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Sir John Armitt: Government must set clear vision for world-class UK infrastructure so economy can compete post-Brexit

Sir John Armitt, Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, today (Wednesday 1 May) said the UK needed to build a shared vision for infrastructure’s role in the economy – one that could unite people, mend fractures in society and build a true sense of community for millions of people. Speaking to an All-Party Parliamentary Group […]

Posted by: Adil Kotia

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Gallagher Ltd helping deliver Leicester City’s new world-class football training centre

Gallagher Ltd has been successful in securing the groundworks and reinforced concrete superstructures package for Leicester City Football Club’s new world-class football training centre, for principal contractor McLaren. The main building is an impressive structure that moulds into the landscape. Surrounding the building will be 11 full-size outdoor pitches, eight smaller pitches, five training grids […]

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Marks & Spencer signs lease for new Maidstone store

Marks & Spencer has signed a lease with Gallagher Properties Ltd for a new Marks & Spencer store at Eclipse Park, near Junction 7 of the M20 in Maidstone. Construction of the 7,808m2 (84,044 ft2) store is underway, with its doors planned to open in the summer of 2020. The store will sell Clothing and […]

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Sigma Capital – Final Results; For the year ended to 31 December 2018

Financial FY 2018 FY 2017 % increase Revenue £12.5m £4.4m 181% Profit from operations £10.2m £3.1m 227% Profit before tax £12.2m £4.1m 205% Basic EPS 12.65p 4.15p 205% Cash generated from operations £6.3m £1.8m 250% Net assets £51.9m £40.0m 30% Net assets per share 58.1p 45.1p 29% Proposed dividend per share 2.0p nil Summary • […]

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Launch of Sigma Scottish PRS Fund

Sigma, the private rented sector (“PRS”), residential development and urban regeneration specialist, is pleased to announce the launch of the Sigma Scottish PRS Fund (“the Scottish Fund” or “the Fund”), with investment from the Scottish Government’s Building Scotland Fund. Sigma’s Scottish Fund will have initial resources of £43m, with £30m provided by the Building Scotland […]

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Are you looking to optimize your own supply of power or steam?

Uniper delivers trusted solutions for your on-site energy needs.   Who are Uniper? We are a global energy company that generates, trades, and markets energy on a large scale. We also procure, store, transport, and supply commodities such as natural gas, LNG, and coal as well as energy-related products. With about 37 GW of installed […]

Posted by: Nathan Spencer

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Trebor Hillwood flying with another major site acquisition

Trebor Developments, working in conjunction with its partner, Hillwood, have agreed terms with Peel Land and Property (Peel L&P) to acquire a site of 5.66 acres, located at Aero Centre Yorkshire, the development site surrounding Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) and have submitted a planning application for a 2 unit, industrial, speculative development. They will deliver […]

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Housing association and council in modular homes joint-venture talks

A major housing association is exploring establishing a modular housing venture with a local authority – which will discussed in detail at our Offsite Manufacture Conference in June. Geoff Pearce, Executive Director for Regeneration and Development at Swan Housing Group, told our Thames Estuary Development Conference that the Essex-based association is in discussions with an […]

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Essex borough challenges Lower Thames Crossing

Plans for the new Lower Thames Crossing are being resisted by the Essex authority where the tunnel will emerge, our event heard. The new crossing, which will carry 14.5 miles of dual to three lane expressway in the UK’s longest road tunnel, is due to emerge on the north bank of the Thames in the […]

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