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The information below comes from the
UK Activity Report.
Profectus, the business services and facilities management consultancy, is planning to float next year with a valuation of about £100m. 28-Dec-2001
Copeland Council is planning to set up a new £6.3m headquarters in Whitehaven. 24-Dec-2001
Persimmon is to shed 80 jobs at its housebuilding business in the north east, in a reorganisation of working practices. 20-Dec-2001
Taylor Woodrow is seeking planning permission to build a £130m urban village at the headquarters of its construction division in west London, which will include new and refurbished offices for its 700 staff. 20-Dec-2001
Bickerton, the construction contractor, is said to have closed its St Albans head office and stopped work on all sites due to financial difficulties. 20-Dec-2001
John Laing is planning to vacate its Mill Hill headquarters in north London next year, and will be looking for smaller premises in London. 20-Dec-2001
Glasgow City Council is to consider plans from Accredited Land Developments for a £150m development at Tradeston on the south bank of the Clyde, including about 100,000sq ft of offices, flats, shops, bars and restaurants. 19-Dec-2001
Plymouth City Council is considering plans from the Land Registry to build a three-storey office building at the International Business Park in Derriford, which would involve the relocation of 300 staff and the creation of up to 200 new jobs. 19-Dec-2001
Jones Lang LaSalle has shed 40 of the 450 jobs in its building management services division, as part of a plan to shed 600 of the 7,000 staff worldwide. 17-Dec-2001
Scottish Enterprise has announced that a former John Brown shipyard at Clydebank has been acquired by a local group called Clydeside Regeneration for £8m, and the site will be transformed into a business village and residential area. 13-Dec-2001
Keller is to raise £8m in a share placing to fund acquisitions for the expansion of its building foundations business. 13-Dec-2001
Ballast is planning to restructure its construction business with the closure of several regional offices and the loss of 150 jobs. 12-Dec-2001
Telford Homes is planning to raise £4.4m in a flotation on Aim to fund the acquisition of additional housebuilding sites in London. 07-Dec-2001
Blue Circle has won government approval to build a new cement works at Snodland, Kent, to replace the existing Northfleet operation, with the creation of 180 jobs. 29-Nov-2001
Roger Bullivant has put itself up for sale, and is expected to be sold off as a number of separate businesses - underpinning, house foundations, ground improvement and concrete products. 29-Nov-2001
Barratt Construction is to recruit about 100 tradesmen, office staff and managers in the Aberdeen area to work on 14 developments. 27-Nov-2001
Havelock Europa, the shopfitter, is to create 90 jobs in Fife by transferring its timber processing machines to Dalgety Bay, but a plant in Nottingham will close with the loss of 200 jobs. 26-Nov-2001
Crown Dilmun is forming a £150m joint venture with Ascott of Singapore to create a luxury serviced apartments business in the UK, and aims to reach 2,500 units in five years. 26-Nov-2001
The National Assembly for Wales is looking into the possibility of relocating a number of offices and hundreds of civil service jobs from Cardiff to North Wales. 22-Nov-2001
Manthorpe is to consolidate its building products business and the 240-strong workforce at its Ripley headquarters, which will involve the closure of sites at Long Eaton and Heanor Gate and the creation of 25 new jobs. 22-Nov-2001
Fermec has announced almost 100 job losses at its construction equipment plant in Manchester. 21-Nov-2001
Epwin is to shed about 30 jobs at its window factories on the Yalberton Industrial Estate in Paignton. 21-Nov-2001
John Laing is in talks to sell its property division, in order to raise about £50m. 20-Nov-2001
Birmingham City Council and Crest Nicholson have unveiled plans for the £300m transformation of the Lee Bank estate, in order to create new homes, offices, leisure facilities, shops and a park. 16-Nov-2001
Liverpool City Council has approved a plan by London-based Rumford Investments for a £60m waterfront development on the River Mersey, which could create 2,500 jobs. 14-Nov-2001
McCarthy & Stone, the retirement homes builder, is to relocate its Midlands division to larger premises at the Binley Business Park in Coventry in December. 13-Nov-2001
Morgan Sindall is to combine its regional construction operations into a single division called Bluestone, and some of the 1,500 staff may have to relocate. 13-Nov-2001
Bett Brothers of Dundee is planning to expand its housebuilding business further into northern England, and has already acquired sites in Manchester, Liverpool, Durham and Newcastle. 12-Nov-2001
