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Council fined £6m for guided busway safety fails
Cambridge’s guided busway Cambridgeshire County Council was prosecuted after a long and complex investigation by the…
AER brings brands together for Newcastle
Left to right are Welfare 4 Hire area sales manager Wayne Rothwell, Hudson Lifting MD Jeff…
Gilbert-Ash moves to employee ownership
Gilbert-Ash managing director Ray Hutchinson at Belfast City Airport Gilbert-Ash managing director Ray Hutchinson said that…
M Group swoops for Telent
Telent’s £500m annual revenues come from a range of activities related to the installation and service…
Treasury reveals first NISTA chief
NISTA chief executive Becky Wood The National Infrastructure & Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) was created on…
Cardo buys Breyer Roofing out of administration
Breyer Group went into administration on 1st April Cardo has entered into an asset purchase agreement…
Accountant put in charge of London hire company
Tim Young (centre) with the Mr Plant Hire team Chartered management accountant Tim Young has this…
Another covid loan fraudster convicted
Florin-Petrica Bodale has been sentenced to 13-months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, following a hearing at…
United Living recruits Property Services chief
Claire Kershaw Claire Kershaw has joined United Living Property Services from Kier, where she was latterly…
HAVS diagnoses leads to £140k fine
Stonewater Limited was in the dock after two employees were diagnosed with debilitating hand arm vibration…
New owner and new name for Celsa Steel UK
Celsa’s Welsh-made reinforcing steel Under new ownership, Celsa Steel UK has been rebranded as 7 Steel…
Wates impressed by hydrogen trial
Jonny Wates with the generator and battery storage unit Wates has been running a JCB 60kVA…
Vincent Street studios start to emerge
The building is on schedule for completion in summer 2026 Drone footage has captured construction progress…
Double digit growth for Caddick Construction
Chairman and owner Paul Caddick Caddick Construction Limited reported turnover of £355.2m for the year ending…
Liebherr’s hydraulic luffing crane on its way to London
The Liebherr 195 HC-LH Liebherr developed the 195 HC-LH specifically for use in densely built-up urban…
Billington unfazed by British Steel crisis
Billington Holdings chairman Ian Lawson The government appears to have averted the threat of the immediate…
Forterra turns muck to brass with SCM from brick dust
Forterra has partnered with LKAB Minerals, part of the Swedish state-owned mining company Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag, to…
Haverfordwest gets new bus station
CGI of the planned Haverfordwest Public Transport Interchange [Image: BDP] Designed by BDP, the Haverfordwest Public…
Scandi scientists measure rate of tunnel corrosion
Bacteria is eating away at the surface of the Oslofjord tunnel The deterioration of fibre-reinforced sprayed…
Balfour JV wins first lamp post EV deal
Urban Fox, a partnership between Balfour Beatty Investments and Urban Electric Networks, has secured a contract…