Pagabo has revealed the 49 firms appointed to the first of its new £1.6bn healthcare decarbonisation frameworks which include Kier, Morgan Sindall and Willmott Dixon. Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is serving as the healthcare sector-specialist contracting authority for the framework, which will run for four years. The suppliers appointed can provide a complete business
ROOFERS recruited from overseas to plug the skills gap are being priced out of the country, business leaders say. From 4 April property and construction businesses wishing to hire overseas talent through the skilled worker visa will need to pay staff at least a minimum of £38,700. The rise reflects UK Government’s attempts to lower
NORTH WEST builders’ merchant Sovini Trade Supplies, part of the Sovini Group’s integrated supply chain, is celebrating its 10th anniversary servicing the construction industry. Since its inception in Liverpool in 2014, Sovini Trade Supplies has expanded into four branches across the northwest of England, supplying products to the repairs & maintenance, new build, and general
Developer Reef Group has appointed Ardmore to deliver the final phase of its Tribeca purpose-built life science campus in London’s King’s Cross Knowledge Quarter. The phase two award, which is estimated to be worth around £240m, involves three new buildings totalling 540,000 sq ft and featuring laboratories, homes, shops and restaurants. The buildings will be
Essex-based contractor Readie Construction collapsed with total debts of £34m. The £421m-turnover firm fell into administration in early February leaving over 440 subcontractors and suppliers out of pocket. According to the statement of company affairs released by administrator Begbies Traynor, subcontractors alone are owed £18.8m. Other trade creditors were left £6m out of pocket, with
Power giant SSE has bought back the Enerveo electrical contracting business it sold three years ago from the original buyer Aurelius Group. SSE sold the £257m turnover business, then known as SSE Contracting, in June 2021. But the investment firm found it challenging to operate rebranded Enerveo as an independent business. During this period Enervo
Development partners, The Hill Group and Shearer Property Group, have started the countdown for construction to start on the highly-anticipated £450m City Centre South regeneration project in Coventry. A seven week programme of archaeological works has got underway to ensure the heritage of the site is understood, recorded, and preserved prior to the start of
See what people are saying about Home Depot’s blockbuster acquisition of SRS Distribution for $18.25 billion as reaction spreads industrywide.
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