Construction
Brecon
Construction
Mid Wales
Powys
Powys Council & Construction Futures Wales announce Supplier Engagement Days
Powys Council & Construction Futures Wales have jointly announced two supplier engagement days for local construction companies. These events will provide local construction businesses with a valuable opportunity to join the local authority supply chain, and businesses who attend will be able to have a 1-2-1 meeting to pitch their business to the Powys Procurement […]
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Construction
Mid Wales
Newtown
EvaBuild accelerates growth as turnover tops £4.5million
One of Wales’ fastest growing construction companies has increased turnover by more than 30 per cent in the last year. EvaBuild has seen revenues increase to £4.5million from the previous year’s £3.2million in the year to the end of June. The number of staff has also risen in the past 12 months from 21 to […]
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Construction
Pontypridd
South Wales
Briggs & Forrester secure key contract with Willmott Dixon on £38m Taff Vale Redevelopment
Briggs and Forrester Engineering Services are pleased to announce they have been awarded the mechanical and electrical building services contract on Rhondda Cynon Taff Council’s ambitious Taff Vale development in Pontypridd with Willmott Dixon. The commercial development comprises of two new office blocks and an ovular gateway building which will host a new library, community […]
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Aerospace
Bridgend
Cardiff
Construction
Vale of Glamorgan
Wales hosts second Heathrow business summit
Representatives from over 80 Welsh companies attended a business summit in Cardiff yesterday to discuss how Wales can benefit from the planned new runway for Heathrow. MPs gave overwhelming support for plans to construct a new £14bn runway last month which it is estimated will bring 8400 jobs and £8bn of economic growth to Wales. […]
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Cardiff
Construction
News
Sustainability plays central theme for Willmott Dixon’s Wales & West Annual Conference
Sustainability played the central theme for Willmott Dixon’s Wales & West Annual Conference last week, which saw over 350 delegates attend Cardiff City Hall to a packed agenda, including a keynote speech from Jonathan Porritt, co-founder of Forum of the Future, author, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development. Other topics discussed included innovation; narrowing the performance gap; […]
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Construction
HR
News
Welsh Recruitment Agency Expands into Scotland
Cardiff-based recruitment agency, Rhino Recruitment.com, are building on their current growth and demand, today announcing their expansion into Scotland. Specialists in the Shopfitting, Build, Utilities, Mechanical and Engineering sectors, the Rhino team are responsible for staffing some of the most iconic construction projects taking place across the UK. Andrew Roberts, Managing Director of RhinoRecruitment.com, says […]
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Construction
News
Uncategorized
Welsh contracts bolster building firm’s growth
A buoyant Welsh construction sector is helping to underpin the on-going growth of a building company after it completed contracts worth more than £8.7m in the country in the last financial year. Pave Aways, which has its Welsh base in Wrexham, is on course to beat that figure in the current financial year after already […]
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Construction
Education
News
Kier & CITB brings together schools and local businesses in new Educational Engagement Programme
Kier is launching a new education initiative in Wales with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), to create effective links between local schools and the Kier supply chain with the aim of inspiring the next generation of talent to consider a career within the built environment. Called the Educational Engagement Programme, and launched at a […]
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Construction
News
Swansea
Construction Business Leader celebrates 30 year milestone
A business leader from Swansea is celebrating 30 years in business with one of the country’s leading high-spec construction and maintenance companies. Steve Evans, managing director of the construction division of The Premier Group, started with the national fuel engineering specialist in April 1988. He began working for the business upon completing an apprenticeship as […]
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