The famed building company Crown Group has secured itself a very inviting new contract to work on a 150-acre land in Hertfordshire that is the base of none other than Warner Bros Studios. The film company has employed the Crown Group to get heavily involved in such activities as planting
A recent all-new work analysis device has managed to siphon through 14,236 data entries in order to figure out whether or not the users of this device would be suited to relocation to another area in the country, or whether this would be more detrimental to their profits than they
Mark Spree, a former manager at Tornado Gloves in Great Britain has recently been declared as the new manager at health and safety PPE expert conglomerate Supertouch. This company, which specializes in ensuring that different companies and firms all around the United Kingdom adhere to the rules of safety and
Crest Nicholson has announced the purchase of a new 183-unit housing site in Walthamstow, known as Essex Brewery. Work is planned to commence in spring 2017, with the first units of the mixed–use development due for completion in summer 2018. Essex Brewery will comprise 158 private units, 25 shared ownership
10 June 2016 | Jamie Harris Mitie has won a three-year contract with FTI Consulting to provide a number of document management services. Through its Total Document Management division, Mitie is to deliver on-site print, mail and porterage services to the business advisory firm’s office in the City of London. It
The FTSE 250 housebuilder Bellway has moved to boost its dividend by a higher than expected 40 per cent as it reported annual results seemingly untouched by the UK’s vote to leave the EU. The UK’s fourth-largest housebuilder by output on Tuesday said reservations since the June 23 referendum had
Severn Trent Water has begun trialling new water treatment technologies to reduce phosphorus from its sewage treatment works, in order to meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive. The water company is evaluating six technologies – two of which are world firsts – at its Packington
Production from UK oil and gasfields in 2015 increased for the first time in 15 years but investment in exploration hit a record low as companies cut spending in response to low energy prices. The 10.4 per cent rise in output compared with the previous year was the result of
With more than 45 million pounds being pumped into the revitalization of the middle of Slough, Buckinghamshire and location of the celebrated sitcom ‘The Office,’ workers employed to construct on the site known as The Curve can take a rest now that it has finally been completed. An ambitious project
A company known as M & R Haulage that has been in existence since 2007 is expanding its horizons by signing a financial agreement with Aldermore, a savings bank that specializes in helping businesses to invest in new and exciting projects. Mister Neil Johnson of Aldermore has explained that he
The famed building company Crown Group has secured itself a very inviting new contract to work on a 150-acre land in Hertfordshire that is the base of none other than Warner Bros Studios. The film company has employed the Crown Group to get heavily involved in such activities as planting by various sites such as around the parking area and the tour guide areas. With the project well under way and due to be finished by this very spring, MD Gareth Emberson is delighted that the Crown Group will have a significant role to play in the ambitious refurbishment and extensions of the studios in order to put it in even better stead for its annual visits open to the public totaling over 5 million individuals. It is clear that Mr Emberson is ecstatic that the employees of the Crown Group have contributed to this incredible effort and have been working very hard ever since the project began with even bigger building firms such as Galliford Fry, making valuable contributions and providing manpower to ensure that the project is completed on time. With the hope of expanding across Europe and working with such a famous client as Warner Bros Studios, it is clear that the project was a very well-chosen one that will undoubtedly draw the Crown Group even further into the limelight. Indeed, Mister Gareth Emberson sees their efforts with larger companies to complete the project of time not merely as just another job, but rather as a wonderful opportunity to boost relations between the Crown Group and larger companies. And indeed, who knows what the success of this project could lead to in the years to the come? What is clear at least is that Crown Group has proved their worth and hope to carry on with this very positive attitude towards interesting new projects in the future.
