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Jodrell Bank upgrade plans submitted

Plans to build a 1,000 square metre Discovery Centre at the University of Manchester’s famous Jodrell Bank Observatory have been submitted to Cheshire East Council.

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Liverpool City Council invites bids for £560m BSF contract

Liverpool City Council has advertised for its Wave 6 BSF programme at £49 million, but could be worth up to £560 million over the potential 15 year life of the contract.

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Gleeson reports small profit after big loss last year

Housebuilder Gleeson has reported a £300,000 half year pre-tax profit, significantly up on a loss of £23.7 million the prior year.

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Transpenine Housing advertises £68m of framework contracts

Transpenine Housing has advertised a raft of contracts totalling £67.5 million covering a range of maintenance and improvement work across its 16,500 properties.

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Contractor sought for 15,000-seater Salford rugby stadium

Bids are being invited for a £15 million contract to build a new 15,000 stadium for rugby league club Salford Reds despite the collapse of the original developers.

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Stadium approval for Fleetwood Town

Fleetwood Town Football Club has taken another step to its goal of entering the Football League following planning approval for the construction of a new 2,000-seat stand at its Highbury ground.

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Morrison Construction wins £6.7m of civils work

Galliford Try subsidiary Morrison Construction has scooped £6.7 million worth of civils work including building two new windfarms for E.ON in County Durham.

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Government approves £600m gas storage project under Irish Sea

The Government has paved the way for the construction of a £600 million gas storage facility off the Furness coast.

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Kier/Murphy/Interserve JV wins £70m wastewater job

KMI Water has won a £70 million contract with United Utilities covering works to resolve unsatisfactory discharges from the wastewater network in Preston.

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Carillion fined £185k after worker hit by truck suffers life-threatening injuries

Carillion has been fined £185,000 after an Oldham worker suffered life-threatening injuries when he was run over by a reversing truck.

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Contractors sought for study centre

Contractors are being sought for a project to extend a University of Manchester library in a deal worth more than £12 million.

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Liverpool to get £45m Kings Dock development

ACC Liverpool has said that work could be under way on a new £45 million exhibition hall in the city by next August.

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Planners urge approval for Argent Greater Manchester plan

Planning officers have recommended that Greater Manchester councillors approve Argent’s plan for a £50 million redevelopment of Elisabeth House in St Peter’s Square.

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Morgan Est picks up £4.6m River Derwent bridge job

Engineering contractors Morgan Est has been chosen to start work on a £4.6 million temporary road bridge in Cumbria, which will allow drivers to cross the River Derwent for the first time since November.

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Female remains unearthed at Manchester site 'highly suspicious', police say

A human skull has been unearthed by a digger at the site of the Co-operative Group’s new £100 million headquarters in Manchester.

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North's tallest skyscraper nearing go ahead

Designers behind the £130m King Eddy tower in Liverpool said today they are close to gaining planning permission after a redesign.

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Burnley to redevelop Turf Moor

Burnley Football Club has unveiled ambitious plans to redevelop its Turf Moor ground.

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ISG wins £5.7m worth of new work

ISG has secured a new build contract in Wrexham and a refurb job in Manchester worth a £5.7 million in total.

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Bids invited for £40m Chester housing framework

Chester and District Housing Trust is inviting contractors to bid for a £40m framework for new build residential and mixed-use projects.

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Big firms line up for £288m Liverpool health project

Balfour Beatty, Bovis Lend Lease, Carillion and Taylor Woodrow are among scores of contractors understood to be interested in a £288 million project to create the UK’s first children’s health park.

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Firm fined over fatal ladder fall

DC Kennedy Homes has been fined £7,500 by the Health and Safety Executive over the death of one of its workers.

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Babcock Rail slashes 300 jobs

Babcock Rail has announced it is cutting 300 jobs in Scotland and the North of England.

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Bone Steel bags £8m of work

Scottish firm Bone Steel has secured a series of sub contracts with Carillion, Mansell, Bourne Parking and Miller Construction worth in excess of £8 million.

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Two consortia in line to carve up £555m of road maintenance deals

Two consortia are understood to be sharing £555 million of road maintenance work through the Highways Agency’s managing agent contractor deals for Areas 1, 13 and 14.

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One Vision Housing's £20m Seaforth regen scheme approved

One Vision Housing’s £20 million regeneration of Kings Park, in Seaforth, Merseyside, has been approved by the Government Office for the North-west.

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Salford redevelopment receives planning boost

Salford City Council has granted outline planning permission for the redevelopment of the centre of the Greater Manchester town.

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Investigation underway after half-tonne girder smashes into estate agents

The Health and Safety Executive has launched an investigation to find out what caused a half-tonne metal girder to crash through the roof of a Lancashire estate agents at the weekend.

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Vinci/Sir Robert McAlpine scoop £32m health job

A Vinci/Sir Robert McAlpine joint venture has reached financial close on a £32 million contract to build a health centre on the Wirral.

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New police divisional HQ confirmed

A new £56 million police divisional headquarters has been confirmed for north Manchester.

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Morgan Ashurst scoops £7m Lancs Uni job

Morgan Ashurst has won a £7 million contract with the University of Central Lancashire to build a four-storey, eco-friendly teaching facility for specialist sciences in Preston, Lancashire.

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