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• New Finance Director at Anamore

  30-09-2026 16:44 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Building remediation specialist Anamore has appointed Maurice McHugh as its new Finance Director as the business enters its next phase of growth.
  James McCallan, Director at Anamore, said: “We’ve built a strong business with an established presence across the UK and Ireland, and we’re now focused on taking Anamore to the next level.
  “We’re securing major opportunities, growing our team and continuing to build on the expertise and relationships that have brought us t
  
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• Bridgestone starts building first Trafford Waters high rise

  30-09-2026 15:12 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Bridgestone Construction has started work on the first high-rise residential scheme at the Trafford Waters site in Manchester after securing Gateway 2 approval from the Building Safety Regulator.
  The £37m Anchor Residency will be a 208-home apartment development across eight and 13-storey buildings  located within regeneration specialist Peel Waters’ wider Trafford Waters district.
  Architect Leach Rhodes Walker led the architectural design, supported by Thomas Consulting as stru
  
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• Police hand over Grenfell files for charging decisions

  30-09-2026 14:10 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Met police investigators have submitted all files to the Crown Prosecution Service to allow them to make charging decisions following the Grenfell Tower fire.
  The 20 files relate to 20 companies and organisations and 54 individuals.
  The CPS will consider charges including corporate manslaughter, gross negligence manslaughter, health and safety offences, fraud and fraud-related offences and misconduct in public office.
  The CPS has committed to making the charging decisions before the tenth annive
  
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• Steelwork firm J&D Pierce powers back with £6.8m profit

  30-09-2026 09:20 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Scottish steelwork contractor J&D Pierce has returned to growth after two years of falling turnover as a strengthening market helped drive a surge in operating profit.
  Revenue rebounded 23% to £121m in 2025, adding nearly £23m of workload in a year.
  The rise ends two successive years of declining turnover after revenue fell to £104m in 2023 and then below £100m in 2024.
  Pierce previously turned over £195.2m during an extended 17-month accounting period in 2022,
  
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• Planning approvals for new homes crash to 14-year low

  30-09-2026 08:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Planning approvals for new homes have plunged to their lowest quarterly level since 2012.
  Just 45,315 homes secured permission in England during the second quarter of 2026, down 21% on the previous three months.
  Home Builders Federation figures show permissions over the 12 months to June fell 8% to 214,515 homes, 36% below the 2017 peak.
  Volume house builder applications were hit particularly hard. Approvals for homes on sites of more than 10 units slumped 21% quarter on quarter to 39,689 and we
  
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• Aggregates firm fined after worker crushed to death

  30-09-2026 08:25 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Gill Aggregates Limited has been fined £24,000 after one of its workers was drawn into machinery and suffered fatal crush injuries at its site in Dagenham, East London.
  Manjit Kumar, 34, was working as a production operative on 24 June 2020, when the incident occurred. He was operating a bag flattening conveyor system forming part of a larger piece of machinery.
  Kumar was drawn into the compression conveyor through an opening in the guarding. His colleagues raised the alarm and stopped the
  
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• BAM in frame as £25m Teesside flood job gets go-ahead

  30-09-2026 08:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Plans have been approved for a £25m Environment Agency flood defence scheme on Teesside with construction due to start early next year.
  Hartlepool Borough Council has cleared the Greatham North East Flood Alleviation Scheme, paving the way for around two years of construction work.
  BAM Nuttall has previously been brought onto the project by the Environment Agency for early supplier engagement, although a full main works award has yet to be publicly confirmed.The job will see a new 1.5km fl
  
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