A recent all-new work analysis device has managed to siphon through 14,236 data entries in order to figure out whether or not the users of this device would be suited to relocation to another area in the country, or whether this would be more detrimental to their profits than they initially might have thought. An online tool created by none other than Web-Blinds lucidly ensures that users are well and properly informed before they make any rash decisions that they might regret. By requesting participants to state their current employment and location, the device then calculates with the use of this data where they would be best suited to go based on the information supplied by the user. For example, the device surveyed that moving to London for various contractors would perhaps result in a greater level of financial income. On the other hand, with the cost of a property in London averaging according to ‘Building Surveyor’ positions in the light of 616,000 pounds, this is not a decision that ought to be taken lightly. Similarly, the device indicated that jobs in the surveying field in London are difficult to find and incredibly competitive, with as few as 38.31 opportunities within the field for every 10, 000 individuals. In addition, a representative of Web-Blinds initiated that the cost of living in a larger urban environment (such as London, for example) could mean that even with a higher annual income a chance to find affordable decent housing is not necessarily a given. Employees within the building industry are therefore highly encouraged to experiment with the tool and calculate whether a move to a different location would necessarily result in a greater remuneration for them. The tool also has the ability to analyze data and work out in as many of 50 different cities within the United Kingdom in order to help the individual user see whether it would be beneficial or detrimental to them to pack up lock stock and barrel to somewhere else.
Mark Spree, a former manager at Tornado Gloves in Great Britain has recently been declared as the new manager at health and safety PPE expert conglomerate Supertouch. This company, which specializes in ensuring that different companies and firms all around the United Kingdom adhere to the rules of safety and protection in the workplace, welcomes its new manager with open arms. Mister Spree is not new to this important business of ensuring that all workers in Britain keep themselves safe and reduce the amount of risk hazards within their prospective working environment: he began working as an on-site sales manager at Totectors and spent an impressive total of 18 years as manager of Ansell Healthcare UK, which directs its services across the stretch of Great Britain as well as Ireland. Now he finally becomes part of Supertouch, which has been providing the appropriate safety measures to their clients since 1996 in the West Midlands. It is hoped by one of the Executive Chairmen, a Mister Parvez Akhtar, that the wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise of Mister Spree in dealing with the various pressures that are undoubtedly encountered on a regular basis at Supertouch will be able to maintain the company’s brilliant progression into the challenges of the New Year ahead. As Parvez Akhtar intimates, Supertouch have had a particularly good few years, and the company professional is confident that the arrival of Mister Spree can only take the company’s greatness to even greater heights. With more than 75 different employees at his disposal, Supertouch are hoping to expect some great advancements and developments through Mister Spree’s leadership skills. It is hoped that Supertouch will continue to emerge as one of the most reliable and customer-friendly health and safety services in Britain, having been awarded many different accolades, one itself being named as one of the 1000 private enterprises to “Inspire Britain.”
Crest Nicholson has announced the purchase of a new 183-unit housing site in Walthamstow, known as Essex Brewery. Work is planned to commence in spring 2017, with the first units of the mixed–use development due for completion in summer 2018. Essex Brewery will comprise 158 private units, 25 shared ownership units and 479 Sq.M of flexible retail space that will suit a variety of retail and culinary ventures. Following a successful strategy aimed at targeting the first time buyer market by Crest Nicholson in 2016, 95% of units at the Essex Brewery will be available on the popular London Help to Buy scheme. The development is ideally situated for access to central London, directly opposite St James Street overground station in Zone 3, which serves Liverpool Street in just 17 minutes. A short walk from Essex Brewery takes commuters to Walthamstow Central station, where the Victoria underground line serves Kings Cross St Pancras in just 14 minutes. Trevor Selwyn, Managing Director Crest Nicholson, said: “We are pleased to kick off 2017 by announcing plans for the Essex Brewery in Walthamstow, situated in one of greater London’s first time buyer hotspots. “With interest rates at an all-time low, now is an important time to support first time housing buyers by delivering much-needed affordable homes. For the coming year, our focus will remain towards sites in outer London that offer homes which fall within the London Help to Buy price bracket and have strong transport links to the centre of the capital. This focus follows the huge interest and fast sales we experienced at our Dylon Works, Sydenham and Wood’s Road, Peckham, developments.” Metropolitan & Suburban obtained planning permission in April 2016, with the scheme designed by the Kalyvides Partnership. As part of the permission, the council was insistent on early delivery of the scheme and BNP Paribas Real Estate was appointed to market the site. Howard Wright of Metropolitan & Suburban said: “Faced with the unique challenge from Waltham Forest council pushing for early delivery, BNPPRE managed a thorough process resulting in the selection of Crest Nicholson. Having worked closely with the team at Crest Nicholson now for the last 4 months, we expect them to start onsite in the next few months and are confident that they will meet the expectations of the borough.” Rich Thomas, Associate Director of BNP Paribas Real Estate, comments: “Despite the political and economic changes encountered in 2016 which undoubtedly created uncertainty in the residential development market, the deal at the Essex Brewery site reconfirms that interest remains for housing sites that have a strong story to tell. Essex Brewery benefits from excellent transport links, thoughtful design and is located in a part of London that is becoming increasingly popular for a wide range of prospective purchasers at affordable levels”.
