Five cement and lime giants have raised £60m to advance plans to build the world’s first carbon capture scheme to decarbonise production in the UK.
House builder Hill has broken its profit record with pre-tax earnings topping £90m, up 29% from £70m last time.
VINCI UK Developments and ION Property Developments have been named as the preferred development partners for major regeneration projects in Chester and Northwich.
Keltbray Built Environment has delivered a major turnaround, posting a £3.2m pre-tax profit last year, a sharp recovery from just £44,000 in the prior year.
Muse and Oldham Council have secured planning for all six sites in their £450m town centre regeneration plan, paving the way for over to 1,600 homes to be built in the next 15 years.
Social housing procurement specialist Prosper has picked 34 firms for its next-generation £1bn nationwide energy efficiency retrofit framework.
Eric Wright Civil Engineering has promoted Gavin Hulme to managing director, replacing Diane Bourne who is stepping down after 15 years at the helm.
HG Construction is phasing out diesel generators on its tower cranes after pumping £1.2m into site battery systems in a major move to decarbonise its operations.
Procure Partnerships is preparing to start bidding for places on its third-generation North West contractor framework worth up to £1.8bn over the next four years.
Fast-growing contractor TSL has smashed through the half-billion turnover mark with profit nearly trebling last year.
Laing O’Rourke soared to the top of the contracts league rankings after winning a £919m order to deliver an animal diseases super-lab at the government’s flagship Weybridge biosecurity campus in Surrey.
Investment firm Svella has completed the acquisition of Carlisle-based Cubby Construction, building a base to create a major regional contracting business.
Henley Restoration and Remedials has bagged the job to restore one of Leeds’ oldest surviving textile mills as part of the wider Sky Gardens regeneration scheme.
DSM Demolition has secured a £5.9m contract to clear and remediate the Anglia Square site in Norwich ahead of long-awaited regeneration plans.
An ongoing crackdown on illegal workers has caught scores of Indian builders on construction sites.