Public and private sector heavyweights have teamed up on an £860m push to build more than 2,250 homes in some of England’s most under-invested communities. Homes England has formed a new joint venture with investor Swiss Life Asset Managers and Manchester-based...

Energy and utilities infrastructure services contractor OCU Group has hit a record £886m turnover after another year of rapid expansion driven by energy transition work, contract wins and a fresh wave of bolt-on acquisitions. The Stockport-based group lifted revenue...

Plans for a 200-home waterfront neighbourhood in Salford are moving ahead after developer Bentry Capital snapped up the Irwell Gardens site for £12m. Its in-house construction arm Mellior Group is now expected to start work in the first quarter of next year on the...

Heim Global Investor and McLaren Living have appointed Winvic to deliver Oasis – a 456-home Build-to-Rent development on Kent Street in Birmingham. The £130m scheme is being forward funded by investor Heim with McLaren Living acting as developer. Heim and...

Mitie has swooped for Midlands-based refrigeration expert Forest Group Holdings in a deal worth up to £7m. The move hands Mitie a 40-strong specialist engineering workforce and brings critical commercial refrigeration maintenance in-house for the first time. The deal...