http://www.cnplus.co.uk/rss/south_east_rss.xml All the latest stories on South East. en-uk Hertfordshire contractor Swift Horsman has opened its own apprentice training school. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/swift_opens_training_centre.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/swift_opens_training_centre.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 David Rogers 24 July 2008 12:16 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/southeast_resized_70_tcm18-196420.jpg Early planning http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/guildford_110m_education.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/guildford_110m_education.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 23 July 2008 13:25 Plans approved http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/aylesbury_255m_leisure.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/aylesbury_255m_leisure.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 22 July 2008 13:34 Energy giant Eon and Dutch firm Dong Energy have become 50:50 partners in the world’s largest offshore wind farm. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/london_array_team_finalised.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/london_array_team_finalised.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 Lucy Craymer 22 July 2008 09:23 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/904071_58566425_resized_70_tcm18-342410.jpg Plans approved http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/southampton_40m_residential__commercial.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/southampton_40m_residential__commercial.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 21 July 2008 16:51 Kent house builder Simon Wright Homes has launched a housing association division. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/house_builder_chases_housing_association_work.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/house_builder_chases_housing_association_work.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 David Rogers 21 July 2008 15:22 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/southeast_resized_70_tcm18-196420.jpg Hyundai Heavy Industries has made a stab at taking a greater share of the UK machinery market, despite recognising a current downturn. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/hyundai_opens_bracknell_branch.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/hyundai_opens_bracknell_branch.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 Richard Stirling 21 July 2008 10:13 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/hyundai_resized_70_tcm18-1736646.jpg Surrey concrete contractor Foundation Developments drove profits up a quarter last year thanks to solid workloads in the groundwork and formwork markets. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/concrete_firm_hikes_profits.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/concrete_firm_hikes_profits.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 David Rogers 18 July 2008 11:15 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/Lytag1_resized_70_tcm18-312043.jpg GB Building Solutions has been awarded a £12 million contract to build an 84-unit care facility in Winchester for Sunrise Senior Living. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/gb_win_12m_winchester_job.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/gb_win_12m_winchester_job.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 Rhiannon Hoyle 15 July 2008 10:33 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/Perspective-NorthEast-C-notitle_resized_70_tcm18-1732059.jpg The house builder Barratt is merging its two offices in Southampton, which employ 300 people in total and reducing its workforce there by 15 per cent. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/barratt_cut_45_southampton_jobs.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/barratt_cut_45_southampton_jobs.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 14 July 2008 17:17 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/j26_house_squeeze_resized_70_tcm18-1628004.JPG Consultant Robinson Low Francis has been awarded the role of cost manager on the £42 million redevelopment of Worthing College. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/rfl_wins_42m_college_contract.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/rfl_wins_42m_college_contract.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 Lucy Craymer 11 July 2008 15:25 A man has been seriously injured after he was crushed underneath a steel girder at a construction site in Hampshire. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/man_crushed_under_steel_girder.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/man_crushed_under_steel_girder.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 Rhiannon Hoyle 11 July 2008 09:23 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/hse_resized_70_tcm18-1570827.jpg Natta Building Company has won a £3 million ground works contract from Ikea Properties Investment. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/natta_wins_ikea_contract.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/natta_wins_ikea_contract.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 Andrea Klettner 09 July 2008 15:14 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/southeast_resized_70_tcm18-196420.jpg Firms are invited to tender for an £18.9 million building maintenance consultancy contract for Kent County Council. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/kent_council_starts_consultant_search.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/kent_council_starts_consultant_search.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 Lisa Glancy 08 July 2008 15:36 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/southeast_resized_70_tcm18-196420.jpg Fit-out and concrete contractor John Doyle has said it expects tough trading conditions next year and in 2010. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/doyle_warns_on_trading.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/doyle_warns_on_trading.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 David Rogers 07 July 2008 13:07 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/johndoyle_construction_resized_70_tcm18-1700774.jpg A dead body has been discovered at a construction site in Brighton. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/dead_body_found_at_building_site.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/dead_body_found_at_building_site.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 Rhiannon Hoyle 01 July 2008 17:11 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/southeast_resized_70_tcm18-196420.jpg Isle of Wight Council is looking for contractors to build two new learning facilities at Cowes High School in a deal worth up to £36 million. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/isle_of_wight_school_revamp_advertised.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/isle_of_wight_school_revamp_advertised.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 Lisa Glancy 07 July 2008 11:06 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/southeast_resized_70_tcm18-196420.jpg Commercial director of Eastbourne-based Ellis Building Contractors Mike Jones has been appointed as chairman of the National Federation of Builders. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/nfb_appoints_new_head.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/nfb_appoints_new_head.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 James McLachlan 01 July 2008 11:26 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/Mike%20Jones%20NFB-chairman_cropped_resized_70_tcm18-1677118.jpg Luton Borough Council is looking to appoint a consultant to design road improvements in a deal worth up to £750,000. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/luton_council_looking_for_road_planner.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/luton_council_looking_for_road_planner.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 James McLachlan 30 June 2008 10:04 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/southeast_resized_70_tcm18-196420.jpg The Berkeley Group has posted a 3.2 per cent climb in annual profits today, but warns plummeting sales levels pose its biggest risk in the year to come. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/berkeley_posts_profit_increase_despite_falling_sales.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/berkeley_posts_profit_increase_despite_falling_sales.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 Rhiannon Hoyle 27 June 2008 09:53 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/graph_block_resized_70_tcm18-1432125.jpg Plans to build a new music centre at a university faced a set-back today due to the unknown whereabouts of a famous Victorian cricketer's remains. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/cricketers_remains_puts_back_uni_plans.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/cricketers_remains_puts_back_uni_plans.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 Rhiannon Hoyle 25 June 2008 11:34 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/southeast_resized_70_tcm18-196420.jpg Thames Water has applied for planning permission to upgrade its sludge treatment facilities at Riverside Sewage Treatment works in Rainham. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/thames_water_applies_for_rainham_sewage_upgrade.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/thames_water_applies_for_rainham_sewage_upgrade.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 Andrea Klettner 25 June 2008 10:23 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/southeast_resized_70_tcm18-196420.jpg HBG has clinched a £140 million deal to build a new research facility at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, the contractor confirmed today. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/hbg_scoops_140m_bio_lab_deal.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/hbg_scoops_140m_bio_lab_deal.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 Rhiannon Hoyle 24 June 2008 13:26 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/addenbrookes_resized_70_tcm18-385837.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=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/homes_refurb_deal_up_for_grabs.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 James McLachlan 23 June 2008 10:14 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastmidlands_resized_70_tcm18-195921.jpg Plumbing and heating equipment supplier BSS has appointed Bill Gibson as London and South-east regional director. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/bss_gets_new_regional_director.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/bss_gets_new_regional_director.html;jsessionid=C61DC7271015F841C2D9D50D372449E0 David Rogers 23 June 2008 13:09 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/london_resized_70_tcm18-195955.jpg