http://www.cnplus.co.uk/rss/east_of_england_rss.xml All the latest stories on East of England. en-uk A Norfolk hospital has unveiled a £5 million plan to double the size of its training and education centre. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/new_5m_plans_to_upgrade_norfolk_hospital.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/new_5m_plans_to_upgrade_norfolk_hospital.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Rhiannon Hoyle 06 October 2008 15:28 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastofengland_resized_70_tcm18-195900.jpg Carillion has won two further education jobs worth around £100 million combined. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/carillion_wins_100m_education_work.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/carillion_wins_100m_education_work.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Nick Whitten 07 October 2008 08:54 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/group%20chief%20exectutive_resized_70_tcm18-85164.jpg Norwich City Council has approved the £50 million redevelopment of Duke’s Wharf in the town centre. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/norwich_clears_50m_development.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/norwich_clears_50m_development.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Simon Ellery 07 October 2008 10:31 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastofengland_resized_70_tcm18-195900.jpg DGT Steel and Cladding has become the latest victim of the property downturn after the £32 million-turnover firm plunged into administration. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/dgt_steel_and_cladding_plunges_into_administration.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/dgt_steel_and_cladding_plunges_into_administration.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Nick Whitten 02 October 2008 15:14 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/graph_calc_accounts_resized_70_tcm18-1134125.jpg Devon County Council is preparing a shortlist of bidders for its £129 million link road project in South Devon. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/major_devon_and_norfolk_roads_contracts_reach_shortlists.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/major_devon_and_norfolk_roads_contracts_reach_shortlists.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Andrea Klettner 02 October 2008 08:42 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/roadcropped_resized_70_tcm18-266995.jpg Willmott Dixon Group has welcomed 50 new management trainees to the company - its largest ever intake of young management material. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/willmott_dixon_takes_on_50_new_trainee_managers.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/willmott_dixon_takes_on_50_new_trainee_managers.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Nick Whitten 29 September 2008 15:34 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/handshake_resized_70_tcm18-293580.jpg Two companies, including one already in administration, have been fined a total of £67,500 after an untrained worker was killed in a vehicle accident in 2003. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/firms_fined_67k_after_man_crushed_by_truck.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/firms_fined_67k_after_man_crushed_by_truck.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Rhiannon Hoyle 25 September 2008 14:15 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/money_for_deal_resized_70_tcm18-261818.jpg Suffolk civils firm Jackson Civil Engineering has lost a legal challenge to reclaim hundreds of thousands of pounds owed to subcontractor VGC Construction over work on the M3. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/jackson_loses_legal_battle.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/jackson_loses_legal_battle.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C 24 September 2008 15:31 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/law_hammer_resized_70_tcm18-1738099.jpg Circle Anglia Housing Association is seeking contractors for its £300 million partner framework agreement. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/bids_invited_for_300m_housing_framework.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/bids_invited_for_300m_housing_framework.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Andrea Klettner 10 September 2008 16:07 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/handshake_resized_70_tcm18-293580.jpg Witham Town Council is set to unveil plans for 900 new homes in the area to the district council’s local development framework panel. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/plans_for_900_new_homes_unveiled.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/plans_for_900_new_homes_unveiled.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Andrea Klettner 04 September 2008 09:49 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastofengland_resized_70_tcm18-195900.jpg Network Rail has been criticised for failing to maintain and operate swing bridges on the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/network_rail_criticised_for_bridge_maintenance.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/network_rail_criticised_for_bridge_maintenance.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Andrea Klettner 03 September 2008 16:34 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/report_study_writing_resized_70_tcm18-1077289.jpg Lincolnshire contractor Rand has returned to the black for the first time in three years. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/rand_returns_to_black.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/rand_returns_to_black.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Nick Whitten 01 September 2008 13:25 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/875590_77673725_resized_70_tcm18-331788.jpg Morgan Ashurst has won a £5.5 million contract from Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust to build an extension to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/morgan_ashurst_in_55m_hospital_win.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/morgan_ashurst_in_55m_hospital_win.