Prime embarks on £2m Wrexham shed refurb 

The subsidiary of Japan’s Hitachi has withdrawn its application to build the £20bn Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant on Anglesey after failing to reach a deal with other parties to take over the stalled development.

The council has deferred its decision to award planning consent for the nuclear power plant scheme on Anglesey for a second time while its developer winds up operations at the site after pulling out of the project.

Investor and asset manager FI Real Estate Management has secured two lettings totalling 25,000 sq ft at Wrexham Industrial Estate in North Wales. 

Deeside Regeneration, a joint venture between Maple Grove Developments and Trebor Developments, has sold three speculative warehouses totalling 84,000 sq ft at the industrial park in North Wales.

Pure Residential & Commercial has made its third and fourth senior appointments of the last six months, with Graham Bellis and Gary Bailey joining the Daresbury and St Asaph firm’s management team. 

The European plane manufacturer is to assess the future of one of its production plants in North Wales due to shifts in aviation demand, but there are no immediate plans to reduce its footprint at the 750-acre site following news of redundancies last week.

The contractor is launching a dedicated civil engineering division focussed on the North West, and has hired former Harry Fairclough director Chris Wright as its manager.

The recent demise of high-profile construction companies such as Pochins and Bardsley has had far-reaching effects in the property development sector, writes says Carrie Arnold of Bridge Insurance Brokers Limited.

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