10 June 2016 | Jamie Harris Mitie has won a three-year contract with FTI Consulting to provide a number of document management services. Through its Total Document Management division, Mitie is to deliver on-site print, mail and porterage services to the business advisory firm’s office in the City of London. It will also be responsible for procuring office equipment and couriers. Mitie is providing ‘track and trace’ technology, which it says can provide auditable tracking of the movement of incoming accountable items. The win follows yesterday’s contract award at the Institute of Directors, where Mitie is to provide facilities management services for the next three years. Last month, the service provider reported a 1.8 per cent decrease in group revenues for the 12 months to 31 March 2016. However, operating profit more than doubled when compared to the previous year. Source link
The FTSE 250 housebuilder Bellway has moved to boost its dividend by a higher than expected 40 per cent as it reported annual results seemingly untouched by the UK’s vote to leave the EU. The UK’s fourth-largest housebuilder by output on Tuesday said reservations since the June 23 referendum had been higher than during the same period last year. The Brexit vote prompted a large drop in the share prices of construction groups, as investors fretted over the impact of the result on the property sector. Bellway is recommending a final dividend of 74p a share, bringing the total for the year to 108p, 40 per cent higher than a year ago. Ted Ayres, chief executive, said: “Post-Brexit, particularly with the share price activity and with memories of 2008, we thought ‘Are we in for a rough ride here?’ But I’m pleased to say it’s been quite robust. “Our sales rates overall have been up post-Brexit and the market has been strong. The buying public seem to be carrying on with life as normal.” Reservations between the June 23 vote and July 31, the end of Bellway’s financial year, rose 13 per cent compared with 2015, with cancellations factored in, the group said. In the year to the end of July, Bellway increased operating profit by 36.5 per cent to £492m, on revenues of £2.2bn — 26.9 per cent up on a year earlier. The Newcastle-based group sold a record 8,721 homes during the year, a 12.5 per cent increase on 2015, while its average selling price rose 12.9 per cent to £252,793. “We’ve still got to be cautious moving forward — leading economists are suggesting there will be a ‘bite’ to Brexit,” Mr Ayres said. But he added that it was likely the company would increase output further in this financial year. Related article Average price was £219,000 in August, £17,000 higher than a year ago Reservations between the June 23 Brexit vote and July 31 rose 13 per cent year on year Bellway held back from buying large tranches of land over the summer as it waited to see the referendum’s impact but has now resumed land buying, Mr Ayres said. The housebuilder is “well placed to deliver volume growth over the coming years, which could offset weaker trading conditions that may emerge if the rate of growth in the economy slows”, said Charlie Campbell, analyst at Liberum. Across the UK, mortgage approvals hit an 18-month low in August, suggesting a slowdown in the broader housing market, which has been especially evident in London. But that does not so far appear to have affected most housebuilders, which receive government support through the Help to Buy equity loan scheme. Bellway’s shares closed up 6 per cent in London trading at £23.86, but remain 15.9 per cent below the pre-referendum price. Sample the FT’s top stories for a week You select the topic, we deliver the news. Source link
Severn Trent Water has begun trialling new water treatment technologies to reduce phosphorus from its sewage treatment works, in order to meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive. The water company is evaluating six technologies – two of which are world firsts – at its Packington sewage treatment works in Leicestershire. The new stricter rules in the Water Framework Directive limit the amount of phosphorus allowed at sewage treatment works to 0.5 milligrammes per litre or, in some cases, as low as 0.2mg/l. Severn Trent said existing UK technologies are unlikely to be capable of meeting the new limits, meaning the firm will have to upgrade around 100 works – many of which are being upgraded to reduce phosphorus for the first time. Phosphorus is required by all living organisms for cell growth. It is a non-renewable resource, non-substitutable for food