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Title:

Roden Dogs Trust Demonstration Day

Date:

14 Dec 2011

Summary:

Architects from across the Midlands paid a visit to the world’s “greenest” dog rescue centre courtesy of the construction company that built it.

They were among a 60 strong delegation invited to...

Title:: £500m to boost stalled building projects
Date:: 07 Nov 2011
Summary:: Some £500m of public money is being made available to private developers in England to help them get housing and commercial projects off the ground. Ministers say projects have stalled due to problems with road access, contaminated land and flood...

Title:: Free Business Collaboration Event
Date:: 03 Nov 2011
Summary:: A free Business event is taking place on the 29th November 2011 in Telford to support local companies and organisations who would like to finds out more about the possibilities to expand their capacity to deliver projects and services by...

Title:: Construction sector rebounds unexpectedly
Date:: 03 Nov 2011
Summary:: The UK's construction sector unexpectedly grew at the fastest pace in five months in October, according to a closely-watched survey. The Markit /CIPS purchasing managers' index increased to 53.9, up from 50.1 in September. A reading of 50.0...

Title:

Free Event to help improve green credentials

Date:

26 Oct 2011

Summary:

The rapidly expanding opportunities for Shropshire businesses and homeowners to take advantage of renewable energy will be on full display at a major exhibition next month.

Visitors to the free Green Expo 2011 event will be able to...

Title:: Free Training Available in Renewable Energy Installation
Date:: 18 Oct 2011
Summary:: Telford and Wrekin council are working other local authorities and the European Social Fund to provide free specialised training in Renewable Energy and Environmental Technologies. If you are a small business thinking about opportunities in...

Title:: The Ultimate Sustainable Home!
Date:: 18 Oct 2011
Summary:: Earthships are growing in popularity around the world and are said to be the ultimate in sustainability – but be warned, they don’t often look like your idea of a typical home! Chances are, if you asked 10 friends to describe an Earthship, they...

Title:

SCE Member Constructs Worlds 'Greenest' Dog Rescue Centre

Date:

01 Aug 2011

Summary:

Building and civil engineering contractors McPhillips (Wellington) Ltd of Telford have built the world’s “greenest” dog rescue centre in a cutting edge £5.25 million eco-friendly re-development for the Dogs Trust Shrewsbury.

The world...

Title:: Pod extension signals way ahead for disability adaptation
Date:: 28 Jun 2011
Summary:: Cutting edge modular construction techniques have given a disabled four-year-old boy a new lease of life in a move that could pave the way for an explosion in the deployment of the technology. Shropshire-based Building Components created a...

Title:: Jones and Hampton PV Installation Success!
Date:: 19 May 2011
Summary:: Dave Jones and Steve Hampton, directors Jones and Hampton Ltd have been developing the business for 10 years supplying general building, electrical, gas and emergency services to Housing Associations and Local Authorities in and around the...

Title:

RICS Annual Lionheart Golf Challenge 23rd June '11

Date:

09 May 2011

Summary:

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Invite - RICS Annual Lionheart Golf Challenge (Defending Champions Nock Deighton 2010)

Thursday 23rd June 2011 At The Shropshire, Telford.

Tea/Coffee on arrival, Gold and Silver Course Tees...

Title:: Exemplar Village Scheme Axed
Date:: 11 Apr 2011
Summary:: A £2.8 million project to build the UK's first perfectly energy efficient homes in Shropshire is being scrapped after county construction experts discovered a major U-turn in national housing policy. Tenders had already gone out to developers...

Title:: Building Technologies in Telford & Wrekin Tops the Polls!
Date:: 21 Feb 2011
Summary:: Building Technologies businesses in Telford & Wrekin have helped make the Shropshire Constructing Excellence (SCE) website top of the polls within the national best practice network.....

Title:: Shropshire Business Awards 2011
Date:: 16 Feb 2011
Summary:: It’s a tough climate out there, but Shropshire businesses must celebrate their successes – that’s the message from Shropshire Chamber of Commerce. So the Chamber, along with the Shropshire Star, has now launched the 2011 Shropshire Business Award.....

