Current guidelines on roof gardens should continue to be followed despite a tribunal ruling indicating otherwise, the government has said. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) issued a note on Friday (19 October) stating that it is still considering a recent judgement on the issue. It moved…
Persimmon and a self-employed carpenter have been found jointly liable after the carpenter fell nearly five metres from a ladder. Ryan Jones suffered a fractured ankle after falling from the scaffolding system at a Persimmon housing development at Old St Mellons, Cardiff, in August 2018. He was 33 at the…
'Former employees' of ISG are owed at least £72.3m by the collapsed contractor, administrators for the collapsed firm have calculated. Statements of affairs for seven of the eight ISG subsidiaries that entered administration in September were published on Companies House this weekend. They also show that HMRC is owed £54.4m…
Demolition specialist John F Hunt Group has announced its sale to an employee-ownership trust (EOT). Equity in 19 of the group’s 21 companies is to be transferred to the new trust. Morris Machinery and generator supplier John F Hunt Power are excluded from the deal. Financial details of the transaction…
Multiplex is set to start building a £300m learning and research building at the University of Glasgow this month. The 27,000 sq m Keystone building in the university’s Gilmorehill campus will feature general learning and teaching areas, dry and wet lab spaces, and high-spec computing labs. It will also provide…
Turnover is falling this year at two ground engineering firms owned by a subsidiary of French multinational Vinci. Geotechnical specialist Bachy Soletanche and its subsidiary, piling specialist Roger Bullivant, are both on course for reduced activity levels in 2024 - according to accounts published on Monday (14 October). Bachy Soletanche…
A developer of micro nuclear power stations plans to build four units in South Wales, to deliver power directly to industrial customers. US-owned Last Energy, which says it needs no public funding for its plants, wants to build the four 20 MWe modular-built stations on the site of the former…
Balfour Beatty has said that use of a digital platform co-run by its chief executive’s nephew has helped it achieve a record safety performance. The plc has been working with AI-powered platform Site Assist since 2021 to digitise and streamline permit to work procedures on its sites. Statistics provided by…
The two companies that form envelope specialist Lindner Prater have narrowed their pre-tax losses to a combined £3.1m. New accounts for the year to 31 December 2023 show Lindner Prater Ltd’s turnover remained almost flat, dropping to £60.4m from £61.8m. Lindner Prater Ltd, whose 2023 projects included Everton FC’s new…
Rolls-Royce SMR and Holtec Britain are among the firms shortlisted to speak to the government's nuclear company about delivering small modular reactors (SMR). Great British Nuclear (GBN) said four companies remained in the running to deliver the technology, which aims to establish small nuclear plants more quickly than traditional large-scale…
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