production, essential for agriculture and directly linked to food security. Domestic sewage contains phosphorus, and standard sewage treatment processes will only provide a low-level of phosphorus removal. The six technologies Severn Trent is evaluating are: pile cloth media filtration; membrane filtration; ballasted coagulation; nano-particle embedded ion exchange; immobilised algal bioreactor; and absorption media reed beds. Severn Trent technical lead for innovation Pete Vale said: “Two of the technologies – the ion exchange, and the algal bioreactor – have been developed specially by Cranfield University and put into practical application for the first time. “It’s relatively early days but we’ve seen some encouraging results from all of the technologies which is heartening given that some of them are genuine world first designs. “Each of the technologies have their advantages, and their disadvantages, which is why we’re running the trials. “And the right solution for a large sewage treatment works might not be the same for a small sewage treatment works but, by looking at six such innovative solutions, we’re not only putting ourselves at the forefront of the phosphorus issue in the UK, we’re also making sure we’re making the right decision for our customers.” Source link
Production from UK oil and gasfields in 2015 increased for the first time in 15 years but investment in exploration hit a record low as companies cut spending in response to low energy prices. The 10.4 per cent rise in output compared with the previous year was the result of a spate of new North Sea developments as well as technological innovations to maximise extraction from existing fields. However, industry leaders cautioned that the increase stemmed from investment decisions made during the boom years of $100-a-barrel oil and warned that exploration had almost ground to a halt since then. This meant North Sea production risked resuming the sharp declines of the past decade unless the investment drought was broken. “As an industry we are producing at four times the rate we are discovering new reserves. This is unsustainable,” said Deirdre Michie, chief executive of Oil & Gas UK, in the trade group’s annual report on the state of the industry. She called for the UK and Scottish governments to spur fresh investment with fiscal stimulus and other measures that put oil and gas at the heart of industrial strategy, alongside other industries such as aerospace and car manufacturing. Trumpeting the industry’s efforts to maintain competitiveness in a protracted era of low oil and gas prices, Ms Michie said operating costs for offshore producers had fallen by 45 per cent in the past two years. This had lowered the average cost of extracting a barrel of oil or gas equivalent from more than $29 in 2014 to $16 this year. Companies were no longer holding out for a return to $100 a barrel prices, Ms Michie said, but instead “positioning themselves to survive and succeed in the long term at $50 per barrel, with the ability to tolerate the possibility of even lower prices”. However, while efficiency gains were improving the outlook for existing UK fields, new investment was desperately needed to prolong the life of the North Sea basin, Ms Michie added. Investment is expected to fall to about £9bn this year, from a record £14.8bn in 2014. The North Sea has been especially badly hit by the slump in capital expenditure across the oil and gas industry over the past two years because, even after the recent productivity improvements, it remains one of the world’s highest cost offshore basins. Spending cuts have caused a 30 per cent fall in revenues for oilfield service companies and other parts of the UK supply chain since 2014 — with the brunt of the impact felt in Aberdeen, capital of the UK oil and gas industry. About 120,000 jobs are expected to have been lost across the sector by the end of this year compared with the level before the collapse in crude prices. “In light of this I am calling on governments to vigorously champion the UK’s oil and gas industry, by providing certainty in our fiscal regime, encouraging new entrants to the market and recognising our supply chain as vitally important to the economy,” said Ms Michie. Her comments came as Philip Hammond, the UK chancellor, prepares to set out his policy blueprint in November’s Autumn Statement. FT Series Further coverage of the far-reaching implications of the protracted slump in oil prices In particular, she urged Mr Hammond to reaffirm the Treasury’s commitment to tax breaks introduced by his