Rayner scraps London housing plan reviewDeputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has abandoned a review aimed at boosting house building in the Capital, handing a reprieve to London mayor, Sadiq Khan.
The Deputy Prime Minister said Khan would no longer have to submit a review of the London Plan, initiated by the last Government which said he was holding back delivery of new homes.
Rayner said ther…
£200m Wimbledon tennis courts expansion approvedAll England Lawn Tennis Club’s controversial plan to triple the size of Wimbledon with 39 new courts to be built on a nearby golf course have been approved by the London mayor’s office.
The ambitious project involves building a third covered show court with capacity for 8,000 spectators, alongside the new grass courts around a lake.
AELTC has…
L&G modular homes amassed loss hits £359mL&G is still counting the cost of its abortive foray into modular housing as it closes out the last remaining live projects.
Latest accounts for the year to December 2023 show the L&G Modular Homes business reported a further £44m pre-tax loss stemming from the decision to close its modular factory near Selby in June 2023 and build out three remaining…
Go-ahead for £150m Wolverhampton siteWavensmere Homes has received planning approval from City of Wolverhampton Council for its £150m residential-led Canalside South development.
The 17.5-acre former industrial site is located within the city centre with frontage onto the Wyrley & Essington Canal and the Wolverhampton Branch of the Birmingham Main Line Canal.
Construction will create over 530…
Profits soar at modular specialist Integra BuildingsModular construction specialist Integra Buildings has posted record results following a string of contract wins.
Yorkshire-based Integra saw turnover rise 18% to £50.4m in the year to December 31 2023 as pre-tax profits rose to £6.6m from £2.8m.
Succesful projects included the delivery of a £6m new facility for a sports organisation and work…
Emcor clinches £480m BBC FM dealFacilities management specialist Emcor has clinched a deal worth £480m over 10 years to deliver a full suite of FM work for the BBC.
The firm will replace Mitie which previously delivered integrated FM services for the broadcaster’s sites including its flagship sites in London, Cardiff, Glasgow, and MediaCityUK in Salford, employing around 780 staff.
The new FM…
£4.3bn electricity superhighway starts constructionConstruction work on the country’s biggest electricity infrastructure project has kicked off with contractors breaking ground in Scotland and England at either end of the £4.3bn Eastern Green Link2 project.
Project chiefs from National Grid and SSEN Transmission joined contractors at either end of the planned subsea link in Peterhead in…
GMI promotes from within to replace departed chiefGMI Construction Group has promoted Gareth Jones to Group Managing Director.
The move follows the imminent departure of former chief executive Lee Powell to Henry Boot Construction where he takes-up his new role in January.
Jones has been promoted from Divisional Managing Director for the Midlands, where he has played a fundamental role in t…
Bid race starts for £2.6bn NHS modular buildings frameworkTwenty modular specialists face a fight to retain places on the Government’s next-generation modular building framework for schools and healthcare jobs.
NHS Shared Business Services has today invited bids for the new framework due to come into force next summer.
Since the existing framework was launched 9 firms have dropped out or…
Plan to convert 1960s multi-storey car park into 100 flatsRadical plans to transform a 1960s brutalist multi-storey car park into over 100 flats have been lodged with Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council.
Developer Capital&Centric aim to transform Midway car park into one-to-three bed flats with social hub, gym, mini-cine and lounge space.
Developer aims to give brutalist concrete structures in…