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United Infrastructure sells housing arm to MD

United Infrastructure has finalised its exit from the housing market after selling it to managing director Andrew McDonough. The move is part of strategic refocus by the business to concentrate on ...
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Rayner rejects plan for new football stadium and 3,500 homes, citing toxic lead risk

The housing secretary has rejected called-in plans for a new 8,000-seat stadium alongside 3,500 homes in Ebbsfleet. The planning application was made by Northfleet Central 1 Limited to Gravesham ...
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Business rethink at Bouygues after firm stays in red to take losses over £200m in past four years

Contractor says UK arm’s numbers blighted by inflation, subcontractor failures and building safety liabilities Bouygues UK sunk further into the red last year to take the company’s cumulative losses ...
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Portsmouth chooses ECF as regeneration partner for next stage of major city centre scheme

Portsmouth City Council has selected the English Cities Fund (ECF), a company owned by Homes England’s National Housing Bank, ...
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Profit slips at RG Carter as project starts delayed

Regional contractor RG Carter said delays to jobs starting on site sent revenue down 14% last year. Latest accounts filed at Companies House by the Norwich-based firm show revenue slipped to £215m ...
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Ibstock falls into red and sees revenue drop 15% in half-years

Brick firm says it was hit by a challenging first quarter and anticipates improvement in second half Brick firm Ibstock fell ...
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Stansted Airport architect retires from Fosters after 52 years

Spencer de Grey has retired from Foster + Partners after 52 years at the practice. De Grey joined Foster Associates, the ...
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Hopes rise as construction output decline eases to slowest rate in four months

An uptick in construction output last month has raised hopes that the sector could be moving out of a prolonged downturn, a bellwether index has found. The S&P Global UK Construct ...
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5 minutes with … Liam Kelly at Sheppard Robson

The firm’s head of sustainability on changing the industry mindset, the importance of listening, the value of mentors and his skills with a diabolo Coming out of university, I wanted to tackle climate ...
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Social housing regulator to probe potential ‘serious failings’ at Heylo’s RP after group investment companies enter administration

The Regulator for Social Housing (RSH) has put a BlackRock-backed for-profit provider’s grading under review after two investment companies owned by the wider group were put into administration.
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Mears’ half-year turnover flatlines but order book reaches record £4.2bn after ‘intensive’ re-bidding period

The social housing maintenance firm, in its half-year results for the six months to 30 June, reported turnover of £560m ...