predecessor, George Osborne, and to push ahead with planned measures to enable buyers of offshore assets to benefit from tax relief on decommissioning costs when production ends. Decommissioning liabilities have been one of the biggest obstacles to investment in the North Sea, complicating efforts by several large producers, including Royal Dutch Shell, to sell UK offshore assets. Mark Andrews, UK head of oil and gas at KPMG, the consultancy, said clearing the blockage in asset sales was crucial to unleashing fresh capital into the North Sea. More than 43bn barrels of oil and gas have been recovered since the first UK production in 1967 and a further 10bn-20bn barrels remain to be recovered, according to Oil & Gas UK. Sample the FT’s top stories for a week You select the topic, we deliver the news. Source link
With more than 45 million pounds being pumped into the revitalization of the middle of Slough, Buckinghamshire and location of the celebrated sitcom ‘The Office,’ workers employed to construct on the site known as The Curve can take a rest now that it has finally been completed. An ambitious project designed to improve the center by installing a library and space for artistic work with sitting space for 280 people as well as a café and garden on the ground floor. In addition, The Curve will provide the location for more traditional office-based environments, the amount of money devoted to The Curve was estimated to total in the range of no less than a staggering 22 million pounds. At 4,500 square meters, the building will be the center of many industrial and communal goings-on in the city of Slough. With double glazing, a huge area of space to contend with and a range of various requirements and standards for the structure to meet, the completion of the building can be considered a towering achievement, masterminded all along by bblur architecture and CZWG under the overall supervision of Slough Urban Regeneration and the support of Morgan Sindall. In addition to this, the building had to ensure that it was not intruding on the classical beauty of St Ethelbert’s church, and measures were taken to ensure that the structure did not in any way impinge on the church itself. Roofing and interior design work was also covered by Colorminium, who can consider themselves content that they made a very valuable contribution towards the birth of The Curve. Since partnering up to collaborate with Slough Council since 2008, and has contributed to many council efforts ranging from renovation along Slough’s busy Wellington Street to developments along the popular Queensmere Shopping Center. The directors and representatives of Bblur and CZWG are extremely pleased with the development and ensuing success that will put undoubtedly help to Slough on the map as a cultural hub in the South of England.
A company known as M & R Haulage that has been in existence since 2007 is expanding its horizons by signing a financial agreement with Aldermore, a savings bank that specializes in helping businesses to invest in new and exciting projects. Mister Neil Johnson of Aldermore has explained that he is very pleased that the agreement is being signed as M & R Haulage have a very good reputation as a well-established company with many vital and exciting projects under its collar. This includes the firm’s intention to contribute towards the expansion of Heathrow Airport as well as its efforts in expanding the width of the M25. The agreement will ensure that M & R will be able to remain in the big league and sign itself up for lucrative and exciting contracts and projects in the years to come. M & R Haulage are also joined by M & R Aggregates, which furnishes the various substances that are needed in order for construction work to take place at whichever site M & R have been assigned to. No doubt M & R Haulage creator Varinderjit Singh and his family who run the business (along with a total of 10 other employees) will similarly be pleased with Alderman’s decision, and the proceeds that will result from that deal will be used not only to order a brand new vehicle for the haulage work itself, but will also put them in good stead to work on other projects in the future. Whilst M & R Haulage and Aggregates have currently been operating in the Southern regions of the United Kingdom and in the London suburban areas of Middlesex (where they are in fact currently based) it is hoped that with this new deal will secure a good relationship with Alderman and may help Mister Singh and his companies to greater lengths in the not so distant future.