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• Kelly Formwork lands £4m deal from Skanska

  30-06-2026 18:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Kelly Formwork has strengthened its position in the UK infrastructure market after securing the A47/A11 Thickthorn Junction upgrade in Norfolk with Skanska.
  The £4m job starts this month and is aimed at improving connectivity and reducing congestion on one of the region’s busiest strategic road networks.
  Skanska’s scope includes a 1.6km free-flow link road connecting the A11 northbound to the A47 eastbound via two new underpasses, together with a further 1km local link roa
  
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• ISG school to be demolished over structural issues

  30-06-2026 15:49 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A new school building partially completed by ISG company ESS Modular has been condemned after an inspection by Kier.
  The new home for Matford Brook Academy in Exeter was left unfinished when ISG went into administration in September 2024.
  Pupils have been taught since in a  series of temporary building while Kier was called in earlier this year to assess the state of the new permanent building.Kier’s report to the Department for Education found found the building does not meet the req
  
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• Road schemes to be scrapped to pay for better defence

  30-06-2026 14:28 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Transport and energy projects will be scrapped to help pay for a £15bn boost to defence spending unveiled by Kier Starmer on Tuesday.
  The Prime Minister said: “Some capital projects – for example on roads and energy, which are important, but not immediately vital will no longer go ahead as planned.”
  Starmer said the extra defence spending would be funded by “reallocating spending from across government departments – reallocating capital budgets by one penny in
  
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• AJC Group lands £24m Bournemouth scheme

  30-06-2026 12:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  AJC Group has been appointed to deliver a £23.9m regeneration scheme in the Boscombe suburb of Bournemouth.
  The Poole-based contractor has been awarded both phases of the landmark Hawkwood Road development on behalf of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council.
  Phase one will include a new two-storey community centre, four retail kiosks and a new pedestrian link alongside associated landscaping, drainage and community space improvements.Phase two will see the construction of 68 res
  
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• M Group storms into UK contractor top four

  30-06-2026 09:05 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  M Group has smashed through the £3bn turnover mark to become the UK’s fourth biggest contractor after a year of strong growth and acquisitions.
  The growth spurt puts the private equity-backed infrastructure services giant behind only Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall and Kier in the UK contractor rankings.
  Revenue climbed 23% to £3.1bn in the year to 31 March while EBITDA before exceptional items surged 40% to £218m from £156m.Across the group, EBITDA margin also impro
  
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• New boss to lead Balfour major projects arm

  30-06-2026 08:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Balfour Beatty has announced the appointment of Angus Murray as Managing Director of its UK Major Projects business.
  Murray will start his new role in September overseeing a portfolio of projects including Hinkley Point C and Net Zero Teesside.
  He will also lead Balfour Beatty’s engagement in emerging complex infrastructure markets, including Small Modular Reactors and the UK reservoir programme.Murray most recently served as Chief Executive of Connect Plus, the 30-year consortium that inc
  
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• BAM bags first civils package on giant EGL3 link

  30-06-2026 08:16 via constructionenquirer.com
  BAM has secured the first civils package for the northern converter station on the proposed Eastern Green Link 3 power cable project.
  The contractor has signed an early contractor involvement deal with SSEN Transmission for design and buildability support on the Peterhead site in Aberdeenshire.
  EGL3 is being developed by SSEN Transmission and National Grid Electricity Transmission and is billed as the UK’s biggest ever electricity transmission project.The 2GW, 525kV high-voltage direct cur
  
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• Stepnell builds profit as turnover hits £150m

  30-06-2026 07:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Stepnell is forecasting further growth this year after lifting turnover by a third and nearly tripling profit.
  The family-owned Rugby contractor saw turnover rise to £150m in the year to March 2026 from £113m last time.
  Pre-tax profit climbed to £2.8m from £1m, while cash in the business rose sharply to £21m.Chief executive Tom Wakeford said: “We are pleased with our significantly improved performance in difficult market conditions, notably the increase in pro
  
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