Day: January 12, 2024

Bishop & Taylor kick off 2024 mourning the demise of Stewart Milne Group. They also consider the apparent preponderence of neurodiversity within construction project management and discuss the rebranding of Artex. 10th December 2023: Episode 143: Listen online Re:Construction Podcast: A fortnightly podcast in which construction...

In the year to 31st March 2023, Blu 3 (Holdings) Ltd turned over £151.3m, compared to £92.9m the previous year. Pre-tax profit improved to £6.6m (2022: £2.7m). Of the 2023 turnover, £73m came from the UK and £78m came from the rest of Europe. In...

Construction output in Great Britain fell 0.6% in the three months to November 2023, according to the ONS. This came solely from a decrease in new work (3.6% fall), as repair & maintenance increased by 3.8%. Monthly construction output is estimated to have decreased 0.2%...

Greg Fitzgerald When Vistry Group chair Ralph Findlay steps down on 16th May 2024 after nine years of service, chief executive Greg Fitzgerald will become both executive chair & chief executive officer of the company. The board has decided that any risks associated with combining...

Clegg’s leadership team, left to right, pre-construction director Ross Crowcroft, managing director Michael Sims and operations director Darren ChapmanPromotion of Michael Sims to the top job at Clegg Construction comes with the retirement of Simon Blackburn, who has been at the helm of the Nottingham-based...

Research by planning and development consultancy Lichfields has found that the time taken for SMEs to achieve an outline planning permission has increased from around 13 or 14 weeks in the 1990s to a whole year in 2023. It also found that the costs have...

Louise ColleyLouise Colley’s promotion follows the retirement of technical services director Steve Holmes after nearly 20 years’ service with Balfour Beatty. Pre-construction and estimating were part of his duties. Louise Colley has spent much of her 15 years with Balfour Beatty as a bid manager,...

Marika LawrenceMarika Lawrence will work with Willmott Dixon’s national development solutions team, supporting customers in designing, planning, funding and delivering development-led schemes across the region. A chartered surveyor, she was previously new projects director at Cordia UK, responsible for identifying land acquisition opportunities for developments...