Final phase of £1.5bn Elephant and Castle revamp hits planningBuild-to-rent giant Get Living has submitted revised plans for the final piece of its £1.5bn regeneration jigsaw at Elephant and Castle in London.
Dubbed the West Site, the third and final phase cluster of high rises will replace the old London College of Communication student buildings, which are making way for a new University of…
Ealing backs final phase of £1.3bn estate rebuildThe final phase of the £1.3bn Friary Park estate rebuild in Acton, west London has been given the go-ahead by Ealing Council.
Developer Mount Anvil and housing association Peabody are behind the 1,345-home regeneration, which will now move into its last stage with another 693 homes set to be built.
The full scheme replaces the old Friary Park…
Green light for scaled-down Nottingham student towerA new student housing scheme in the heart of Nottingham has been given the go-ahead by the city council’s planning committee.
A joint venture between Peveril Securities and PMI Developments will deliver 247 student rooms on Glasshouse Street in the city’s Eastside area.
Designed by Nottingham-based CPMG Architects, the purpose-built…
Aston Villa to revamp North StandAston Villa Football Club has announced plans to refurbish and expand seat capacity in the North Stand.
Expansion plans will see the capacity at Villa Park increase to over 50,000.
Stadium renovation work will be completed in the second half of 2027, ahead of the UEFA EURO 2028 Tournament that Villa Park will be a host venue for.
A full rebuild of the stand was…
Mace signs ex-ISG director to lead Euro health and tech pushMace has drafted in former ISG director Gary Sweeney to head up its healthcare, life sciences and technology consultancy arm across Europe.
The shake-up brings three key growth sectors under one leadership structure as Mace looks to boost collaboration and sharpen delivery.
Sweeney joins with more than 30 years of experience in…
Sir Robert McAlpine claws way back into profitSir Robert McAlpine has fought its way back into the black, posting a £10.4m pre-tax profit for the year to October 2024 after a bruising £105m loss the year before.
The turnaround came just eight months after chief executive Neil Martin took the reins, with the booked profit arising from a slender £2.6m trading profit and £6.9m in R&D tax…
Severfield to cut staff by 6% amid pricing pressureBritain’s biggest steelwork contractor Severfield is planning to cut staff numbers by around 6% in the face of growing cost pressure on tender prices.
Based on last year’s published figures this will amount to over 100 job cuts.
In a year-end trading statement this morning, the specialist contractor said: “We continue to take appropriat…
JRL completes sale of 50% stake to Malaysian giant IJMDiversified construction group JRL has finalised the sale of a 50% stake to Malaysian property giant IJM Corporation.
The £50m deal sees IJM gain access to JRL’s full self-delivery model, including Midgard, J Reddington and McMullen to deliver planned residential schemes in the south east.
The tie-up also turbocharges IJM’s Innova joint…
AGD now offering Greenwall plastic sheet pilingAGD has been appointed UK & Ireland distributors for Greenwall plastic sheet piling.
Vinyl chloride (commonly called PVC or Vinyl) together with the Co-Extrusion manufacturing process give Greenwall sheet pile significant advantages and mechanical characteristics such as:
Competitive price
100% environmentally friendly
Durability
No toxic surfac…
Green light for £100m Liverpool Baltic station buildPlans for a new £100m rail station in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle have been approved, paving the way for construction to begin early in 2026.
Liverpool City Council has granted planning permission for the landmark scheme, which will extend the Merseyrail Northern Line into one of the UK’s fastest-growing creative and digita…