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BAM UK & Ireland has appointed Abigail Farrell-Black as its new executive director of finance following Henri de Pater’s promotion to group chief financial officer at Royal BAM. Farrell-Black joins from Thames Water, where she was finance director for operations....

GRAHAM has been confirmed as main contractor for the £110m transformation of the former Boddingtons Brewery site in central Manchester. Work will start this summer after Latimer, the development arm of Clarion Housing Group, secured Gateway 2 approval under the...

Demountable modular panelling systems specialist Norwood has been appointed by Bouygues UK to deliver a Grade B cleanroom at Oriel – a new centre for eye care, research, and education being built in Camden, London. Oriel is a joint initiative between Moorfields...

Electricians are set for a near 4% wage rise from 2026 after a new pay deal was hammered out by electrical contractors and union Unite under the JIB collective agreement. The three-year deal for the industry also includes a 3.95% uptick in rates from 2026, followed by...

FM Conway has delivered a strong maiden set of results under new owner Vinci, posting a 12% jump in pre-tax profit to £33m in the year to March 2025. The figures include two months of trading under Vinci Construction Holding, which acquired 100% of the business on 31...

Sir Robert McAlpine officially breaks ground today on the construction of an electric arc furnace at the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales. The huge decarbonisation project will preserve 5,000 steelmaking jobs on site and cut emissions by 90% – equivalent to 1.5%...

Utility contractor Cappagh has won two deals from Portsmouth Water worth £136.6m. The awards under the AMP8 spending round will see Cappagh deliver a smart meter installation and commissioning programme and infrastructure work for the period 2025 to 2030 with a...