CITB cuts more training funds despite £95m cash pileThe Construction Industry Training Board has announced a sudden cut in training grants and funding for popular courses.
CITB chiefs said the cuts were “due to the success” of Employer Networks and the New Entrant Support Team (NEST).
The training body said demand for its services has grown by 36% over the last four years while the Levy rat…
Hampstead mega mansion to become super-prime apartmentsInvestor-developer Bentry Capital has purchased Branch Hill House in Hampstead Village for £16.4m and has plans to convert the Edwardian mansion into a super-prime apartment complex.
The new No.1 Hampstead is set to become a gated scheme of 50 premium lateral apartments set in 1.7 acres of landscaped gardens.
Branch Hill House currently…
DfE names 23 winners for £15bn schools framework refreshThe Department for Education has picked a fresh line-up of 23 firms to deliver its £15bn school rebuilding programme over the next eight years.
The next-generation deal – Construction Framework 2025 – splits delivery between national big guns handling £12m-plus major projects and a wider field of tier 2 contractors taking on…
Employee-owned plant dealer Warwick Ward collapsesEmployee-owned plant dealer Warwick Ward has fallen into administration after 55 years in business with 89 jobs axed.
Interpath restructuring partners James Lumb and James Clark were appointed joint administrators to Warwick Ward (Machinery) after attempts to refinance, sell or secure new investment failed.
Headquartered in Barnsley, Warwick Ward…
Tucker M&E went under owing suppliers £4.7mHull based Tucker Mechanical & Electrical Building Services went into administration owing its supply chain £4.7m.
Documents filed at Companies House by administrator Exigen Group reveal the scale of debt at the £25m turnover specialist which had been in business since 1973 and also had a regional office near Birmingham.
Documents in the report stated…
Historic contractor sold to staffHistoric contractor Emanuel Whittaker Ltd has transitioned to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).
The Oldham-based firm has been in business since 1837 and operates across the North West with a focus on public sector housing, public buildings and private sector renewal and refurbishment.
Managing Director Clive Newton joined the company in 1966 as an office boy,…
Jobless young people to get six-week construction courseThe government has unveiled plans to get more youngsters on Universal Credit into construction.
Construction is one of the focus industries alongside health, social care and hospitality for the new £820m initiative.
The government said jobless youngsters will “be referred to one of up to six pathways by their work coach: work, work…
Reforms urged to unlock £262bn London office upgrade boomLondon developers are urging ministers and planners to overhaul the rules blocking a huge pipeline of retrofit and redevelopment work across the capital’s ageing office estate.
More than half of central London’s workspace – 147m sq ft – is now classed as secondary stock and falling behind energy and quality standards.
Upgrading it…
£700m Scottish super-hospital goes to ministers for final approvalNHS Lanarkshire has signed off the full business case for its planned new £700m University Hospital Monklands and passed Scotland’s first fully digital, net-zero carbon hospital to ministers for final approval.
The milestone clears the way for construction to start next year on the 185-acre Wester Moffat site in Airdrie.
Laing…
Gateway 2 sign-off for landmark Stratford student towerStudent rooms developer Unite has bagged Building Safety Regulator Gateway 2 sign-off for its landmark 41-storey Meridian Square tower project in Stratford, London.
Contractor RG Group is hotly tipped for the job, which will rise next to Westfield Stratford City, but has still to get a start date.
Architect BDP designed the 952-bed tower that…