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9th October 2023
Suicidal Cries for Help Make Up a Third of Texts to New Mental Health Helpline for UK Construction Workers
Three in ten of the texts to a new mental health helpline service set up specifically for the UK construction industry are cries for help from tradespeople who are thinking about ending their own lives.
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4th October 2023
Fusion21 Invites Bids for £820m Heating, Renewables and Electrical Framework
Procurement organisation and social enterprise Fusion21 has announced the fourth generation of its national Heating, Renewables and Electrical Framework worth up to £820m
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18th September 2023
Cardo Group Acquires Osborne Property Services Limited
Less than four months after announcing its acquisition of LCB Group, south-west based building maintenance specialist, Cardo Group, has acquired south-east based Osborne Property Services Limited (OPSL)
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23rd August 2023
Esh Construction Receives Green Light for £25m Land Led Development in Bridlington
Plans for a 122-home extra care and affordable housing project have been brought forward in partnership with Housing 21 and Yorkshire Housing.
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18th August 2023
Completion of New £7m Primary School in Lichfield
Children in Lichfield in Staffordshire are gearing up to start their education in a brand-new school in September.
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8th August 2023
How a FinOps Strategy Maximises Cloud Cost Efficiency Within Construction
Business recovery specialist Begbies Traynor reported in January that 77,077 construction companies experienced “significant financial distress” in the last quarter of 2022,  
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31st July 2023
Planning Consent Secured for Europe’s Largest and Most Technologically Advanced Life Sciences Building at Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf Group and Kadans Science Partner have secured planning approval from Tower Hamlets Council for the development of a state-of-the-art commercial health and life sciences building
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20th July 2023
Manchester’s First EV Charging ‘Oasis’ Gets Green Light
Manchester City Council has given the green light to electric vehicle charging network Be.EV to build Manchester’s first large-scale green charging ‘Oasis’ for EVs.
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11th July 2023
Infrastructure Tumbles, Adding to Construction Industry Woes
Planning applications for infrastructure have plummeted 45% so far in Q2 and contract awards have fallen 32% according to the latest analysis from Barbour ABI.
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3rd July 2023
Value, Not Cost, is the Achievement of MMC
Will cost be the death of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)? 
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26th June 2023
Why Tech Upgrades Don’t Need to be Complicated
Construction has made considerable progress in its journey towards a digital future, yet some pockets of resistance remain
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21st June 2023
The Importance of Innovation Funding in the Construction Sector
The UK’s construction industry is critical to the country’s economic growth and here David Byrne, Director at R&D tax specialist, ForrestBrown, underlines the importance of funding innovation/R&D for the sector’s long-term prospects
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