Two CoreHaus houses were assembled in 2019 at Cathedral Gates near Durham CoreHaus is a joint venture between Newton Aycliffe based Carlton & Co Group (parent company of Homes by Carlton) and Liverpool-based public procurement agency Fusion21. The new company is setting up its first UK manufacturing site at a County Durham business park. CoreHaus…
For the six months to 31st October 2020, Van Elle made an interim pre-tax loss of £700,000 (2019: £900,000 profit). Revenue was down more than 20% to £38.3m for the first half. The May to July period was significantly impacted by the downturn in the wider construction market caused by Covid-19 restrictions, the company said….
Jonny Mitchell Jonny Mitchell, a commercial valuation specialist, Ian Davidson, who focuses on commercial valuation, Charlie Barrett, a residential valuation expert and Philip Bell, a building surveyor, have all re-joined DM Hall. Alan Gordon, DM Hall’s senior partner said: “These re-hires of proven, seasoned professionals are a substantial investment in the future and a marker…
With the Building Engineering Services Association and the Electrical Contractors Association at the helm, the new body is similar to the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group, disbanded this month. However, the focus of the new alliance is firmly on building services engineering. All members of the old SEC Group are in the new alliance with…
Responding finally to the 2019 consultation on its Future Homes Standard, the government has decided that all new homes will have to have low carbon heating and be ‘zero carbon ready’ by 2025. This means that no further retrofit work will be necessary to enable them to become zero carbon homes as the electricity grid…
Construction director Jamie Evans outside the new office in Newtown Pave Aways is based in Oswestry, with a satellite office in Wrexham, north Wales. It is now opening in Newtown to support the growth of its work in mid Wales. The third office will be led by construction director Jamie Evans. It will be in…
Gagan Mohindra MP “I am setting up a new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Regeneration & Development to help transform the prospects of the commercial property sector in the same way that the housing market has been transformed,” said Gagan Mohindra MP. “Residential property has led the way in generating ideas and overcoming obstacles,…
CRS Building Supplies operates from 12 branches across Somerset Grant & Stone, based in High Wycombe, was taken over by Cairngorm Capital in November 2019. It has now acquired CRS Building Supplies, based in Wells, Somerset. Established in 2005, CRS Building Supplies provides heavyside building materials to trade and retail customers from 12 branches across…
Kier said that its half-year results for the six months to 31st December 2020 would be ‘materially better’ than the previous year. In recent years Kier has made an interim pre-tax loss of £45.3m (2018) and £41.2m (2019). In a trading update the board said that the group performed well in the first half and…
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…
