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• Linear Living gets green light for Manchester resi tower

  10-07-2026 19:57 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Linear Living has received planning approval for its 24-storey residential scheme on Lord Street in Manchester’s Green Quarter.
  The development will comprise 251 new homes which includes 82 one-beds and 165 two-bed apartments, as well as four townhouses.
  Work is expected to start before the end of this year with completion targeted for early 2029.Linear Design and Construct has been appointed main contractor alongside AEW Architects, planning consultants Enabl and project management firm R
  
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• Worker dies in fall on Mayfair site

  10-07-2026 08:37 via constructionenquirer.com
  A man was killed yesterday after falling from a site in London’s West End.
  An air ambulance landed in nearby Green Park but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene on Stratton Street in the heart of Mayfair.
  A Metropolitan Police spokesman told London Now: “Police were called at around 13:51hrs on Thursday, 9 July following reports that a man had fallen from height on a construction site at the junction of Berkeley Street and Stratton Street, W1“Officers attended with the L
  
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• Green light for ‘poo powered’ eco homes scheme

  10-07-2026 08:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  Plans for a pioneering 150-home eco village and major biotech employment hub powered by a live sewage treatment works have won planning approval.
  Bradford City Council has granted full consent for Yorkshire Water’s flagship Esholt scheme, clearing the way for a mixed use development around the operational wastewater treatment works near Bradford.
  The project, conceived by Yorkshire Water’s strategic land business Keyland Developments, is one of Britain’s most ambitious circular
  
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• Seddon defies sluggish market with profit lift

  10-07-2026 08:34 via constructionenquirer.com
  Bolton contractor Seddon battled through project start delays to lift construction profits after expanding higher-margin property services and decarbonisation work.
  The construction arm of the family-owned group reported pre-tax profit ahead 31% to £3m for the year to 31 December 2025, while turnover remained flat at £137m after a series of delayed public sector projects hit expected workload.
  Despite higher staff costs as the business continued investing in recruitment, training and
  
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• Apprentice joiner crushed to death by falling boards

  10-07-2026 08:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A property management company has been fined and its director handed a suspended jail sentence after an 18-year-old apprentice was killed while working at a property in Bangor, North Wales.
  Chloe Bidwell was working for Varcity Living Limited as a joinery apprentice at a property on 20 December 2023. It was undergoing a full renovation when a stack of wooden board material fell, fatally injuring  Bidwell.
  She had been working alone at the time of the incident and was found deceased at the p
  
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• Speller Metcalfe posts record £5m profit as cash pile hits £32m

  10-07-2026 08:08 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Midlands contractor Speller Metcalfe has delivered its most profitable year on record after driving margins higher and building its cash reserves despite broadly flat revenue.
  Pre-tax profit surged 48% to £5m for the year to 31 March 2026 as turnover dipped slightly to £159m from £162m.
  The improved performance lifted pre-tax margins from 2.1% to 3.15%.The contractor also boosted average cash balances by more than a third to £32m, leaving it well placed to invest in the b
  
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