Costain is planning to create 400 new jobs, in order to support its projects in the London area, re-establish a presence in the Midlands and tender for substantial projects in Scotland. 09-Nov-2001
Westbury is planning to expand production at its prefabricated houses plant in Castle Bromwich, with the creation of 70 jobs. 05-Nov-2001
Healey & Baker, the property company, is to set up a new headquarters at Portman Square in London from March 2002, consolidating staff from four existing West End sites. 29-Oct-2001
McAvoy Group, the supplier of timber and steel-framed portable buildings, is to create 20 jobs in Tyrone, having won a five-year government contract. 26-Oct-2001
James Latham has paid £2.3m for a freehold 2.8-acre industrial site with 50,000 sq ft of warehouse space in Purfleet, Essex, as part of the strategic relocation of its timber distribution business from a 12-acre site in Clapton. 25-Oct-2001
Wolseley is to relocate its building materials headquarters and up to 20 staff from Droitwich to Reading in January. 25-Oct-2001
The Welsh Development Agency is to receive a further £13m of funding from the National Assembly for job creation projects throughout Wales. 23-Oct-2001
Pilkington is to launch a £23m bid for Egyptian Glass, the state-owned glass manufacturer. 22-Oct-2001
The University of Kent and the University of Greenwich have announced plans to build a joint campus for 6,000 students at Chatham Marine. 19-Oct-2001
Countryside Properties has announced plans to develop a six-acre site next to Anglia Polytechnic University in Chelmsford, including homes, shops and offices. 19-Oct-2001
Gunn JCB, the JCB dealership in the Midlands, is building a new £1.5m headquarters at Halfords Park in West Bromwich, due for completion in May. 18-Oct-2001
The Health & Safety Executive has begun a recruitment process for 40 new specialist inspectors, and is also planning to relocate about 40 London-based staff to its Rose Court office. 18-Oct-2001
Salmon Harvester Properties has unveiled plans for a £80m development at Bridge Road in Maidenhead, including offices, an industrial park and homes. 16-Oct-2001
Seeda, the regional development agency, has announced proposals for the £100m regeneration of Hastings and Bexhill, including the installation of broadband digital access in every building, improved rail links and a university campus. 16-Oct-2001
Jarvis and Kier have won private finance initiative contracts worth £358m to build and refurbish 30 schools, with the Jarvis contract covering Liverpool and Kier's covering Essex. 16-Oct-2001
Bowater Windows is considering plans to transfer a sealed unit production plant from Coventry to its site in Norwich, with the loss of up to 20 jobs. 05-Oct-2001
Benford Engineering is planning to close its construction equipment factory in Warwick in December 2002 with the loss of up to 250 jobs, in order to transfer production to its Manchester site. 05-Oct-2001
Hull University has announced plans to invest £4m redeveloping its George Street and Queen's Gardens city centre buildings. 04-Oct-2001
The Welsh Development Agency is to expand the concept of Swansea's Technium innovation centre across Wales, which will create a networked series of up to 20 centres offering facilities for new media and technology enterprises. 03-Oct-2001
Kvaerner is to relocate its management from London to Oslo, following the recent reorganisation of its UK-based building and civil engineering operations. 02-Oct-2001
South Cambridgeshire District Council is planning to relocate its headquarters to the Cambourne Business Park in 2003, at a cost of £8m. 01-Oct-2001
Gateshead Council and the Terrace Hill Group have announced plans to build a £250m business park at Gateshead Quays on Tyneside, with the creation of up to 5,000 jobs. 01-Oct-2001
Alfred McAlpine is planning to build rail terminals at Blaenau Ffestiniog and Penrhyn to transport waste slate from its Welsh quarries, in response to the introduction of a new tax on newly quarried aggregates. 01-Oct-2001
Regus is planning to close at least one of its serviced office centres in London, and is also said to have suspended its opening programme. 28-Sep-2001
Solitaire Group, the property management company, is planning to set up a base in the Midlands later this year to meet rising demand from national housebuilders. 27-Sep-2001
Edinburgh University is forming a partnership with Grosvenor Estates to build a £100m science park in the grounds of Bush House near Penicuik, which will include a hotel, conference centre and space for start-up companies. 26-Sep-2001
Saint Gobain is planning to roll out a chain of 16 Platform building material stores for professional builders over the next five years, with the first opening in Birmingham next spring. 26-Sep-2001
