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• Bristol contractor stops work on sites

  14-10-2021 13:40 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Staff at Bristol based contractor Hartry Global Limited are looking for new jobs after the firm pulled off sites this week.
  The £8m turnover business has worked on a number of Lidl stores and latest filed accounts at Companies House show it employed 15 people directly.
  Staff took to LinkedIn this week to look for new jobs.One said: “Disappointing to be on the sharp-end of insolvency so early in my business life.”
  Another added: “So for the first time in over 20 years I fi
  
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• Rouse acquires Sumitomo excavator dealership

  23-03-2026 16:50 via constructionenquirer.com
  Leeds-based K Rouse has taken on the dealership for Sumitomo Excavators as the Japanese giant introduces its first own-branded machines to the UK.
  It is the first time Sumitomo has gone direct to the market with its own-branded machines having previously supplied excavators to other manufacturers.
  Rouse will supply a range of 8t-50t Dash-7 diggers to the market through it Armley dealership European Plant Ltd.The target territory for plant hires and contractors will span Leeds, Nottingham, Lincol
  
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• JRL submits Gateway 2 for Manchester 28-storey tower

  23-03-2026 16:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  London construction group JRL has taken a key step towards starting its first Manchester development after submitting a Gateway 2 application for its £75m Sparkle Street build-to-rent tower.
  The 28-storey scheme, close to Piccadilly station, has already secured planning approval and now moves into the Building Safety Regulator approval stage with the hope of starting work this summer.
  JRL will deliver the 359 flats scheme through its in-house model, with Midgard acting as main contractor a
  
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• Hercules shares to be suspended as results delayed

  23-03-2026 16:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  Shares in labour supply specialist Hercules will be suspended after the firm confirmed it will miss the deadline for filing its latest annual accounts.
  Final results for the year ended 30 September 2025 where due to be posted by 31 March 2026.
  But Hercules said the accounts have taken longer than expected “due to the consolidation of acquisitions and further work needed to review certain subcontractor contracts.”It added: “Consequently, in accordance with the AIM Rules, the Com
  
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• £125m plan to convert Oxford store into labs approved

  23-03-2026 15:56 via constructionenquirer.com
  Oxford has approved a £125m plan to turn a former Debenhams store into a flagship life sciences hub in the city centre.
  The major retrofit scheme at 1–12 Magdalen Street has been designed by architect Perkins&Will for a partnership between The Crown Estate, Pioneer Group and Oxford Science Enterprises.
  The project is currently out to tender, with Morgan Sindall understood to be one of the firms pursuing the job to create around 100,000 sq ft of lab-enabled incubator and accelerat
  
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• John F Hunt kick starts work on colliery site revamp

  23-03-2026 15:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  John F Hunt has been appointed to deliver a £15m package of enabling works for first phase of the Parkside regeneration project in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens.
  The scheme’s 800,000 sq ft first phase will contain three logistics units on the site of the former Parkside Colliery.
  The enabling works programme includes site clearance, earthworks cut and fill to form platforms at the required formation levels alongside highways, drainage, service distribution and landscaping works.Follow
  
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• Consultation opens on merging CITB and ECITB

  23-03-2026 14:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  The industry is now being asked its views on merging the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to form a single training body.
  The government is proposing to establish a single, unified Industry Training Board which would serve the combined construction and engineering construction sectors.
  It said: “Before a change of this nature can be made, government must consult affected industry.”The consultation began on Mo
  
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• Hyde Group and L&G join forces in affordable homes drive

  23-03-2026 08:55 via constructionenquirer.com
  Hyde Group and Legal & General (L&G) have formed a new investment partnership to deliver more affordable homes across the UK.
  The joint venture brings together the housing body and investment giant and will launch with a seed portfolio of over 1,000 homes.
  The partnership will be jointly equity financed and supported through L&G’s annuity portfolio, which deploys capital into productive assets that aims to generate income to support long-term pension commitments.The deal w
  
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• Race starts for £1bn NHS decarbonisation framework

