Day: September 23, 2022

Chancellor of the exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng gets his point across in the House of CommonsSome love the sound of the promised boost to infrastructure and housing development; others fear the sugar rush will exacerbate inflation rates. One or two (but surprisingly few) were concerned about...

All 18 employees have been made redundantBased in Hallow, Worcestershire, Britannia Site Solutions is a roofing, cladding and façade contractor that had been trading since mid-2011. Conrad Beighton and Joph Young from Leonard Curtis were appointed joint administrators on 14th September 2022. Since the pandemic...

Employees of Surrey-based Roywood Contractors worked at various construction sites using vibrating tools without adequate control. As a result, an employee who had been working at the company for 12 years suffered significant ill-health from hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). An investigation by the Health &...

Atkins’ revised family leave and pay entitlements for staff in the UK includes an extended maternity pay offering of six months. The new pay entitlements for UK colleagues expecting a baby on or after 1st January 2023 include: company maternity and adoption pay to be...

2&3 Angel Square will be opposite the Co-op headquarters (shown left of this CG image), built as 1 Angel Square a decade agoThe new buildings at 2 and 3 Angel Square will between them offer 440,000 sq ft of Grade A office space, designed by...

The A59 at Kex Gill on Blubberhouses Moor is prone to landslipsThe project is to re-route a section of the road through Blubberhouses Moor that is prone to rockfalls and landslips. Pending final confirmation of funding from the Department for Transport (DfT), which is currently...

Jane BoyleJane Boyle joins Arcadis from Jones Lang LaSalle, where she was UK sustainability director. Before that, she held roles in energy and sustainability at the University of Aberdeen, producing its net zero strategy, as well as positions at Dubai Airports, EY and Buro Happold....

Dorothy’s cutterhead travelled through the village of Ufton on Wednesday nightOn Wednesday night this week the 160-tonne cutterhead for HS2’s Long Itchington Wood tunnel was transported by road back to the tunnel’s north portal site in Warwickshire. After HS2’s first tunnel breakthrough by tunnel boring...