Redland Roofing Systems is to close its manufacturing site at Limavady with the loss of 18 jobs, but will invest £0.3m upgrading its Crumlin operation. 20-Sep-2001
Cheviot Windows, the Tyneside-based window company, has ceased trading with the loss of 15 jobs and 30 subcontractors. 20-Sep-2001
Ainscough has demerged its Leyland-based engineering services and training services operations into two separate companies, in order to focus on crane hire and contract lifting. 20-Sep-2001
Marley has started work on the construction of a £7m roofing tile factory at its Bishopbriggs site near Glasgow. 20-Sep-2001
Reading Borough Council has selected Amec to redevelop an area around the town's inner distribution road, in a £175m project that will include a new park, two hotels, 300 homes, offices, a swimming pool and a theatre. 14-Sep-2001
Carillion is planning to shed 400 of the 10,000 jobs in its UK construction business, which will involve the closure of 20 regional offices and the centralisation of back-office activities. 13-Sep-2001
Peterhouse is considering plans to demerge its construction business through a management buy-out, and is looking to spend up to £100m on the acquisition of a facilities management company. 13-Sep-2001
City of Edinburgh Council is planning to build a new £40m headquarters on a Railtrack site at Waverley Station, which will house 1,800 staff. 12-Sep-2001
Minerva is seeking planning permission for a 36-storey office development in the City of London. 11-Sep-2001
Blue Circle is planning to quit its central London headquarters in order to consolidate into its regional operations. 10-Sep-2001
HBG Construction has been selected as preferred bidder to build a new £32m headquarters and training centre for the Cheshire Police Authority at the Woodford Business Park, Winsford. 07-Sep-2001
Unite Group has been selected as preferred bidder to manage the student housing stock at Sheffield University, and will upgrade the 5,500 beds following the transfer. 06-Sep-2001
RMC is to close a further 12 ready-mixed concrete plants in Germany, due to slow demand in the local construction market. 06-Sep-2001
Arnold Laver has awarded a £5.7m contract to Thyssen to build a new saw mill and production unit at Holbrook, Derbyshire. 06-Sep-2001
Hall & Tawse, the Scottish contractor with 800 employees, is to take the name of its parent company Mansell from the start of next year. 06-Sep-2001
A&J Scott, the Northumberland-based sawmill, is considering plans to transfer pallet production to Manchester following the acquisition of Northern Pallet Services. 05-Sep-2001
Brandon Hire is planning to expand its chain of tool hire shops from 85 to almost 200 over the next three years, and will continue to buy small independent operators. 05-Sep-2001
Wilson Connolly, the housebuilder, is to leave Scotland by the end of the year, with the loss of 50 jobs. 04-Sep-2001
Bethell is creating 30 jobs in a new security division, while 100 jobs are being created to work on a £25m waste water maintenance contract in Greater Manchester for United Utilities. 03-Sep-2001
Heywood Williams has announced a £5m restructuring programme for its UK building materials business, which could lead to a number of cuts in its 2,500-strong workforce. 03-Sep-2001
Yorkshire Forward is looking to sell off its property portfolio, including 600 industrial and office buildings, for up to £60m. 31-Aug-2001
Scott Wilson is setting up an urban regeneration office in Liverpool to provide consultancy services in transport, land development, urban planning and industry. 30-Aug-2001
Urban Splash has announced that The Accident Group is to set up a 3,412 sq ft office at the new Match Works complex in Garston, Merseyside, and more companies are expected to sign leases soon leading to the creation of up to 1,000 jobs. 29-Aug-2001
Fife Council is linking up with Evans Easyspace to build a £3m business centre at Pitreavie in Dunfermline, which will house up to 50 companies. 29-Aug-2001
Aggregate Industries is seeking permission from Essex County Council to relocate its stone processing business from Bishop's Stortford to Harlow. 28-Aug-2001
Peel Holdings has submitted outline plans for a 3.3m sq ft extension to the Estuary Commerce Park at Speke, which will include offices, light-industrial factories and warehousing, and lead to the creation of up to 9,600 jobs. 24-Aug-2001
Jarvis has won a £54m contract under the private finance initiative to build and maintain a community learning centre at Sandhill View in Sunderland. 23-Aug-2001
Mitie is to spend £8m acquiring outstanding minority stakes in four subsidiary companies that provide mechanical and electrical contracting services in London and the east and cleaning services in the Midlands. 22-Aug-2001
Atlas Hydraulic Loaders is to shed 100 of the 200 jobs at its cranes and excavators plant in Hamilton. 22-Aug-2001
