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Four Kier companies and its subsidiary McNicholas Construction have been suspended from the Prompt Payment Code (PPC) for failing to pay suppliers on time. Eurovia Infrastructure Limited and Seddon Construction Ltd were also suspended, having fallen foul of the code’s demand that firms pay 95 per cent of invoices within…

A contract held by Interserve subsidiary Paragon, to refurbish a luxury hotel and apartment complex in central London, has been terminated. Construction News recently revealed that the project was a site where victims of modern slavery were put to work by a Paragon subcontractor. The reason for the termination has…

Interserve will hold onto its stake in a Qatari contractor after its joint-venture partner declined to buy it out. The contractor's 49 per cent holding in a JV called Al Binaa Contracting was the only major Interserve asset not transferred to the plc's lenders when its assets were sold in a pre-pack…

Doosan Enpure has been awarded the £5.3m it was owed as part of a joint venture with Interserve after a judge ruled the contractor had interpreted the JV's pain/gain contract incorrectly. Doosan and Interserve started work on an upgrade of Horsley Water Treatment Works for Northumbrian Water with a target…

Amey, Interserve and Kier are among the contractors appointed to Yorkshire Water’s £1bn civils framework – part of its AMP7 spending period. Yorkshire Water manages clean and wastewater collection and distribution for over five million people. The framework will run from 2020-2025 with a possibility of extending it for a…

Interserve chief executive Debbie White was unaware of the “failings of a third party” when she told the public accounts committee (PAC) in June 2018 that the tier one contractor had “not found any instances” of modern slavery in its supply chain. But a Construction News investigation carried out over…

Interserve has poached Kier major projects director Paul Gandy to head up its UK construction business. He will replace George Franks who is retiring in May, having spent 35 years with Interserve. Chief executive Debbie White said Mr Gandy would help to refocus the division as the company continues its…

Architect plans for the £42m restoration of Paisley Museum in west Scotland have been revealed, as Interserve comes to the end of its demolition and enabling work on the project. Construction work will include a red-glazed entrance hall, a new accessible wing with learning spaces, internal renovation work which will…

Interserve has named Ken Hanna as chairman of its equipment services wing RMD Kwikform and non-executive director on its board. Mr Hanna, who will start on 2 September, is currently chairman of temporary power generation company Aggreko and events equipment company Arena Group. He was previously chief financial officer at…

Interserve has said the decision to cancel the contract for its Derby energy-from-waste (EfW) scheme is “likely to result in further delays at significant cost to the taxpayer”. The contractor labelled the decision by the project’s funders to terminate the contract as “premature”, in a statement. According to Interserve, work…