http://www.cnplus.co.uk/rss/east_midlands_rss.xml All the latest stories on East Midlands. en-uk Early planning http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/northampton_776m_residential__commercial.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/northampton_776m_residential__commercial.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 24 July 2008 12:44 The company that is carrying out the steelwork contract on the new stand for Leicester Tigers rugby union club saw the amount of money it made go up last year by nearly a third. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/tigers_steel_firm_hikes_profits.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/tigers_steel_firm_hikes_profits.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 David Rogers 23 July 2008 17:07 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/875590_77673725_resized_70_tcm18-331788.jpg Westleigh Developments has appointed Chris Brown as land manager for its land department. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/westleigh_hires_a_new_land_manager.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/westleigh_hires_a_new_land_manager.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 Lucy Craymer 23 July 2008 12:38 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-195921.jpg Galliford Try has secured the first part of a £60 million contract to redevelop the stadium of Premiership rugby union club Leicester Tigers. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/galliford_try_win_stadium_contract.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/galliford_try_win_stadium_contract.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 Rhiannon Hoyle 23 July 2008 15:39 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/tigers%20stadium_resized_70_tcm18-1740450.jpg Early planning http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/wellingborough_177m_residential.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/wellingborough_177m_residential.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 23 July 2008 13:30 Transport minister Tom Harris has announced details of a £7.75 million scheme to improve local access and safety on the A1 at Elkesley in Nottinghamshire. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/a1_improvements_get_green_light.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/a1_improvements_get_green_light.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 Andrea Klettner 23 July 2008 10:26 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-195921.jpg Early planning http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/lincoln_66m_commercial.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/lincoln_66m_commercial.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 22 July 2008 13:39 Tarmac’s national contracting division has appointed two directors for its Midlands and Western regions. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/tarmac_appoints_contracting_directors.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/tarmac_appoints_contracting_directors.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 22 July 2008 11:56 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/handshake_resized_70_tcm18-293580.jpg Early planning  http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/lincoln_145m_residential.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/lincoln_145m_residential.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 21 July 2008 16:56 Social housing contractor Mears has secured two contracts worth a total of £170 million. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/mears_clinches_170m_social_work.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/mears_clinches_170m_social_work.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 Lisa Glancy 21 July 2008 11:41 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/mears_logo_resized_70_tcm18-1736838.jpg Derbyshire-based Wildgoose Construction has clinched three contracts worth a total of £10.5 million. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/wildgoose_nets_105m_work.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/wildgoose_nets_105m_work.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 Lisa Glancy 18 July 2008 14:36 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-195921.jpg Developer Modus has submitted plans for a mixed-use scheme in Lincoln to open in early 2012. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/modus_plans_retailled_scheme_in_lincoln.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/modus_plans_retailled_scheme_in_lincoln.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 Rhiannon Hoyle 08 July 2008 14:09 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-195921.jpg Pre-tax profits at reorganising Lincolnshire contractor Clugston went up last year even though revenues headed in the opposite direction. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/clugston_profits_surge.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/clugston_profits_surge.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 David Rogers 07 July 2008 13:38 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/316824_4962cropped_resized_70_tcm18-267154.jpg Contractors are invited to tender for a £4 million housing maintenance and repair framework for in Melton, Leicestershire for Melton Borough Council. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/leicestershire_homes_deal_advertised.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/leicestershire_homes_deal_advertised.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 James McLachlan 01 July 2008 10:34 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-195921.jpg Morgan Ashurst has won a £9.5 million project to design and build a warehouse and headquarters for skincare system manufacturer Deb in Derbyshire http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/morgan_ashurst_wins_95m_hq_deal.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/morgan_ashurst_wins_95m_hq_deal.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 James McLachlan 26 June 2008 14:37 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-195921.jpg Housing refurbishment specialist Lovell is set to modernise Victorian terrace homes in Ironville, Derbyshire in a £1.7 million project. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/victorian_village_to_be_modernised.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/victorian_village_to_be_modernised.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 James McLachlan 25 June 2008 12:12 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-195921.jpg Leicester & Rutland Combined Fire Authority are looking for firms to revamp the central fire station in Leicester under a £5.5 million contract. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/leicester_fire_station_revamp_advertised.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/leicester_fire_station_revamp_advertised.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 James McLachlan 23 June 2008 10:43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-195921.jpg Spire Homes is looking for firms to revamp homes across Northamptonshire, Rutland and Milton Keynes in a deal worth up to £6 million. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/homes_refurb_deal_up_for_grabs.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/homes_refurb_deal_up_for_grabs.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 James McLachlan 23 June 2008 10:14 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-195921.jpg Plans for a new £150 million office development in Derby city centre have been unveiled. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/derby_150m_office_plans_unveiled.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/derby_150m_office_plans_unveiled.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 Andrea Klettner 23 June 2008 09:24 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-195921.jpg A specialist Leicestershire training firm is celebrating signing up their 200th candidate in NVQ Level 2 Plant Operations with help from Train to Gain, the Government skills service run by the Learning and Skills Council. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/leicestershire_training_firm_profit_from_nvq_success.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/leicestershire_training_firm_profit_from_nvq_success.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 Myles Burke 19 June 2008 11:40 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/P25_resized_70_tcm18-562648.JPG Nottinghamshire-based specialist M&E contractor Nomenca has expanded its operations by opening its first Scottish office in Inverness. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/nomenca_branches_out.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/nomenca_branches_out.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 James McLachlan 18 June 2008 11:45 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-195921.jpg Energy minister Malcolm Wicks has today given the go ahead to Helius Energy to construct a 65MW biomass power station near Stallingborough in north-east Lincolnshire. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/biomass_power_station_to_be_built_in_lincolnshire.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/biomass_power_station_to_be_built_in_lincolnshire.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 Lisa Glancy 16 June 2008 16:28 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-195921.jpg The Highways Agency is seeking contractors to undertake road works across the east of England and the midlands in a £35 million deal. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/highways_agency_contract_up_for_grabs.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/highways_agency_contract_up_for_grabs.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 James McLachlan 16 June 2008 11:27 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/roadcropped_resized_70_tcm18-266995.jpg Civil engineering firm UCS Civils has appointed an estimating director to mastermind growth throughout Yorkshire and the East Midlands. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/ucs_civils_signs_new_director.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/ucs_civils_signs_new_director.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 James McLachlan 09 June 2008 11:02 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/handshake_resized_70_tcm18-293580.jpg Lincolnshire-based construction firm Rand Group has appointed a new group health and safety manager. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/new_health_and_safety_boss_for_rand.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/new_health_and_safety_boss_for_rand.html;jsessionid=70B500C07F9820BE9663EF5C65D2C3B5 James McLachlan 09 June 2008 11:14 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-195921.jpg