City of York Council is to consider plans from the Oakgate consortium for the development of a £50m science park on a 26-acre site near Monks Cross, which would include 450,000 sq ft of office space for new technology ventures. 22-Aug-2001
SIG has raised £83m in a share placing in order to refinance borrowings and expand its insulation products business with bolt-on acquisitions. 22-Aug-2001
The government has approved plans for the installation of 250 new closed-circuit TV systems in high streets, transport systems and hospitals throughout the country, at a cost of £79m. 22-Aug-2001
C&R Windows, the Ipswich-based double glazing company, has ceased trading with the loss of 25 jobs. 21-Aug-2001
Jarvis has announced plans to build a £60m student village to provide accommodation for up to 1,000 people in south-east London. 21-Aug-2001
Travis Perkins is planning to expand its chain of builders merchants from less than 500 to 800 over the next five years. 20-Aug-2001
The Welsh Development Agency is seeking larger premises in Cardiff due to an expansion in its activities, and the former Bank of Wales building is a possibility. 20-Aug-2001
Lake District National Park Authority is to consider plans from Burlington Slate for the extraction of 20,000 tonnes of slate block at a quarry in Coniston over the next 10 years. 14-Aug-2001
Terex is to close its telehandler factory in Tetbury later this year with the loss of up to 30 jobs, in order to transfer production to its Manchester plant. 13-Aug-2001
Hanson is planning to spend up to £80m on bolt-on acquisitions this year and has confirmed plans to review the future of its European bricks business. 03-Aug-2001
George Wimpey is in negotiations to acquire Alfred McAlpine's housebuilding operations for up to £450m, in order to increase the size of its land bank and its presence in the London area. 03-Aug-2001
Brandon Hire has acquired Magnet's 50% stake in the six Brandon Tool Hire branches located inside Magnet stores for £1.1m, and the concept will now be developed further. 02-Aug-2001
Southwark Council and the Corporation of London have granted planning permission to the Jubilee Bridge Trust for the construction of a £14m footbridge across the Thames. 02-Aug-2001
Nash Fisher, the Bristol-based shopfitting company, has gone into liquidation with the loss of 45 jobs. 01-Aug-2001
Novar is planning to shed 400 jobs in its building materials business in the UK and continental Europe, while a further 600 will be lost in the US, in order to generate annual savings of £20m. 01-Aug-2001
Exeter City Council is considering plans from Alfred McAlpine for the construction of a £15m courts complex on a car park in Southernhay. 31-Jul-2001
Concept Project Management is opening an office in Birmingham to add to its centres in Leicester and Nottingham, with the creation of five jobs. 31-Jul-2001
Brighton & Hove Council is to consider plans from the New England Consortium, which includes QED of Sussex, for a £100m scheme to provide 261 new homes, shops and offices on a 15-acre site next to Brighton station. 31-Jul-2001
Leeds City Council has given outline planning permission to Town Centre Securities for a £150m housing and retail complex on a 6.5-acre waterfront site on Whitehall Road. 30-Jul-2001
ABB, the Swiss electrical engineer, is to shed about 700 of its 8,000-strong UK workforce, as part of a plan to cut 12,000 jobs worldwide. 26-Jul-2001
Castlemore Securities is planning to spend £45m on the refurbishment of Edinburgh's former GPO building into an upmarket office development. 25-Jul-2001
Newcastle-under-Lyme Housing is to relocate its headquarters to the Kingsley building in Brampton Road, Newcastle, and refurbishment work will start in the autumn. 25-Jul-2001
Tarmac Topfloor is to stop production at its pre-cast concrete works at Addiewell near Whitburn with the loss of 32 jobs. 20-Jul-2001
South Hams District Council is considering plans from the Lee Mill Partnership for the development of a new self-contained town with 2,500 houses between Plymouth and Ivybridge. 19-Jul-2001
Newcastle Borough Council has approved plans from Gladman Developments to build new offices and six industrial units on the Lymedale Business Park in Chesterton. 19-Jul-2001
Angus College in Arbroath is to receive £3.1m from the Scottish further education funding college to set up a new community access and learning centre. 18-Jul-2001
The National Assembly for Wales has terminated the contract of the architect on the construction of its new headquarters in Cardiff Bay, and the £27m project may now be scrapped. 18-Jul-2001
SGB Rovacabin, the cabin hire company, is planning to expand its branch network and double the size of its fleet of modular buildings. 18-Jul-2001
