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September 24, 2024
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100 jobs lost as ESS Modular goes into administrationHull-based offsite specialist ESS Modular is now in administration with the loss of around 100 jobs.
Tim Vance, Charles King and Andrew Dolliver of EY-Parthenon’s Turnaround & Restructuring Strategy have been appointed as Joint Administrators to trading company Extraspace Solutions (UK) Limited and its subsidiary Spatial Initiativ…
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September 23, 2024
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ISG supply chain facing £700m+ hitFinal accounts posted by ISG before its collapse into administration show the company owed more than £700m to suppliers.
The “trade and other” payables total for the year to December 31 2022 was £710.3m and is an indication of how much could be owed to creditors now the contractor has collapsed.
The 2022 annual report showed a turnover of £2.18bn…
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September 23, 2024
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ISG bonding losses contained at £60mThe fallout from the collapse of ISG in the bonding market is likely to be less severe than many firms feared.
Sources say surety providers have managed to contain losses at around £60m.
While its still represents a big hit for the bonding market after two already torrid years, the exposure is well below the £160m body blow suffered by bond providers when…
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September 23, 2024
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Carey family confirm death of co-founder John CareyFormer Carey Group chairman and co-founder John Carey has died.
The Carey family confirmed he died on Sunday morning aged 83.
John Carey and his two brothers Tom and Pat started the firm in 1969 after moving to London from Ireland.
The “three brothers and a van” started a groundworks contracting company called PJ Carey Plant Hire (Oval) Ltd…
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September 23, 2024
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2,200 jobs go as administrator takes charge at ISGAdministrators from EY officially took control of ISG on Friday afternoon making 2,200 staff redundant.
Timothy Graham Vance, Alan Michael Hudson and Dan Edkins of EY-Parthenon’s Turnaround & Restructuring Strategy have been appointed as Joint Administrators to eight UK trading entities of ISG – ISG Central Services Limited, ISG Interior…
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September 23, 2024
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Winners named for Wessex Water £3.7bn AMP8 dealWessex Water has named the line-up of contractors and consultants it plans to use to deliver a £3.7bn capital investment framework for the AMP8 control period starting in April 2025.
Kier secured spots on the three key contractor lots with Mott MacDonald Bentley and Galliford Try securing two lots each.
The appointments will support Wessex Water in…
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September 23, 2024
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Funding green light for £96m Liverpool Baltic Station planLiverpool City Region Combined Authority has given the go-ahead for a £96m funding package to build the Liverpool Baltic station.
The decision paves the way for a planning application to be submitted to Liverpool City Council in October.
Pending approvals from the Department for Transport, construction would begin next year, with t…
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September 23, 2024
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Private equity takeover at Fox BrothersStellex Capital Management has acquired Blackpool-based Fox Brothers Holdings Group.Read Full Article: The Construction…
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September 23, 2024
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Wessex Water names suppliers for £3.7bn AMP8 frameworkWessex Water has selected 16 suppliers for a £3.7bn six-year capital delivery framework.Read Full Article: The Construction…
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September 23, 2024
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Insight, innovation and inspiring ideas at UK Construction Week BirminghamThe Mayors of the West Midlands and East Midlands are amongst over 200 high profile speakers at this autumn’s UK Construction Week Birmingham UKCW.Read Full Article: The Construction…
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