AS2015: Apprenticeship levy set at 0.5%
Three million apprenticeships will be funded by 2020 through the levy on all businesses with more than £3m payroll costs, prompting mixed responses from industry.
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High point for City Place
The first building in Muse Developments’ new £100m business district for Chester has topped out.
Chester bus station contract goes to Graham
Cheshire West & Chester Council selected Graham Construction to build Chester’s £13.5m bus interchange.
Place North West Construction Leaders’ Survey 2015
The results of the first Place North West Construction Leaders’ Survey, in association with Cowgill Holloway, show an industry full of confidence but worried about recruiting and retaining the right staff.
Delays to Chester Zoo Islands
Chester Zoo has announced that part of its £40m 12-acre Islands development will not be ready in time for the public opening on Monday 13 July.
Graham secures Manchester and Chester uni contracts
Graham Construction has started on site with two university projects worth a combined £5.4m.
Morgan Sindall on site with Chester schools
Morgan Sindall has started work on the £11.5m rebuild of Blacon High School and the £3.6m new JH Godwin Primary School, both in Blacon.
VIDEO | One City Place construction at halfway mark
Muse Developments has released a time-lapse video showing the progress of work on One City Place, a six-storey office development in Chester's £100m Central Business Quarter.
Pepper Street tops out
A topping out ceremony has been held to mark the highest point of construction at The Carlyle Group and Bride Hall's £8m restaurant scheme at Pepper Street in Chester. [GALLERY]
CWAC pushes ahead with RGF schemes
Cheshire West & Chester Council has appointed Kier Group to carry out major improvement works as part of the Ellesmere Port Regional Growth Fund programme.