Telford College is planning to build a £40m campus on the waterfront in Edinburgh, with money being raised from the sale of its four existing sites. 17-Jul-2001
North Somerset Council is considering plans from Bristol & England Properties for the development of a 3.5-acre business park in Portishead, which could bring about 200 jobs. 17-Jul-2001
Tay Homes has rejected a £31m takeover offer from Country & Metropolitan. 17-Jul-2001
WS Atkins is to shed at least 150 jobs in its shared services division, as part of a reorganisation that will centralise its backroom functions at a single site in Worcester. 17-Jul-2001
RMC is to set up a new administration centre for its ready-mixed concrete business in Stockton, with the creation of up to 130 jobs. 16-Jul-2001
City of Edinburgh Council and Miller Group have won provisional approval from the Scottish Executive to extend Edinburgh Park, which could lead to the creation of a further 20,000 service jobs at the business park. 16-Jul-2001
The Welsh Development Agency has acquired four dockland sites in Cardiff, Swansea, Port Talbot and Barry from Associated British Ports for more than £15m, which will lead to a number of brownfield regeneration projects. 16-Jul-2001
PRC Construction of Bath has gone into voluntary liquidation with the loss of 26 jobs. 13-Jul-2001
Carillion has won a £60m contract to build a campus for the University of Hertfordshire, and outline planning permission has been granted by Welwyn Hatfield District Council. 12-Jul-2001
Marlows of Bury St Edmunds is to close its builders merchants division with the loss of 70 jobs, although some staff may be transferred to other departments. 06-Jul-2001
Deeley Properties and Barwood Developments have announced plans to build a £20m 16-acre business park at Southam in Warwickshire. 06-Jul-2001
Hanson is looking to sell its bricks division, which could raise up to £500m for the expansion of its aggregates business. 04-Jul-2001
The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association is seeking government approval for its members to dredge for high quality sand and gravel in the English Channel 20 miles south of Beachy Head. 03-Jul-2001
Congleton Borough Council is to consider plans from Halfmoon Investments of Newton-Le-Willows for the development of a new business park and hotel on a 13-hectare site at Old Mill Road in Sandbach. 29-Jun-2001
WS Atkins is to set up a central services facility at King's Court near Worcester, where up to 350 staff will provide group accounting services, IT, human resources, payroll and marketing. 28-Jun-2001
Allen is planning to open about 20 new tool hire outlets this year. 28-Jun-2001
George Wimpey, the housebuilder, is planning to relocate its west London head office to sites in High Wycombe and central London. 28-Jun-2001
John Turner & Sons is devising plans for the £18m redevelopment of the former Cottam Hall Brickworks in Preston, which would involve shops, houses, offices and leisure facilities. 26-Jun-2001
Workspace is considering plans to spend up to £100m on the acquisition of flexible industrial and office space in London and the south-east. 26-Jun-2001
Wilson Bowden has announced plans to build a £1bn new town at the former Ravenscraig steelworks near Motherwell, including 3,500 homes, shops and light industrial space. 26-Jun-2001
London Borough of Barnet is to consider plans from Railtrack and Pillar for the £3bn mixed-use redevelopment of a site in Cricklewood, including offices, residential units and the relocation of a train station. 25-Jun-2001
John Laing is planning to sell its 50% stake in WL Homes, the US housebuilder, to an unnamed company for more than £100m. 21-Jun-2001
South East England Development Agency has bought the 7.3 acre Southmoor Park site in Havant, which is expected to lead to the development of a £15m business park. 18-Jun-2001
MJ Gleeson is looking to solve its staffing problems by recruiting middle managers from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa on two-year contracts. 14-Jun-2001
Rolland, the Edinburgh-based specialist construction contractor, is to create a further 50 jobs in central Scotland by the end of the year, taking its workforce to 400. 13-Jun-2001
Timbmet is to invest a further £1m in the expansion of its hardwood merchant site in Glasgow over the next 12 months. 13-Jun-2001
Knauf is to expand production at its plasterboard factory in Immingham, which will involve round-the-clock working and 10 new jobs. 13-Jun-2001
William Birch & Sons, the York-based construction company, is to move to larger premises at Osbaldwick next year, in order to combine its building yard and 25 office staff onto one site. 13-Jun-2001
Lavendon has announced plans to expand its access equipment fleet in the UK and Germany this year, and is also looking to expand in France, Austria, Spain and Switzerland. 11-Jun-2001
