Posted: 22nd January, 2020
As part of the government’s ongoing commitment to support an infrastructure revolution, the Transport Secretary made an announcement reaffirming pledges on the same day the Roads Minister announced that the £1.5Bn A14 improvement scheme will be completed a year ahead of schedule. The Chancellor’s Pledges As a key component of the wider infrastructure network, roads... Read More
Posted: 21st January, 2020
A recent announcement by the Welsh Housing Minister, Vaughan Gething, has revealed plans for the construction of a new wellbeing hub named @Maelfa in the Welsh capital of Cardiff that will incorporate services of the Llanedeyrn Health Centre as well as the support and education services of the Powerhouse Hub. According to the announcement, the... Read More
Posted: 16th January, 2020
A residential property development company named High Street Residential, a branch of the wider company known as the High Street Group, has entered into a joint venture with Logik Developments to fund, plan, design, and develop a £100M mixed-use development on Arundel Street, Manchester. Specifically, the Arundel Street development will consist of three separate tower... Read More
Posted: 15th January, 2020
Construction works have officially commenced on the new Harry Watts Academy for children with autism which will be located in Redhouse, North Sunderland, once it is completed. Situated on the site of the formerly occupied Bishop Harland Primary School, the new Harry Watts Academy will accommodate 100 students with autism and will be completed by... Read More
Posted: 15th January, 2020
Funding has been provided by the Welsh Government to assist with the transformation of the Dewi Sant Health Park in Pontypridd into a fully integrated health and social care provider following the commencement of an initial stage in the park’s development back in 2016. Following the provision of £1.5M by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University... Read More
Posted: 15th January, 2020
The Welsh Government has recently allocated a total sum of £3.7M for their Community Facilities Programme which provides grants that allow organisations to buy and upgrade well-used community buildings for their own purposes. Specifically, the Community Facilities Programme is divided into two brackets which organisations can file applications under, the lower bracket covers grants up... Read More
Posted: 15th January, 2020
The Welsh Government has allocated a total sum of £20M for the provision of alternative transport links in the North Wales region, covering the delivery of options such as cycle routes, bus services, train stations, and most notably metro links. Furthermore, this funding in North Welsh transport has been provided with the key example of... Read More
Posted: 14th January, 2020
Quintain has awarded a £130M contract to deliver a fourth development at Wembley Park to McLaren, taking the overall value of McLaren’s projects at the site to £302M. The new contract will see the development of plots NW09 and NW10, comprising three distinct blocks that will provide 396 build-to-rent homes plus 1,000sq m of ground... Read More
Posted: 13th January, 2020
Some 82 framework contracts have been awarded by Network Rail, for the delivery of design services across the country. The contracts, worth an estimated £400M for Control Period 6 (2019-2024) and up to £640M to extend the framework into Control Period 7 (2024-2029), consits of four uti-discipline frameworks and 78 single-discipline frameworks. These new Design... Read More
Posted: 10th January, 2020
With confirmation of the next budget date set by Sajid Javid this week, Britain is anticipating a decade of renewal as manifesto promises are turned into policies. The Chancellor confirmed the next Budget will be held on Wednesday 11 March 2020 during a visit to the new £350M Trafford Park tram line project in Manchester... Read More
