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VASO Global wins support for recycled glass panels

VASO Global has secured £5m in funding from PXN Ventures, Scottish Enterprise, UK Research Innovation (UKRI) and Eco Group, to support its development of structural composite panels using recycled glass.

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Barhale to help protect London water supply

Barhale has been contracted by Thames Water to reline an abstraction tunnel at Ashford Common Water Treatment Works in Surrey, helping protect London's water supply.

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Great British Energy seeks £1.08bn SMR partner

Great British Energy - Nuclear (GBE-N) has launched the search for a delivery partner for its small modular reactor programme, valued at £1.08bn.

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Holcim delivers tough road for Heysham

Holcim UK, working with Fibre Concrete Solutions, has helped Kiernan Construction deliver a durable roadway at Peel Ports Group's Heysham facility, helping the port handle hundreds of daily HGV moves.

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Passivhaus school stays active in heat wave

Hertfordshire's Buntingford First School, delivered by Morgan Sindall Construction in 2023, last week celebrated being the first in England to be certified by the Passivhaus Trust.

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Munnelly focuses on people and culture

Munnelly Group has appointed Matt Duck to a new role, group board director, people and culture, creating a new function across the group's eight brands.

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Clancy, Baltic Apprenticeships team up on skills

Civil engineers Clancy have formed a new partnership with Baltic Apprenticeships, brought together by the Energy & Utility Skills Partnership (EUSP), to offer its workforce training in digital and AI skills.

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SCS fined over tipper fall

HS2 joint venture SCS, set up by Skanska Construction UK Limited, Costain Limited and Strabag AG, has been fined £400,000 after a tipper truck fell off the edge of an excavation ramp at Copthall North, injuring its driver.

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Story gets go ahead for Camelot revitalisation

Story Homes has received outline planning permission for 350 new homes, on the site of the former Camelot Theme Park in Charnock Richard, Chorley.