Local business news for the Midlands and beyond
One of the Midlands’ biggest construction companies today called on the new Government to commit to long-term investment in UK infrastructure. Paul Inions is managing director of McPhillips (Wellington) Ltd, which delivered the £3.1m Snow Hill station public realm works...
The country’s reigning master builder says new figures highlight an ongoing crisis in the construction industry – with major reform to planning laws and updated skills training needed to put things right. Stephen Rankin, managing director of Warwickshire-based Vantage &...
A £40million housing development in a sought-after suburb in Grimsby being launched this month will create a vibrant new model of village-style community, the developer behind the project says. Award-winning E5 Living says the launch of the first phase of...
An award-winning builder is celebrating more success after scooping a prestigious award for its transformation of an historic Georgian villa. Warwickshire-based Vantage & Co lifted the title for best residential property of the year at the Constructing Excellence West Midlands awards for...
Work has started on a new development of three distinctive homes in a Worcestershire village, built by the UK’s best small housebuilder. Horgan Homes is behind the Chaddesley Corbett development, which will include three detached homes in a rural location...
Investors and young professionals are helping to develop Derby’s growing reputation as a property hotspot, according to the developers behind a £50m residential scheme in the city. Elevate Property Group this week reported huge interest in The Silk Yard, its...
A leading Midlands housebuilder is spearheading an inspirational nationwide campaign to encourage more women into careers in construction. Sophie Horgan, director of Bromsgrove-based Horgan Homes, is one of the “Magnificent Seven” female constructors chosen to launch the “I am a...
A high-quality office site for sale on a popular Rugby business park represents a first-class opportunity, a leading commercial property specialist says. The 5,000 sq ft building at 1 Mitchell Court on Central Park is on the market for £800,000...
A fully-refurbished former supermarket site in Leicestershire has sold for £2.65million in an investment deal concluded by leading commercial property agency Bromwich Hardy. Bromwich Hardy surveyor Caine Gilchrist – who acted for a private landlord in the deal – said...
Construction businesses from across Shropshire and beyond have been urged to play their part in helping to deliver a multi-billion pound programme of projects planned for the region. Plans to regenerate Shrewsbury’s Riverside area and the flagship Station Quarter development...