The Government has confirmed that the indefinite extension to the use of CE marking for the wider business community in the UK will not apply to construction products. Following its announcement yesterday, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has now confirmed the u-turn on accepting CE marks will not apply to construction products.
Bouyges has been confirmed as main contractor on major student accommodation plans for the University of Chichester. The University is working with Uliving in consortium with Equitix as preferred bidder on a student accommodation new build and refurbishment programme across its two campuses. Work will deliver a total of 1,032 units across the two sites
The CEO and founder of collapsed Kent contractor Claritas Group has joined JRL as a divisional managing director. Jon Wardle has found a new role just weeks after Claritas went down owing more than £7m to its supply chain. Wardle confirmed the demise of Claritas on LinkedIn in June stating: “To our supply chain who
The Government has rowed back on plans on to ditch CE marking on products and services allowing an indefinite extension to the use of European Conformity mark. The decision to drop the cliff-edge switch at the end of 2024 to the new UK Conformity Assessed mark comes after intense lobbying from manufactures and contractors. The
Haydon Mechanical & Electrical has gone into administration. The company is now in the hands of administrators from insolvency specialist Leading. The collapse comes less than a year after Haydon entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement with its creditors in August 2022 following cash flow pressures. The CVA deal was designed to distribute at least £7.2m
Caddick Construction Group has launched a new Midlands division to target the region as the latest phase of its growth strategy. Ray O’Sullivan has been appointed Regional Director for the Midlands and he joins Caddick from Mac Group and before that he spent 20 years at John sisk. O’Sullivan will lead a new regional team
Eighteen construction firms face a fight to renew their places on a major Welsh construction framework. The North Wales Construction Partnership, led by Denbighshire County Council, is inviting firms to bid for spots on the third-generation North Wales Construction Framework. The anticipated value of the programme is up to £600m and includes new school buildings
Higgins Group is set to make its recently announced round of redundancies within the next two weeks. Sources close to the company told the Enquirer up to 50 jobs could go in the restructuring. Higgins confirmed redundancy plans last month as part of a restructuring into regions of “the delivery element of the business.” The
Building products manufacturer Marshalls is cutting 250 jobs and closing its factory in Carluke, Lanarkshire as the slowing housing market drags down sales. The job losses come on top of 150 redundancies at the end of last year. Marshalls confirmed the cuts in a gloomy trading update today which warned performance in the second half
Procurement body YORhub has picked 20 firms for its third-generation civil engineering framework covering the Yorkshire and Humber regions. Separated into two regional frameworks together worth an estimated £800m, they will replace YORcivil2, which is due to expire in August. Presently 29 civils firms hold places on the existing panels. Newcomers to Yorcivil3 include Eric Wright, Keltbray,
