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CES invests in Cat Stage V generators

US-headquartered CES Power has signed an agreement with Caterpillar for the delivery of Stage V generators in the UK and Ireland over the next four years.

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Capital&Centric appointed to Ipswich regeneration

Capital&Centric has been as development partner for Ipswich Borough Council's regeneration of Pauls Silo and the nearby waterfront, working with Drees & Sommer to develop detailed plans for the site.

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Homes England invests in Sunderland

Homes England has invested £27.7m in the regeneration of Sunderland's city centre, to unlock the delivery of 350 homes in the Sheepfolds neighbourhood.

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Farrans picked for Stansted skylinks

London Stansted has confirmed Farrans as construction partner for the airport's new skylink walkways.

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US order win for Durham Lifting beams

Durham Lifting has received a repeat order from a Kansas City client for ten bespoke 34t multi-point spreader beams, to be designed, manufactured and load tested at the UK company's Middlesbrough facility.

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Auctioneer sees more, newer excavator sales

Auction house Ritchie Bros has released its analysis of secondhand sales in Q2 2026, with excavator sale prices remaining stable, and more, newer machines sold.

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Clarion's Latimer tops out Ealing development

Clairon Housing Group's development arm Latimer, working with construction partner JJ Rhatigan, has topped out the Twyford Park development of 296 new homes, with half offered as affordable housing.

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Peel makes £582m bid for Harworth Group

Real estate investor the Peel Group has made a cash offer for listed brownfield developer the Harworth Group. Offering investors 172.5p per share, the bid values the developer at aroound £582m.

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Watkin Jones completes Belfast development

Build-to-rent specialist Watkin Jones, working with Graham and Lacuna Developments, has reached practical completion of Loftlines, a 627 home development delivered for L&G in Belfast's Titanic Quarter.

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Deeley completes new Midlands HQ for Bloor

Bloor Homes has opened a new £5.2m 18,500 sq ft Midlands regional headquarters in Wall, Lichfield, delivered by Deeley Construction.

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West Yorks councils put a price to road works

Leeds, Wakefield, and Kirklees councils in West Yorkshire will launch lane rental schemes later this year, charging utility companies and others up to £2,500 per day to work on key routes.

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New crane delivered at Sheffield Forgemasters

Work on the construction of Sheffield Forgemasters' New Machine Shop continues, with the first of eleven new 35t cranes arriving from GH Cranes in Spain, ready to be installed by Sheffield's PLS, Professional Lifting Services.