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• Go-ahead for Manchester Garden Village

  19-03-2026 09:00 via constructionenquirer.com
  Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council has resolved to grant planning consent for revised proposals for 2,150 new homes at Godley Green Garden Village.
  The news follows a £17.4m funding deal towards upfront enabling works and supporting infrastructure from Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
  Godley Green Garden Village will provide up to 2,150 new homes, in addition to a host of community facilities and amenities, including a new primary school, sports pitches, two local centres. allotme
  
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• McGoff resets leadership to fuel next growth phase

  19-03-2026 08:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Manchester-based contractor McGoff Group has overhauled its senior structure to support expansion across build-to-rent, elderly care and childcare schemes as revenues surge across its core construction arm.
  The business is ditching its single group director model for construction services and moving to standalone leadership teams headed by new MDs across its key divisions as workload ramps up.
  Main trading arm McGoff Construction Services is expected to post a strong rise in revenue in the year
  
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• Second-generation nuclear reactor demolition era begins

  19-03-2026 08:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  The UK’s next wave of nuclear decommissioning has moved a step closer after the regulator signed off the transfer of Hunterston B to public sector control ahead of full dismantling.
  Government decommissioning body, Nuclear Restoration Services will take over ownership of the North Ayrshire reactor from EDF on 1 April.
  This will be the first Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor station to enter formal decommissioning – marking a major shift as Britain begins retiring its second-generation nucl
  
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• Amey tops construction minimum wage breach list

  19-03-2026 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Amey has been named as the highest-profile construction firm to underpay workers in the Government’s latest national minimum wage crackdown after failing to pay £169,447 to 2,608 staff.
  The infrastructure services contractor is the standout name in a list of around 30 firms, largely made up of smaller subcontractors and specialist trades, representing a small 7% slice of all firms named by the Government for breaches.
  This is the first ‘naming round’ since the Chancellor&
  
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• Amey tops construction mimumum wage breach list

  19-03-2026 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  Amey has been named as the highest-profile construction firm to underpay workers in the Government’s latest national minimum wage crackdown after failing to pay £169,447 to 2,608 staff.
  The infrastructure services contractor is the standout name in a list of around 30 firms, largely made up of smaller subcontractors and specialist trades, representing a small 7% slice of all firms named by the Government for breaches.
  This is the first ‘naming round’ since the Chancellor&
  
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• Willmott Dixon wins £39m college upgrade

  19-03-2026 08:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Willmott Dixon has been chosen by the Department for Education to deliver a £39m education building at Hopwood Hall College’s Rochdale campus.
  The project procured via the DfE Construction Framework will see demolition of the existing college buildings and their replacement with four-storey educational facility spanning 75,000 sq ft on the St Marys Gate campus.
  Construction is expected to commence imminently with the new building scheduled for completion towards the end of 2028.Micha
  
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