Revamp of Blackpool’s Abingdon Street Market approved

Sector specialist Create Developments has started work adding 74 bedrooms to the Hampton by Hilton on South Shore.

Main contractor Caddick Construction has finished the £5m project off Junction 35 of the M6, which also includes workshops, offices and an MOT testing facility.

A consultation has opened on plans for a new Government prison tipped to accommodate almost 2,000 inmates, while an overhaul of gym and sports facilities is lined up for another Lancashire site, HMP Kirkham. 

Moorside, next to the Sellafield nuclear complex in West Cumbria, together with Heysham near Morecambe, have made it through to the next stage of a siting competition to host the UK’s first prototype fusion power plant.

Glenholme Wrightcare’s scheme at the former Baffitos restaurant on Navigation Way is now being broken down into two phases with the council's permission.

Take part in the fourth Vertical Salary Review of North West property and construction professionals to receive early access to the findings and be entered into a draw to win a pass to a year of events, including the sold-out Place Party.

Dutch firm Ballast Nedam has been selected to deliver the 1,300-space multistorey car park, part of the enabling phase for Nikal and Media Invest’s 17-acre leisure development. 

Lancaster University Management School has opened the doors of its £24m extension, designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and delivered by John Turner Construction.

Contractors are preparing the town centre site in Blackpool for the construction of a new tramway interchange at Blackpool North Station, underpass and 144-bedroom Holiday Inn hotel.