http://www.cnplus.co.uk/rss/yorkshire_and_humber_rss.xml All the latest stories on Yorkshire and Humber. en-uk Early planning http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/rotherham_44m_education.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/rotherham_44m_education.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE 23 July 2008 12:59 Plans approved http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/leeds_138m_residential.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/leeds_138m_residential.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE 22 July 2008 13:07 Plans approved http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/goole_28m_utilities.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/contractleads/2008/07/goole_28m_utilities.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE 21 July 2008 16:25 Budget hotel chain Travelodge has announced plans to build 55 new hotels in seaside resorts to capitalise on increasing numbers of people in the UK holidaying at home. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/travelodge_to_build_55_new_seaside_hotels.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/travelodge_to_build_55_new_seaside_hotels.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Rhiannon Hoyle 21 July 2008 08:37 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/travelodge_resized_70_tcm18-944839.jpg Contractors are invited to bid for an £9 million deal to expand sports facilities at the University of Leeds. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/leeds_uni_advertises_sports_extension.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/leeds_uni_advertises_sports_extension.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Lisa Glancy 18 July 2008 15:16 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/yorkshire_resized_70_tcm18-196704.jpg Leeds City Council has torn up an agreement with developer Simons that would have seen the firm build the city’s tallest tower. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/leeds_tower_axed_by_council.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/leeds_tower_axed_by_council.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Alasdair Reisner 17 July 2008 15:14 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/lumiere_resized_70_tcm18-1709512.jpg A man has been killed in an accident at the factory of a Sheffield engineering firm. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/man_fatally_crushed_at_engineering_firm.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/man_fatally_crushed_at_engineering_firm.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Rhiannon Hoyle 17 July 2008 12:35 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/yorkshire_resized_70_tcm18-196704.jpg Sheffield City Council has approved plans to build a renewable energy plant at Blackburn Meadows in Sheffield. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/sheffield_biomass_plant_approved.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/sheffield_biomass_plant_approved.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Andrea Klettner 15 July 2008 16:30 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/yorkshire_resized_70_tcm18-196704.jpg Defence Estates has awarded a £9.3 million contract to build a new office and warehouse complex at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire to Morgan Ashurst. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/defence_estates_picks_firm_for_93m_job.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/defence_estates_picks_firm_for_93m_job.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Andrea Klettner 15 July 2008 14:06 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/yorkshire_resized_70_tcm18-196704.jpg Hull City Council has given the go-ahead to a £3 million development in the city’s Fruit Market area. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/hull_city_housing_scheme_is_approved.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/hull_city_housing_scheme_is_approved.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Andrea Klettner 14 July 2008 14:36 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/yorkshire_resized_70_tcm18-196704.jpg Earth Tech Morrison has won an £8.3 million deal from Yorkshire Water to improve the Eccup water treatment works in the Leeds. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/earth_tech_morrison_wins_83m_water_job.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/earth_tech_morrison_wins_83m_water_job.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Lucy Craymer 11 July 2008 14:15 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/yorkshire_resized_70_tcm18-196704.jpg South Yorkshire firm Horbury Group has promoted David Priestley to sales and marketing director from his role as business development manager. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/horbury_appoints_director.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/horbury_appoints_director.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Lucy Craymer 11 July 2008 13:59 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/yorkshire_resized_70_tcm18-196704.jpg A £200 million tower scheme in Leeds has been mothballed as the credit crunch continues to cripple the residential sector. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/credit_crunch_claims_leeds_tower_scheme.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/credit_crunch_claims_leeds_tower_scheme.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Alasdair Reisner 10 July 2008 09:19 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/lumiere_resized_70_tcm18-1709512.jpg An East Yorkshire firm has been fined after a worker received a serious electric shock when he came in contact with live cabling. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/firm_fined_4k_over_electric_shock.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/firm_fined_4k_over_electric_shock.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Rhiannon Hoyle 08 July 2008 13:58 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/hse_resized_70_tcm18-1570827.jpg Leeds based Operon Construction has been chosen to design and build the Elmhurst Intermediate Care Facility, Winsford, for Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care NHS Trust. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/operon_wins_health_centre_job.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/operon_wins_health_centre_job.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Lisa Glancy 08 July 2008 10:24 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/yorkshire_resized_70_tcm18-196704.jpg A Rotherham developer who failed to prepare a safety plan for his site then ignored the warnings of the Health and Safety Executive after a worker fall has been fined £4,000. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/rotherham_developer_fined_for_repeated_safety_breaches.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/rotherham_developer_fined_for_repeated_safety_breaches.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Rhiannon Hoyle 02 July 2008 16:59 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/hse_resized_70_tcm18-1570827.jpg The construction worker killed in North Lincolnshire last week was crushed by an excavator, the Health and Safety Executive has confirmed. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/brigg_worker_crushed_by_excavator.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/07/brigg_worker_crushed_by_excavator.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Rhiannon Hoyle 01 July 2008 09:11 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/hse_resized_70_tcm18-1570827.jpg A Lovell-led joint venture will transform a 1960's estate at Thurnscoe in South Yorkshire, investing £100 million into the regeneration of the area over the next 16 years. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/lovell_jv_to_revamp_1960s_estate.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/lovell_jv_to_revamp_1960s_estate.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Andrea Klettner 30 June 2008 11:22 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/yorkshire_resized_70_tcm18-196704.jpg GB Building Solutions has been appointed as construction partner on a £100 million student accommodation-led scheme at Bradford. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/gb_wins_contract_on_100m_bradford_student_scheme.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/gb_wins_contract_on_100m_bradford_student_scheme.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Rhiannon Hoyle 27 June 2008 11:45 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/Medical%20Centre_resized_70_tcm18-1654973.JPG The proposal for a £700 million retail-led regeneration of Leeds city centre has cleared a major obstacle, with Communities and Local Government Secretary Hazel Blears having approved a compulsory purchase order on the land. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/leeds_700m_regen_scheme_clears_hurdle.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/leeds_700m_regen_scheme_clears_hurdle.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Rhiannon Hoyle 25 June 2008 10:22 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/yorkshire_resized_70_tcm18-196704.jpg The owner of a Rotherham scaffolding firm who ignored a Health and Safety Executive prohibition notice has been jailed after an untrained employee was injured in a 6m fall last year. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/scaffolding_boss_jailed_after_ignoring_hse_orders.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/scaffolding_boss_jailed_after_ignoring_hse_orders.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE Rhiannon Hoyle 23 June 2008 14:05 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/434116_70608726_resized_70_tcm18-312721.jpg Increased competition blunted margins at West Yorkshire contractor Quarmby Construction last year. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/quarmby_margins_suffer.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/quarmby_margins_suffer.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE David Rogers 19 June 2008 15:10 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/yorkshire_resized_70_tcm18-196704.jpg University of York is looking for contractors to construct roads and highways on its Heslington east campus under a deal worth £5 million. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/york_uni_looking_for_contractors.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/york_uni_looking_for_contractors.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE James McLachlan 18 June 2008 10:12 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/yorkshire_resized_70_tcm18-196704.jpg Masterplans for the £175 million redevelopment of Huddersfield town centre have been extended to include a new technical college. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/huddersfield_regen_masterplans_extended.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/huddersfield_regen_masterplans_extended.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE James McLachlan 18 June 2008 10:52 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/HWQ%20copy_resized_70_tcm18-1570732.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=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/06/ucs_civils_signs_new_director.html;jsessionid=7182313BCDB750E0EAEC7F77404A6AAE James McLachlan 09 June 2008 11:02 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/handshake_resized_70_tcm18-293580.jpg