from Thurso to Inverness.
  The HIP is a £2.1 billion, 20-year capital investment programme led by the Council to deliver improvements to local infrastructure and servi
  
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• Mainland Power fits solar system at recycling centre

  26-02-2026 00:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  Mainland Power has completed the design and installation of a full solar panel system on the roof of a plasterboard recycling shed owned by waste management specialist Countrystyle.
  Work involved installation of a 680 kWp rooftop solar PV system comprising 1,400 high-efficiency 490W modules, paired with 10 x 60kW SolaX string inverters and full TIGO optimisation across the arrays.
  Due to the site’s consistently high energy demand, 100% of the energy generated is consumed on site, with the
  
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