House prices in the three major cities to be linked to London by the HS2 railway project are currently growing in value 10% slower than the national average, shows new research. The Groundsure research compared areas close to the proposed HS2 stations with those along the rest of the route over the past five years. …
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2013-09-25 17:10 Squatting of commercial property is on the up not just because of the law, but also because so many sites have lain vacant for so long during the recession, says Sarah Shemmings from Silver Shemmings. So what can you do? 2013-09-25 17:05 Air source heat pumps may have been slower to …
Wynne Construction has secured three contracts in North Wales worth a combined £12.5m. The Bodelwyddan-based contractor has been appointed to build two schools, Ysgol Gwenfro in Wrexham and Ysgol Glancegin in Bangor, as well as the new RNLI Llandudno lifeboat station. The new wins follow a recently awarded contract to build the £9m Ysgol Cybi …
Construction workers in Yorkshire could be set for a better deal from their employers when taking on local authority contracts, after Wakefield council became the first in the county to sign a ground-breaking employment minimum standards’ charter. The charter, signed by council leader Peter Box and the trade unions, Unite, UCATT and the GMB, pledges …
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A housing association has clinched a deal with international partners to launch a £2.5 billion UK joint venture to manufacture and build thousands of modular, low-carbon homes a year. Your Housing Group (YHG) announced the deal with WElink Group today, which also takes in partners Beijing-based China National Building Material Company (CNBM), its subsidiary China …
Willmott Dixon has secured the £60m residential element of a mixed-use regeneration scheme in Greenwich as part of a development agreement with the developers Cathedral Group and Development Securities. Willmott Dixon’s development division, called Regen, will deliver the residential quarter at The Movement, Greenwich. Progress has already started with the s106 being signed with the …
Work is set to begin on on the latest phase of Nottingham’s biggest council-led housebuilding scheme in 40 years. A sod cutting ceremony was held on the site in Lenton, where 21 affordable homes will be constructed under the Building a Better Nottingham programme. MP for Nottingham South Lilian Greenwood joined Councillor Alex Ball, executive …
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Willmott Dixon has signed a collaborative agreement with the Wildlife Trusts that will see the charity’s experts providing ecology advice on the company’s projects around the country. Local ecologists from the Wildlife Trusts’ network of consultancies will work with the contractor to ensure its projects enhance biodiversity and leave a positive legacy afterwards. John Frankiewicz, …
Contractors have started work on a new £1.5m housing development which will boost the supply of family housing in Helsby. The Cheshire Plains housing scheme is being built by Manchester-based Harbur Construction on behalf of Halebank Developments which will make the properties available for sale. The 13-unit project is based on Lower Robin Hood Lane …
Willmott Dixon has signed a £25.7m contract with Northamptonshire County Council to deliver Kettering Science Academy. The academy is part of Northamptonshire County Council’s £55m academies building programme that Willmott Dixon was appointed preferred bidder for in April. Next to follow will be Kettering Buccleuch Academy, and then the Malcolm Arnold Academy in Northampton. Willmott …
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