Swanley-based United Living Group weathered inflationary cost pressures to deliver strong revenue and profit growth last year. The firm, which was acquired by private equity giant Apollo last August, is on the acquisition trail after reporting revenue up 22% to £534m in the year to March 2023. This growth helped the housing to utility infrastructure

Strong growth in the UK and Asia saw engineering consultant Arup Group lift revenue to a record 2.2bn last year. The 14% growth in revenue was driven mainly by energy and water sector but translated to a pre-tax profit of around £39m, 6% up on 2022, but significantly down on the five-year average. Arup warned

Somerset Council has awarded three new contracts worth a total of £140m to deliver road maintenance and improvements across its network. Kiely Bros Ltd and Heidelberg Materials have win four-year deals worth £50m each to deliver surface treatment services and resurfacing services respectively. The third four-year contract worth up to £40m has been awarded to

Willmott Dixon has reshuffled its main board following the retirement of Colin Enticknap as the private builder’s executive chairman. The rejig sees Rick Willmott move from his current role as group chief executive to become Willmott Dixon’s new executive chairman, with chief financial officer Graham Dundas promoted to chief executive.   Dundas rises to chief