Country & Metropolitan is increasing its stake in Tay Homes, the Yorkshire-based housebuilder, to 15%, and a full takeover bid could follow. 08-Jun-2001
Lynch McQueen, the office interiors company, is to relocate its Galashiels branch to larger premises in Tweedbank, with the possible creation of further jobs. 07-Jun-2001
Finlay Block Making Equipment is to open a new concrete equipment production facility in County Tyrone, as part of a £5m expansion plan that will create 45 jobs. 07-Jun-2001
The Welsh Development Agency has announced plans to invest £22m in the regeneration of Swansea docks, which will involve the creation of an "innovation village" for new high-tech companies. 07-Jun-2001
Regus is to open a new serviced office complex at the Pegasus Business Park near East Midlands Airport in August, which will provide space for up to 25 companies and 150 jobs. 07-Jun-2001
Persimmon City Developments is planning a £20m transformation of the Sheriff Court Building in Glasgow's Merchant City, in order to create luxury homes, offices, shops and a new home for the National Youth Theatre. 06-Jun-2001
Portastor Communications, the York-based manufacturer of shelters and other infrastructure for telecoms companies, has shed 80 jobs. 06-Jun-2001
Wyre Borough Council is to consider plans from NPL Estates for the £800m redevelopment of a 350-acre industrial site at Hillhouse, Thornton Cleveleys, including offices, houses, shops and a school. 05-Jun-2001
Wirral Metropolitan College is planning to build a £10m campus in Birkenhead to house its technology, construction and performing arts departments. 05-Jun-2001
Berkeley is planning to redevelop the Royal Clarence dockyard in Gosport at a cost of £100m, in order to provide 380 homes, offices and a marina. 04-Jun-2001
Starglaze Windows is planning a £2m expansion at its windows, doors and conservatories factory in Lincoln, with the creation of 50 jobs. 01-Jun-2001
Unite Group is planning to acquire the Unilodge student accommodation business from Cabot Square Capital for about £100m. 01-Jun-2001
Newport Holdings is buying a 135,000 sq ft industrial building at Brymawr in Gwent for £1m, and will refurbish the site. 01-Jun-2001
Pilkington is to invest £15m this year converting three production lines to manufacture a new self-cleaning glass called Activ. 31-May-2001
Alfred McAlpine Homes is planning to close its regional office in Gateshead, which employs about 100 sales and office staff. 29-May-2001
Stewart Milne Group has won planning permission to build a £10m timber frame systems factory at Witney near Oxford, with the creation of about 150 jobs. 28-May-2001
Bon Accord Glass is to expand its sales, architectural design and quantity surveying departments in Aberdeen with the creation of about eight jobs. 28-May-2001
Crest Nicholson is linking up with Birmingham City Council and Optima Community Association in a £135m project to transform the Lee Bank area of Birmingham, which will involve more than 1,000 homes and commercial facilities. 25-May-2001
Construct & Build is to invest more than £1.5m in the development of its construction industry software business in Londonderry over the next three years, with the creation of about 30 jobs. 22-May-2001
Griffin Windows is planning a £2.6m expansion at its windows factory in Treorchy, with the creation of 130 jobs. 21-May-2001
St Helens Glass is looking into the possibility of relocating its glass business to a new site in the St Helens area, in a cost-cutting move by new parent company the Latium Group. 17-May-2001
Morgan Sindall is creating 25 jobs at a new Snape Roberts contracting office in Preston. 17-May-2001
North Midland Construction is to expand its Huthwaite head office and open a new regional office in Warrington, having won a number of new contracts. 16-May-2001
Coldshield is planning to expand its Stockport-based conservatories business by recruiting 30 sales staff and 30 fitters over the next two years. 15-May-2001
Eternit Building Materials is planning a multi-million pound expansion at its roof tile factory in Madeley Heath near Keele, with the creation of 17 jobs. 15-May-2001
Bellway, the housebuilder, is to set up a new regional headquarters in Liverpool with the creation of about 265 construction jobs and 35 administration jobs. 10-May-2001
Bett Homes is creating 50 jobs at a new division on Tyneside, and will start work next month on building 100 homes in two developments in County Durham. 10-May-2001
Stockton Council is linking up with English Partnerships, the University of Durham and One NorthEast to develop a £20m business park, hotel and student accommodation on the north bank of the River Tees. 09-May-2001
The Ministry of Defence is conducting a review of military accommodation, which could lead to the development of new garrison towns in areas of high recruitment such as the north-east. 09-May-2001