  23-03-2026 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  The NHS’s northern procurement hub has invited tenders for places on a £1bn framework to help trusts and public bodies deliver major decarbonisation and energy infrastructure upgrades.
  The framework is designed to support clients from the earliest planning stages through to live project delivery and ongoing contract management.
  That means consultants, specialist advisers and installation contractors will all be chasing places.The biggest single package is Lot 6, a £200m total s
  
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• Apartment block evacuated over beam safety fears

  23-03-2026 08:23 via constructionenquirer.com
  Residents of an apartment block in Plymouth have been ordered to leave their homes after warnings from structural engineers.
  People were asked to leave Evolution Cove in Plymouth on Friday night after damage was discovered to key structural beams in the 64-unit apartment block.
  Property manager Centrick told the BBC temporary accommodation had been provided and a structural back-propping system would be installed in the building.It said the works were expected to take about four weeks.
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• Crown Estate lines up £25m Hemel housing testbed job

  23-03-2026 08:13 via constructionenquirer.com
  The Crown Estate has kicked off the hunt for a contractor to deliver its £24.7m Westwick Row housing scheme in Hemel Hempstead, which will act as a live test bed for a much larger 4,000-home expansion.
  The job will be let on a two-stage design and build basis, with the successful bidder first brought in under a pre-construction services agreement to shape the detailed design and delivery strategy before moving on to construction.
  Westwick Row will deliver around 80 homes on a five-acre sit
  
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• Seven new towns named to close homes delivery gap

  23-03-2026 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  Ministers have unveiled seven proposed new towns that could deliver up to 200,000 homes in a fresh attempt to get the Government’s faltering 1.5 million homes target back on track.
  Each location is expected to deliver at least 10,000 homes, with several schemes scaling up to 40,000 as part of a new generation of large-scale, infrastructure-led communities.
  The seven sites span London and key regional growth corridors, with a strong focus on transport links to unlock development and support
  
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• Worker crushed under concrete pillar

  21-03-2026 14:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  A construction worker is recovering in hospital after being trapped under a concrete pillar on a housing site in Stoke-on-Trent on Friday.
  Lovell Partnerships is transforming the former Edensor High School site in Longton into a new 193 home scheme.
  A Staffordshire Police spokesman told the Stoke Sentinel: “We were called to Edensor Road following concerns for the welfare of a man at a building site. A man had sustained serious injuries after becoming trapped under a concrete pillar.&ldquo
  
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• Five firms land £1bn Guinness maintenance deal

  20-03-2026 16:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  Five firms have been confirmed as long-term housing maintenance partners for The Guinness Partnership under a 15-year deal worth more than £1bn.
  The winning contractors and regions they will cover are:Axis Europe Ltd – Greater London & South East and Coast
  Fortem Solutions Limited – Yorkshire, Humberside & East Midlands
  Morgan Sindall Property Services Limited – Home Counties
  Novus Property Solutions Limited – South West.
  UI Social Infrastruct
  
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• Government steel strategy set to drive up construction costs

  20-03-2026 09:21 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Contractors are bracing for a fresh wave of cost inflation after the Government unveiled a hardline steel strategy designed to curb imports and boost domestic production.
  Ministers have set out plans to cut steel import quotas by 60% from July and impose a 50% tariff on material brought in above those limits — a move aimed at shielding UK producers but set to ripple through the construction supply chain.
  The strategy also sets a target for UK steel to meet up to 50% of domestic demand, up
  
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• Teenage labourer dies in ventilation shaft fall

  20-03-2026 09:19 via constructionenquirer.com
  A construction firm has been fined £40,200 after a teenage labourer died after falling down a ventilation shaft on a London building site.
  Renols Lleshi, 19, was helping to dismantle scaffolding on the 12th floor roof garden of a block of flats being built at the Ark Soane Academy site, Mill Hill Road, London W3 on 5 July 2023. As he stepped onto a ventilation shaft the covering gave way, and he fell six floors to his death.
  His father said “My family and I are devastated by the loss
  
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• Hill seals London Woolwich social homes deal with Clarion

