A joint venture between investor Tri7 and Fusion Students has got the green light for a major purpose-built student rooms and shopping scheme in Leeds. The plan will see the demolition of The Core shopping centre in the city to make way for 807 student bedrooms and around 36,000 sq ft of retail at ground
Developer Regal Property Group has got the planning green light for a 47-storey build-to-rent scheme in the heart of Birmingham. Work will now start on the £175m 90-97 Broad Street scheme this Autumn. Designed by architect Glancy Nicholls, the Essington building has been designed to be a pinnacle development within an emerging cluster of towers.
Modular homes specialist Lighthouse had filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator. Bosses at the Sheffield based business have told staff to continue working from home today while they try to secure the company’s future. An email sent to all staff by CEO Tom White said: “I must now inform you that we
Specialist engineering and demolition contractor Erith has rebounded after a long-running bid-rigging probe that saw it fined £17.6m last March. After already booking provisions for the fine in the previous financial year, Erith returned a pre-tax profit of £5.1m in the year to September 2023, compared with a loss of £13.8m in the prior year.
Greenwich council in south London has admitted it can no longer police planning applications. Officials at the Royal Borough said funding was no longer available for inspectors to check that planning permission conditions were being adhered to. The spotlight has been turned on the borough’s planning system following the controversial granting of retrospective permission to
Development consent has been granted for a new £400m green electricity project to upgrade the high-voltage power network in North Yorkshire. Construction of the Yorkshire GREEN electricity grid project is due to start this summer. Morrison Energy Services, part of the MGroup, will deliver the new overhead line and existing overhead line refurbishment, while Murphy
Construction plant hirer and supplier AGD Equipment has sold two Sennebogen model 683E 80 tons telescopic crawler cranes to Total Plant Ltd. Total Plant is a division of concrete frame specialist MPB Structures Ltd who will use the new machines on the BBV HS2 site in Birmingham over the next three years. The 683E has
Balfour Beatty and Costain and among a clutch of contractors to have secured work on Teesside to build the world’s first gas-fired power station with carbon capture. Clients Net Zero Teesside Power and the Northern Endurance Partnership have selected contractors for engineering, procurement, and construction contracts with a combined value of around £4bn. Nine leading
The HSE-run Building safety Regulator has announced a three-month extension to the deadline for all building control professionals to be registered and prove their competence by April 6 as part of the post-Grenfell industry shake-up. Building control chiefs had warned the original April 6 deadline would lead to a complete collapse in the system with
The Competition and Markets Authority has opened an investigation into the £2.5bn acquisition of Redrow by rival Barratt. The deal was announced last month to create a mega house builder turning over £7.45bn and delivering over 22,600 homes a year, based on past performance. CMA watchdogs are investigating if the move “may be expected to
