Starmer backs £14bn vision for Welsh rail overhaulThe Prime Minister has signed off a sweeping £14bn vision to overhaul Welsh rail, confirming seven new stations and almost £445m of immediate funding to get schemes moving.
Keir Starmer will today formally endorsed Transport for Wales’ long-term blueprint for railway improvement alongside First Minister for Wales Eluned Morgan.
The Spending…
Cardo snaps up painting and fire coating specialistPrivate equity-backed housing maintenance contractor Cardo Group has sealed its sixth takeover in 12 months after snapping up employee-owned decorating specialist Trident Maintenance Services.
The painting and fire coatings specialist employs around 100 staff and operates across England and Scotland.
Last year the firm turned over £18m and mor…
Green light for first tower on £1bn Liverpool schemePlanning approval has been granted for the first phase of the £1bn King Edward development adjacent to Liverpool’s Pier Head.
Demolition works starting this spring will be followed by construction of a 28-storey residential tower on the regeneration site’s first plot.
A demolition contractor will be appointed imminently while the Enquirer…
Plan for 240 flats at Nottingham Station gateway sitePlans have been unveiled for a 244-home build-to-rent scheme on railway land beside Nottingham railway station.
Developer blocwork has teamed up with Network Rail’s property arm Platform 4 and listed landlord Grainger to bring forward the brownfield redevelopment at the junction of Station Street and London Road.
The scheme, which will b…
Watkin Jones clears Gateway 2 for Bristol student hallsWatkin Jones has secured Gateway 2 approval for a 201-bed purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Bristol, allowing construction to push ahead on the Freestone Road site.
The £60m scheme is being delivered for a joint venture between Moorfield Group and Tiger Developments, and is targeting EPC A, BREEAM Excellent, and featuring PV…
Police swoop on skills card test centreFour men have been arrested following a police probe into a suspected fraudulent construction skills card test centre.
Officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary’s Economic Crime Unit raided the independent testing centre in Winchester over the weekend.
The swoop was the culmination of an ongoing investigation following a tip-off from t…
Former Carillion chief Richard Howson fined £237,000Former Carillion group chief executive Richard Howson has been fined £237,700 for his part in misleading statements issued by the failed contractor.
The fine from the FCA comes after Howson withdrew his challenge to the financial watchdog’s decision after a probe into Carillion’s 2018 collapse
He was originally fined £397,800 in 2022 but…
Graham clinches £286m Manchester student schemeContractor Graham has sealed the job to redevelop Cambridge Halls student campus for Manchester Metropolitan University.
The £286m project to create over 2,300 new student bedrooms is being delivered through a joint venture between the University and Unite Students.
The project includes the demolition of the existing 1990s-era accommodation and t…
Chippenham £50m town centre reset go-aheadDeveloper Acorn Property Group has secured planning approval to redevelop Chippenham’s ageing Emery Gate Shopping Centre with a £50 mixed-use riverside quarter of 225 homes.
The scheme, branded Chippenham Riverside and designed by HNW Architects, will strip out the inward-facing mall and replace it with a network of streets and public squares to…
Gateway 3 delays leave thousands of homes emptyThousands of completed flats are still sitting empty as developers face continued delays at the final Gateway 3 stage of the building safety approval process.
New FOI data obtained by legal firm Irwin Mitchell revealed 44 schemes remain undecided more than three months after submission, with the longest case waiting 550 days for approval.
Across…