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Fifth generation merchants sell up to Huws Gray
Uriah Woodhead & Son had been family run for 154 years Huws Gray has taken over Bradford-based Uriah Woodhead & Son, and its sister branch, Nelsons of Keighley. Uriah Woodhead & Son has been serving Bradford’s builders since 1866, run by five generations of the same family. Over the past couple of years it has…
£65m build-to-rent development planned for Wolverhampton
The development is designed by JM Architects Build-to-rent developer Placefirst has submitted an application for 370 new homes in Wolverhampton’s Canalside Quarter, close to the new £150m transport interchange on land off Lower Horseley Fields in the city centre. The scheme, designed by JM Architects, includes the restoration of old canal side properties. It would…
Cabinet Office commissions review of construction frameworks
David Mosey will conduct the review The government is strongly supportive of the use of frameworks for procuring construction contracts but says not all of them are delivering their aims. The Cabinet Office has appointed David Mosey, a law professor at King’s College London, to lead a review of public sector frameworks. He is the…
Small businesses promised 30-day terms as payment code tightened
Under new reforms, companies that have signed up to the Prompt Payment Code (PPC) will have to pay supplier that have fewer than 50 employees within 30 days – half the time outlined in the current code. Despite almost 3,000 companies signing the PPC, poor payment practices are still rife, with many payments delayed well…
Frank nears completion of solo Atlantic challenge
70-year-old Frank Rothwell is rowing solo 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Frank Rothwell, founder, owner and managing director of portable accommodation supplier Bunkabins, is rowing 3,000 miles from Tenerife to Antigua to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK charity. He set off on 12th December with the target of reaching Antigua on Valentine’s Day in…
Scotland commits £200m for affordable homes
The interim funding available from the Affordable Housing Supply Programme in 2021-22 has been increased from £300m to £500m ahead of January’s Scottish Budget. The Affordable Housing Supply Programme helps to deliver homes for social rent, mid-market rent and shared equity. Communities secretary Aileen Campbell said that housing providers and the construction sector will now…