Ambion Brick is planning to invest £15m in a new factory at the Wealden Brickworks in Horsham, with the creation of 40 jobs. 04-May-2001
City of Edinburgh Council has drawn up a shortlist of four potential sites for a new city centre headquarters. 27-Apr-2001
Baker Refractories is to close its lossmaking brickworks in Worksop over the next few months with the loss of 350 jobs. 27-Apr-2001
Junckers is to relocate its hardwood flooring business and 30 staff from the Freebournes Industrial Estate in Witham to the nearby Eastways estate. 26-Apr-2001
Bethell, the Manchester-based contractor, is planning to add a further 250 staff to its 700-strong workforce. 26-Apr-2001
Cornwall Fire Brigade has announced a £40m private finance initiative project to build ten new fire stations and upgrade a further 21. 25-Apr-2001
RJB Mining has announced plans to build a 64-acre business park at the former Denby Hall colliery near Ripley, which could create 500 jobs. 25-Apr-2001
Glasgow City Council is planning to redevelop the Dalmarnock area of the city at a cost of £70m, including a new trunk road and business park. 24-Apr-2001
Halladale, the Glasgow-based property trading and development company, is raising £2.5m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund new asset management and joint venture opportunities. 24-Apr-2001
Nottingham City Council is linking up with British Waterways and the East Midlands Development Agency to propose a £1.4bn redevelopment project on the river Trent, including 4,000 new homes and 4m sq ft of employment space. 24-Apr-2001
Anglian is planning to invest up to £50m in its Norfolk-based window manufacturing business over the next five years, following its recent change of ownership. 23-Apr-2001
John Laing is to build a £55m gun training camp in Gravesend for the Metropolitan Police, which will include urban landscapes and accommodation for 302 officers. 23-Apr-2001
HE Services is setting up a new hire depot for diggers and dumper trucks at Langley Park in County Durham, with the creation of 25 jobs, and the site will also include a Diggerland theme park. 18-Apr-2001
Hepworth is looking to sell its building products business for about £150m, in order to focus on heating. 17-Apr-2001
Alfred McAlpine is to open four new offices in Cardiff, Bristol, Manchester and Cambridge, in order to expand its Special Projects business. 12-Apr-2001
Techrete is planning a £1m expansion at its precast concrete cladding plant in North Lincolnshire with the creation of up to 20 jobs. 03-Apr-2001
John Laing has announced that O'Rourke of Essex is the preferred bidder for its lossmaking construction division. 03-Apr-2001
Miller Group is seeking acquisitions to expand its housebuilding business into south-east England, and is expected to spend about £60m. 03-Apr-2001
Essex University is planning to build a research park in Colchester to attract 40 new businesses and create 2,000 jobs. 02-Apr-2001
JCB is to shed 350 jobs at construction equipment plants in Staffordshire and Wrexham following a fall in demand. 26-Mar-2001
Carillion has announced that the Monteray consortium with Balfour Beatty and Reliance Integrated Services has won a £500m contract to provide property maintenance services to British Telecom. 23-Mar-2001
Co-operative Group is launching a new £100m building services group called Syncro, which will employ 600 people and combine the activities of CWS Engineering, CWS Scales and CWS Energy. 22-Mar-2001
The Ministry of Defence has announced plans for a £40m refurbishment of the Bovington Army barracks in Dorset, which will create civilian jobs in catering, cleaning and contract work. 22-Mar-2001
Pilkington is planning to build a float glass plant in Iran, in partnership with Ghazvin Glass Company. 21-Mar-2001
Peterhouse is looking to spend up to £100m on acquisitions to expand its building services business. 21-Mar-2001
Tayside Contracts is to shed up to 50 jobs and close a number of depots, due to new arrangements for the maintenance of Tayside's trunk roads. 16-Mar-2001
Interserve, the support and construction services group, is seeking an acquisition in the business process outsourcing sector, and is particularly interested in health and education. 15-Mar-2001
Morgan Sindall is to merge its Snape and Roberts contracting businesses in the North West and Yorkshire to form Snape Roberts, which will lead to the creation of 40 new jobs. 15-Mar-2001
Taylor Woodrow, the housebuilder, is considering plans to expand the range of services offered to customers by introducing kitchen fittings and mortgages. 14-Mar-2001
Lavendon is raising £28m in a rights issue to help fund a £78m expansion of its plant hire business in continental Europe, which will be focused on Spain, France, Switzerland and Austria. 14-Mar-2001