  20-03-2026 09:04 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Clarion Housing Group has struck a deal with The Hill Group to deliver 188 social rent homes as part of the wider Woolwich Leisure Centre redevelopment in south-east London.
  The homes will sit within a 557-home mixed-tenure scheme being brought forward by Hill in partnership with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, alongside a new leisure centre.
  Clarion has acquired the affordable element through a Section 106 deal, securing the social rent homes in Blocks D and E of the development.The scheme will
  
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• Former Battersea Power Station boss launches tribunal claim

  20-03-2026 08:54 via constructionenquirer.com
  Former CEO Don O’Sullivan is bringing a claim for unfair dismissal and whistleblowing detriment against Battersea Power Station Development Company and four senior Malaysian executives.
  O’Sullivan joined Battersea in June 2024 after 21 years at Galliard Homes.
  He was dismissed in May 2025 amid claims he raised whistleblowing concerns about his employer, a Malaysian-owned development company.He alleges that he was dismissed following charges of gross misconduct after raising concerns
  
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• Gobion lands £52m DP World London Gateway yard job

  20-03-2026 08:53 via constructionenquirer.com
  Gobion Construction has secured a £52m contract to deliver a major container storage yard expansion at London Gateway Port in Thurrock.
  The job, awarded by London Gateway Port, will see the SME contractor build out a new automated container yard at Berth 5 as the port ramps up capacity.
  The one-year programme is due to start at the end of March following the standstill period, with completion targeted by March 2027.Works will deliver 10 automated stacking crane modules alongside heavy-duty
  
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• American student builder gets Birmingham green light

  20-03-2026 08:47 via constructionenquirer.com
  America’s largest student accommodation developer Landmark Properties has been given the green light for a scheme at 120 Suffolk Street in the centre of Birmingham.
  The purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) community will also include high quality communal and outdoor spaces next to New Street Station.
  The job will be completed in 2029 and reinforces Landmark Properties’ plans to implement four to six PBSA and residential schemes per year.The firm entered the UK market in 2024,
  
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• Winners named for £1bn North West contractor framework

  20-03-2026 08:42 via constructionenquirer.com
  Procure Partnerships has unveiled the winners of its £1bn framework covering construction, infrastructure and demolition works across the North West.
  The four-year deal is open to public sector clients across the region and is split into six construction lots, six infrastructure lots and a single demolition lot.
  Up to 10 contractors have been appointed to each lot, with heavyweights including Kier, Morgan Sindall, BAM, Galliford Try, Vinci, Wates and Willmott Dixon dominating the top-value
  
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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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• Balfour pleads not guilty after nuclear site death

  18-03-2026 17:35 via constructionenquirer.com
  Balfour Beatty Group Limited has pleaded not guilty to health and safety offences following a worker fatality at AWE’s Aldermaston nuclear site.
  The firm appeared at High Wycombe Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning for a prosecution instigated by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the UK’s independent nuclear regulator.
  The charges relate to an incident which occurred at the Aldermaston site in West Berkshire on 6 July 2023 when Stuart Cook, 58, a construction worker from Ea
  
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• Contractor J Smart plans new industrial hub

  18-03-2026 16:46 via constructionenquirer.com
  Developers Manse LLP and contractor J. Smart & Co have formed a joint venture and submitted a planning application to North Lanarkshire Council for a new industrial and logistics development at Eurocentral.
  The proposed Eurocentral Gateway scheme will deliver over 200,000 sq ft of new industrial and logistics space in one of Scotland’s most established and sought-after distribution locations.
  Work will involve construction of two high-specification industrial buildings of approximately
  
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• Final phase of London’s Elephant Park gets green light

  18-03-2026 14:48 via constructionenquirer.com
  The final piece of the Elephant Park regeneration in London’s Elephant and Castle area has secured planning, paving the way to close out more than a decade of transformation across the 10-acre site.
  Developer Hub is bringing forward the 1.2-acre mixed-use development, known as Chords. This will consist of 695 co-living flats and 20 three-bed family homes alongside community infrastructure, including a new NHS health centre.
  Designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, the scheme will be deliv
  
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