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Caddick Construction has completed St Martin's Court for Progress Housing Association, the first extra care facility in Lancaster, offering independent living for over-55s with care needs.
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Bouygues UK has completed the new St John's CE Academy in Grove, Wantage, using cross laminated timber and offsite manufacturing to reduce carbon emissions and materials waste.
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Balfour Beatty has appointed Emma Loxton as chief strategy officer. Loxton joins after ten years with McKinsey & Company.
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Chadwicks Group has opened a new The Panelling Centre and Sitetech branch in Belfast, its first in Northern Ireland.
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Tilbury Douglas has completed construction of Arrowe Park Hospital’s Urgent & Emergency Care Upgrade Programme on behalf of Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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Belgian-headquartered global building materials supplier Etex has reported revenue up 4.9% and cash flow up 8.8% in the first half of 2026. Many global markets performed well, but France and the UK faced challenges.
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Slate Island Developments Ltd is seeking planning permission from Inverclyde Council to turn a former IBM site into a data centre.
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NatureScot has opened a public consultation on the development of the Scottish Planning Biodiversity Metric, which will be used to demonstrate projects meet biodiversity net gain requirements.
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Sisk's Farrans has started building a 200MW/857MWh battery energy storage system in Berkswell, close to Solihull, for BW ESS, part of the BW Group.
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Media and internet company Sky has been granted planning approval for a new campus in Livingston, Scotland, which will be built by principal contractor Graham.
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G F Tomlinson has appointed Glenn Slater as business development manager, working with head of business development Les Needham to grow the Midlands contractor, with a focus on public sector frameworks.
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Premier Forest Products has promoted Andrew Watters to production director at National Timber Systems, bought out of administration in December 2025.