Contractor begins at Tameside leisure project

Reports in Japan have raised questions over the future of the £20bn Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant on Anglesey with claims that the project’s main backer Hitachi could be set to back out.

Pochin’s has secured a £15.7m contract with developer Belong to build a dementia care village on City Road in Chester, set to open in spring 2020.

After weeks of speculation and a failed attempt to secure a refinancing deal, administrators have been called in at Bolton-based contractor Forrest.

Global science solutions provider Dow will open its new UK & Ireland headquarters at Cheadle Royal Business Park in Stockport after taking a pre-let on a 26,000 sq ft building.

Developer Elliot Group has drafted in Vermont to complete its £100m Aura project on the former Erskine Industrial Estate in Liverpool, replacing troubled contractor Forrest on the job.

The developers behind Sci-Tech Daresbury have started the search for a contractor to deliver the £13m Project Violet, the next phase of speculative development at the site in Cheshire.

Manchester City Council is to consider proposals for a £27.6m loan that will allow Manchester College to take forward its plans for a new city centre campus at the former Boddington’s Brewery site.

Proposals to build 362 apartments alongside 6,400 sq ft of retail and a multi-storey car park are set to start on site after Ram Properties completed a £3m land sale to allow the project to go ahead.

Development vehicle Icon Industrial has submitted a reserved matters planning application for a 102,500 sq ft industrial development at its £100m Manchester Airport site.