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Morgan Sindall strode to top spot in the November league tables, largely thanks to a £130m fit-out job in the City of London. The contractor’s fit-out arm Overbury scooped the £130m project on 2 Aldermanbury Square for international law firm Clifford Chance. Along with a £100m science scheme in Manchester…

Kier Group has appointed Tom Hinton as its next chief financial officer, replacing Simon Kesterton, who will step down at the end of December after six years in the role. Hinton (pictured), who is currently interim chief executive at logistics firm Wincanton, will take up the position from January. He…

Kier Group has reported a strong start to its 2025/26 financial year, with its order book growing to approximately £11.6bn. This figure, up from £11bn at the end of June 2025, reflects a series of recent contract wins across infrastructure and construction. In a trading update issued ahead of its…

Transport Scotland has shortlisted three bidders for the fifth construction phase of the A9 dualling programme, covering the stretch from Pitlochry to Killiecrankie. Balfour Beatty, Kier Transportation and Wills Bros Civil Engineering will take part in a competitive dialogue process for the £205m job. The contract will involve upgrading 6.4km…

The Department for Education (DfE) has appointed three contractors to deliver nearly £130m worth of school construction works. Kier has been awarded the largest of the three schemes: a £69.3m contract to deliver the main works at Upton-by-Chester High School in Cheshire. The scheme is scheduled to finish on 14…

Kier has been appointed to deliver a £700m highways term services contract for Norfolk County Council, starting in April 2026 and running for up to 14 years. The contract will cover highways maintenance and improvement across the county’s 9,836km road network, as well as additional infrastructure works relating to passenger…

Kier has secured main contracts worth around £250m to expand prison capacity at HMP Northumberland and HMP Lancaster Farms under the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ’s) Small Secure Houseblocks Programme (SSHP). The contractor will deliver four new houseblocks, site-wide infrastructure and upgrades to ancillary facilities at each prison. Completion is due…

Kier Group has appointed Martin Staehr as group managing director of its construction division, starting in January 2026. Staehr will oversee the Regional Build, Strategic Projects, Kier Places and Kier Mechanical & Electrical businesses, managing an order book valued at £4.5bn. He will also sit on the £4.1bn-turnover group’s executive…

Five major UK contractors have been ranked among the country’s best employers for apprenticeships, according to new government data. Balfour Beatty, Bam, Kier, Mace and VolkerWessels UK were named in the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers list for 2025, which is compiled annually by the Department for Education (DfE) to recognise…

Graham Construction has walked away from a job building a new events centre in Southport, months after the client decided not to appoint its previous preferred contractor.  In 2023, Sefton Council appointed Kier as preferred bidder to demolish the Southport Theatre & Convention Centre and replace it with a new…