Balfour Beatty has signed a memorandum of understanding with Holtec, a US nuclear firm that is looking to develop small nuclear plants and a factory in the UK. In December 2022, the UK’s largest contractor agreed to work with Holtec…
Read MoreResults out from Balfour Beatty show improved profitability in its UK construction business. Balfour Beatty chief executive Leo QuinnIn the year to December 2023 Balfour Beatty grew revenue by 7% to £9,595m (2022: £8,931) but pre-tax profit was down 15%…
Read MoreChris Ball and Ian Whateley sit around a large office table and talk about how much they are benefiting from UK firms reshoring.Reshoring is when a company decides to stop getting its manufacturing done overseas, such as in China, and…
Read MoreNew sensing systems for monitoring of our waterways, habitats, soil and greenhouse gas emissions will receive £12 million funding from NERC, Defra and Innovate UK. The Innovation in Environmental Monitoring programme has been designed to support UK academic institutions, small…
Read MoreGame Changers funding announced for seven cutting-edge autonomous transport projects looking to revolutionise package journeys across the Sellafield Ltd site.Academy of Robotics, Ada Mode, Cyclopic Limited, Delkia, Digital Concepts Engineering, IDV Robotics Ltd, and Ribble Valley Robotics Ltd have all…
Read MoreCforLP are pleased to confirm that we have now secured funding to run a series of FREE Retirement workshops across the Cumberland Council area and can offer your staff a FREE place if you have anyone who would benefit from…
Read MoreThe government plans to block foreign control of newspapers – what about physical infrastructure? Questions are being raised about the government's willingness to allow essential physical infrastructure to fall into the hands of foreign states but not newspapers. Government minister…
Read MoreBalfour Beatty and Costain are among contractors selected to bring forward plans for the UK’s first commercial scale gas-fired power station with carbon capture. Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power), a joint venture between BP and Equinor, has selected contractors…
Read MoreNSG Environmental Ltd selected to deliver key strategic facility which will accommodate a wide range of tasks associated with the clean-up of radioactive waste from legacy facilities and current operations at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. KEY BULLET POINTS…
Read MoreNet Zero Teesside Power and the Northern Endurance Partnership select contractors for c.£4bn construction contracts Selection of nine leading specialist contractors across eight contract packages.Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) aims to be one of the world’s first commercial scale…
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