Eddisons makes series of promotions

Construction work by Wates is under way for Star Salford Academy off Longshaw Drive in Little Hulton.

Morgan Sindall Construction is joining forces with Place North West for a special event to look at how we can make the property industry, and the buildings it creates, more accessible for those with disabilities.

Preston City Council is on the hunt for an expert to help with the £13m revamp of the grade one-listed museum, gallery, and library off Market Square.

Mark Johnson, who previously held senior roles at Cumbria LEP and BAE Systems, has joined the Cumbrian business as managing director.

In its latest report, consultancy Turner & Townsend has alerted clients to a scenario that has seen UK construction insolvencies rise 72% year-on-year.

An inquiry conducted by the Planning Inspectorate will begin on 15 November to see whether or not Bolton Council was right in rejecting the developers’ Creams Mill and Hall Lane project.

The housebuilder’s Harrow Estates division has lodged plans for a 16,603 sq ft local retail centre to serve new homes at the former airfield site.

Wanted: a company to design, engineer, and deliver the nearly 27-acre Chamber House Solar Farm in Heywood.

Mark O’Mullane has been recruited from Lothbury Investment Management to join the urban regeneration company.

Both the University of Cumbria’s £77.5m transformation of the historic city centre site and a new Kingmoor Park base for the parcel distributor have been greenlit.

With business case approval for the £75m Southport destination now agreed, investigatory works are to begin, enabling finalisation of designs.

Plans have been lodged for a new special needs secondary school in Cheadle Hulme and to move Audenshaw’s Hawthorns School to a new site in Mottram in Longdendale.

Plentiful plants, special relationships and electric dreams.

Ongoing efforts to improve safety standards have seen Intelligent FS secure a £3.5m contract to reclad Milliners Wharf in Manchester, while Morgan Sindall could face a £50m repairs bill.

Simon Humphreys has been appointed director of regeneration and place at the Wirral company, heading up its new urban regeneration team.

“We cannot continue to repeat the mistakes of the past – failing to invest in central Manchester’s rail links has led to rail chaos across the North time and again,” said Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester.

Peter Jackson has joined the project management consultancy after five years as a director at Turner & Townsend.

The Chester law firm will move to a 6,400 sq ft office off Newgate Street in September.

The developer and contractor has had plans for a fully affordable 127-home project in Clayton-le-Moors approved.