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Wates to buy Shepherd businesses
Wates has agreed a deal to buy Shepherd Group’s facilities management and building services divisions, and also take over much of its construction business. The two companies have reached a preliminary agreement on the sale of...
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McCarthy & Stone Nottingham development approved
McCarthy & Stone is preparing to start work on a multi-million pound development in Nottingham. The Wilford Lane development on the banks of the River Trent Developer Charterpoint Senior Living has secured detailed planning permission...
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John F Hunt adds three new ADTs
Demolition contractor John F Hunt has bought three B25E articulated dump trucks (ADTs) from Bell Equipment. One of the new ADTs The B25E is a 25-tonne ADT, the smallest that Bell offers, making it suitable...
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Jail for VAT fraudster
A South Wales businessman who fabricated invoices for construction work so he could fraudulently claim £163,000 VAT refunds has been jailed for 13 months. Stephen Wright, 50, from Llanblethian, Cowbridge, was the owner of SJ Wright...
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Hitachis for Hamilton
Sheffield-based Hamilton Plant Hire has bought 14 Hitachi excavators from Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) with a focus on short tail swings. Hamilton Plant Hire’s order comprised four Hitachi ZX135US-5 machines, four Hitachi ZX85USB-5 and six Hitachi...
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Interserve selects EOS frames for schools
Interserve Construction has formed a partnership with light steel frame manufacturer EOS Facades for seven new school building projects. Interserve will use steel framing systems from EOS Facades for schools that it is building in Hertfordshire,...
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Hybrid Hitachis work for Flannery
Flannery Plant Hire has bought the first Hitachi hybrid excavators in the UK and reports that they are living up to expectations. One Flannery's hybrid Hitachi ZH210LC-5 crawler excavators The Hitachi ZH210LC-5 crawler excavator uses...
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