Tag: strikes

the pay settlement is worth 17.4% over two yearsMore than 3,000 workers at Stanlow, Fawley, Valero, Grangemouth and Mossmorran oil refineries as well as at the Sellafield nuclear facility voted in favour of industrial action last October. The workers, who are covered by the National...

The action could include up to 3,000 workers at Stanlow, Fawley, Valero, Grangemouth and Mossmorran oil refineries, as well as at Sellafield Nuclear Facility. Strike votes are also expected at Drax and Hartlepool nuclear power station in the coming days. The workers, who are covered...

Pastoral vision of the new Tylers Green estateThe Hill Group will build 177 new homes across two schemes –  in Bellfield Road, High Wycombe and Ashwells Field, Tylers Green. Hill will redevelop a disused storage facility on Bellfield Road to build 68 one, two, and...

London South East Colleges will get new facilities in Plumstead while L&Q will get more housingHousing association L&Q has agreed a deal with London South East Colleges to revamp its Greenwich campus in Plumstead, providing new facilities for the campus as well as 294 new...

Vistry has agreed to give Countryside shareholders 60 pence per share plus 0.255 of a new Vistry share for each old Countryside one. Based on most recent closing prices, this values Countryside at £1,254m. Vistry was created in January 2020 when Bovis Homes acquired Galliford...

Cobuilder, which has similar agreements with standards bodies in Norway, Denmark and the Czech Republic, promises to covert British standards into “a machine-interpretable form to create a common language for people and their software systems”. According to BSI, construction contractors will be able to use...

Empty tracksLast week railway workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action. 71% of those balloted took part in the vote with 89% voting in favour of strike action and 11% voting against. The RMT union said it was the biggest endorsement for industrial action...

Marley roof tiles and its Viridian solar panelsThe sale agreement comes just a few months after Marley’s private equity owners scrapped plans for a stock market flotation. Marshalls’ board believes that buying Marley from Inflexion Private Equity will accelerate its plan to become the UK's...