Eve Trakway, the German supplier of temporary roadways, bridges and barriers, is in negotiations to acquire the 18-acre former Glapwell colliery site in Derbyshire. 13-Mar-2001
Aggregate Industries is planning to spend up to £150m on bolt-on acquisitions for its building materials business this year. 07-Mar-2001
CRH is raising £700m in a rights issue to fund international acquisitions for its building materials business. 07-Mar-2001
Stiell is in negotiations with a potential partner that would expand its facilities management business into 21 European cities. 28-Feb-2001
RMC is considering plans to make a further £300m worth of disposals this year, including some regional concrete operations and a number of subsidiary businesses in Germany. 26-Feb-2001
George Wimpey, the housebuilder, is planning to shed a further 150 jobs by April, in order to increase the annual savings from its cost-cutting programme from £15m to £20m. 23-Feb-2001
MKM Building Supplies is planning to expand its chain of seven building supplies outlets throughout East and North Yorkshire over the next three years. 20-Feb-2001
Arnold Laver is planning to reorganise its Sheffield-based timber business at a cost of £12m, which will include the development of a new £7m production site in Halfway, creating 76 jobs, and a £3.5m group head office at Bramall Lane. 19-Feb-2001
Allen is looking to sell its construction division to a management buy-out, but has dropped plans to float its Speedy Hire business. 15-Feb-2001
Tilbury Douglas is planning to change its name to Interserve to reflect its increasing focus on support services. 15-Feb-2001
Land Securities is to buy 1,013 acres of land in Kent and Cambridgeshire from Blue Circle Industries for £60m, which will lead to a number of regeneration projects. 08-Feb-2001
Amey is forming a joint venture with Arrowcroft to provide property management services to large companies under the name of Amcroft. 08-Feb-2001
The Post Office has sold a 50% stake in National Design Consultancy to management, which will enable the Birmingham-based business to supply building consultancy services to a wider range of customers. 08-Feb-2001
Taylor Woodrow has announced plans to restructure its housebuilding operations following the acquisition of Bryant Homes, and there will be four regional divisions controlled by the former Bryant head office in Solihull. 07-Feb-2001
Land Securities is to reorganise its property business into three separate units, which will involve the closure of offices in Kingston and Birmingham and the loss of 20 jobs. 05-Feb-2001
St Helens Glass is to open a window sales, service and installation centre in Queensferry, North Wales, with the creation of dozens of new jobs. 02-Feb-2001
CB Hillier Parker, the property company, is planning to relocate about 500 staff to a new headquarters at Paternoster Square in the City of London in 2003. 29-Jan-2001
Persimmon has launched a £537m takeover bid for rival housebuilder Beazer. 25-Jan-2001
Vibroplant is creating a nationwide chain of small tool hire centres under the Hire Station brand, and plans to expand the current 73 depots to 180 over the next three years. 24-Jan-2001
Ashtead is to expand its equipment hire business in the US by opening six more depots and will also set up separate scaffolding centres. 23-Jan-2001
Pirelli is planning to set up a London-based property company called Pirelli & C Real Estate, in order to expand its Italian property interests on an international basis. 22-Jan-2001
SASH UK has started work on a £2.4m expansion at its conservatory factory in Grimethorpe, which should increase the workforce to more than 200. 17-Jan-2001
JP Corry is to shed 45 of the 250 jobs at its builders merchants in Belfast. 16-Jan-2001
Bryant has rejected a £499m takeover approach from Taylor Woodrow, and will instead continue with its planned merger with Beazer to create a combined housebuilding group under the Domus name. 12-Jan-2001
St Helens Glass is to open a new regional headquarters in Nottingham with the creation of more than 50 jobs, including about 10 installation teams and a 20-strong salesforce. 12-Jan-2001
Takiron UK, the Japanese manufacturer of PVC sheeting for the building sector, is to close its Bedwas factory in Wales with the loss of 56 jobs, unless a buyer can be found. 10-Jan-2001
Amey is planning to restructure its support services business in order to reduce costs and focus on specific market sectors, which will involve decentralising some head office functions. 10-Jan-2001
Swift Services is planning to expand its insulation and plumbing business in Derby with the creation of up to 40 jobs. 09-Jan-2001
CB Hillier Parker, the property company, is to relocate its Manchester office to larger premises at the Chancery, Spring Gardens. 08-Jan-2001
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