Demolition kicks off £6m Bolton YMCA

The developer has started building a 360,000 sq ft logistics scheme at the Bolton industrial estate and agreed to pre-let 80,000 sq ft to delivery company Hermes UK.

Taylor Wimpey has started building The Orangery, part of a 338-home development on the former Robertson’s Jam Factory site in Tameside.

The contractor has been selected to build blocks B and C at Sourced Developments’ 525-apartment complex in Salford following its appointment as main contractor on another of the developer’s schemes in Liverpool. 

One Heritage Group, which listed on the London Stock Exchange last month, has set out revised timeframes for three of its schemes, including the 55-storey tower at Greengate, a co-living property in Burnley and apartments in Oldham.

Contractor Integrated Health Projects, a joint venture between Vinci Construction UK and Sir Robert McAlpine, is to build a 64,000 sq ft block that includes two surgical wards and an emergency operating theatre. 

Whitefield-based HH Smith has been selected to undertake the first phase of work to restore the grade one-listed building on The Esplanade and will start on site in the coming days.

Stockport Council’s cabinet has approved the refurbishment of the town’s former BHS store, due to contain JD Sports and Poundland, as part of ongoing work to reposition Merseyway shopping centre.

Regenda subsidiary M&Y Construction has been appointed by the council to redevelop the Brackley House care home site into affordable housing, after the original contractor went into administration.

As we near the end of another tough year for construction firms, join Stuart Stead, head of construction and property at accountancy firm Cowgills, and Ben Fearns, managing director of developer Novo Property Group, as they discuss the biggest issues facing the industry and what can be done to improve the outlook for medium-sized contractors in an increasingly competitive market.