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Andrea Klettner 27 August 2008 10:38 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/822347_59633629_resized_70_tcm18-708893.jpg A construction firm director has been jailed for a year after admitting causing the death of a builder who fell more than 3.5 m after stumbling through a skylight opening in Norwich. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/director_jailed_for_a_year_over_worker_death.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/director_jailed_for_a_year_over_worker_death.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Rhiannon Hoyle 22 August 2008 10:01 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/434116_70608726_resized_70_tcm18-312721.jpg Norwich City Council has approved a £122 million scheme  from developer Targetfellow to regenerate deprived areas of Norwich. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/council_approves_122m_norwich_revamp.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/council_approves_122m_norwich_revamp.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Andrea Klettner 22 August 2008 10:56 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastofengland_resized_70_tcm18-195900.jpg Contractors are invited to tender for a deal worth up to £30 million to build a further education facility for Lowestoft College. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/lowestoft_college_looks_for_revamp_builder.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/lowestoft_college_looks_for_revamp_builder.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Lisa Glancy 21 August 2008 12:27 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastofengland_resized_70_tcm18-195900.jpg West Norfolk councillors are set to consider plans to extend Hunstanton Pier. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/hunstanton_revamp_proposals_considered.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/hunstanton_revamp_proposals_considered.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Andrea Klettner 21 August 2008 09:27 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastofengland_resized_70_tcm18-195900.jpg Collapsed West Midlands contractor Chase Norton went down owing creditors more than £10 million. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/chase_norton_owed_10m_at_its_collapse.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/chase_norton_owed_10m_at_its_collapse.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C David Rogers 19 August 2008 16:33 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/chasenorton_logo_resized_70_tcm18-1686275.jpg ISG Jackson Special Projects has secured a £2.3 million contract to build a new sports hall at Town Close House Preparatory School in Norwich. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/isg_wins_23m_school_upgrade.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/isg_wins_23m_school_upgrade.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Lisa Glancy 18 August 2008 09:44 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastofengland_resized_70_tcm18-195900.jpg Five firms have been picked for an £8 million scheme to refurbish around 500 homes for Great Yarmouth Borough Council. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/five_firms_picked_for_yarmouth_housing_refurb.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/five_firms_picked_for_yarmouth_housing_refurb.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Lisa Glancy 12 August 2008 15:35 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastofengland_resized_70_tcm18-195900.jpg Osborne’s newly formed rail division has announced its successful appointment on the Network Rail Operational Property Framework for the south of England. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/osborn_chosen_for_network_rail_property_framework.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/osborn_chosen_for_network_rail_property_framework.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Andrea Klettner 11 August 2008 14:17 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/901246_35080736_resized_70_tcm18-296152.jpg Two Essex firms have been fined a total of more than £200,000 after breaching safety regulations relating to the removal of asbestos. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/two_essex_firms_fined_200000_over_asbestos_breach.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/08/two_essex_firms_fined_200000_over_asbestos_breach.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Rhiannon Hoyle 07 August 2008 11:29 Skanska is tipped to take a deal worth up to £120 million to build a new home for military intelligence staff in Cambridgeshire. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/skanska_primed_for_120m_military_intelligence_hq.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/skanska_primed_for_120m_military_intelligence_hq.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Alasdair Reisner 30 July 2008 15:36 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/853260_93321592_resized_70_tcm18-441356.jpg Schemes shortlisted for a share of a £200 million transport infrastructure fund for new housing developments were announced today by housing minister Caroline Flint and transport minister Rosie Winterton. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/transport_schemes_shortlisted_for_200m_fund.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/transport_schemes_shortlisted_for_200m_fund.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Andrea Klettner 30 July 2008 14:37 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/877749_87336155_resized_70_tcm18-300580.jpg The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has committed £12 million to the construction of a new hospital in the region. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/regions/eastofengland/news/2008/07/plans_for_26m_norfolk_hospital_cemented.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/regions/eastofengland/news/2008/07/plans_for_26m_norfolk_hospital_cemented.html;jsessionid=3742429DC5779BFAF7221CEA38F4225C Rhiannon Hoyle 29 July 2008 11:27 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