Kier has been named preferred bidder to build the new £23m Woodside School for Sheffield City Council. The deal is Kier’s first contract awarded through the new YORbuild2 framework. The scheme will see almost 9,000 sq m of new education… Continue Reading →

Senior councillors will be asked to give the final go-ahead to a major project to safeguard and repair Manchester Town Hall and Albert Square when they meet next week. The Town Hall will be 140 years old this year. While… Continue Reading →

Planning permission has been granted for the transformation of Accrington’s historic Town Square in honour of the World War I battalion, The Accrington Pals, who were decimated on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Designed by local… Continue Reading →

The operators of one of Britain’s most iconic stately homes have been sentenced after a domestic servant was crushed to death by a lift. Arthur Mellar, 48, a butler at Burghley House in Stamford was killed on 12th July 2014… Continue Reading →

Events company UBM has sold the Ecobuild show as it continues to get rid of “smaller, lower-margin, lower-growth events.” UBM confirmed in its latest results that it made a total loss on disposal of Ecobuild of £35.1m. The show has… Continue Reading →

Plans to convert former prisons in Dorset and Somerset into homes have been approved. Architect Purcell has designed the Shepton Mallet prison conversion. Developer City and Country is aiming to restore and convert Dorchester prison in Dorset and Shepton Mallet prison… Continue Reading →