Title:: Shropshire Young Professional of the Year Award
Date:: 10 Feb 2011
Summary:: A search for Shropshire’s Young Professional of the Year Awards has been launched!.....

Title:: SCE Exemplar Village Scheme Promotion
Date:: 07 Feb 2011
Summary:: Shropshire Constructing Excellence were fortunate to be provided with a substantial news piece in the Shropshire Star newspaper in relation to the Exemplar Village Project which taking place in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Title:: HCA to merge Midlands operations
Date:: 03 Feb 2011
Summary:: The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has reorganised its Midlands structure to create a single body encompassing the East and West Midlands....

Title:: Marches LEP Board Appointed
Date:: 24 Jan 2011
Summary:: Dr Geoffrey Davies has been appointed as the chairman of the Marches LEP. The managing director of agricultural manufacturer McConnel and vice-president of global vegetation maintenance company Alamo....

Title:: Prefabrication & Off-Site Construction
Date:: 19 Jan 2011
Summary:: The concept of 'getting it right first time, every time' has always been a major challenge in the construction industry. Sadly, whether we are talking about the domestic market....

Title:: Contractor Begins Work on Southwater Lake
Date:: 17 Jan 2011
Summary:: The main contractors behind preparatory works for the £250 million Southwater regeneration have begun major work on site....

Title:: Successful L.E.P Bids Unveiled
Date:: 28 Oct 2010
Summary:: The government has revealed 24 bids for local enterprise partnerships have been successful. They include bids from Greater Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham & Solihull, Leeds, Coast to Capital........

Title:

New Southwater Website Goes Live!

Date:

04 Oct 2010

Summary:

A new website has been launched today providing up to date information on the exciting £250 million Southwater Regeneration Scheme in Telford.

The development will transform an area of Telford Town Centre.......

Title:: High Growth Business Support Package for Shropshire Based Businesses
Date:: 15 Sep 2010
Summary:: Following on from recent cuts to business support programmes within the West Midlands Region we are pleased to be able to publicise a High Growth Offer through Business Link that will be available for a limited period of time on a first come first served basis......

Title:: Telford & Wrekin Council's New HQ Development
Date:: 10 Sep 2010
Summary:: A report outlining the design of the new council Civic Offices that will kickstart the regeneration of the Southwater area of Telford centre will be considered by Telford & Wrekin Council's Cabinet.

The new offices will be built at no cost to the tax payers with the cost met by the sale of the Council’s current civic offices site to ASDA......

Title:: Major Woodside regeneration gets the go ahead
Date:: 13 Aug 2010
Summary:: A multi-million partnership between Telford & Wrekin Council and Wrekin Housing Trust has been established to develop new shops and houses on the Woodside estate in Telford. The development of the sites, in Woodside local centre and in the...

Title:

Work starts on multi-million pound project

Date:

10 Aug 2010

Summary:

Work has started on the first phase of a multi-million pound development that will transform the heart of Telford.

The work at The International Centre, in St Quentin Gate, is the start of the new Southwater development, and it's the...

Title:

New £18m business growth fund officially launched

Date:

16 Jul 2010

Summary:

A new £18m investment fund designed to kick start and support growing businesses in the West Midlands has been officially launched.

LDC, the leading private equity provider, has invested alongside Advantage West Midlands and the ERDF...

Title:: Threat of of double-dip slump grows by the day
Date:: 16 Jul 2010
Summary:: Commercial development re-enters decline, Spending cuts hit contractor confidence, Job losses could reach 100,000 this year.
Industry jitters grew this week as analysts warned firms that they faced more job cuts, weak growth, insolvencies and...

Title:: ConstructionSkills welcomes Government commitment to apprenticeships
Date:: 16 Jul 2010
Summary:: ConstructionSkills has welcomed the re-allocation of £150 million to fund 50,000 more apprenticeship places for SMEs, as Parliament resumed today with the Queen’s Speech – outlining Government reforms designed to “reduce the structural deficit”...

Title:

Timber framed buildings 'fire risk' despite safety test

Date:

15 Jul 2010

Summary:

A controversial safety report, coupled with lobbying by the timber industry, has led to the spread of a construction method not widely seen in the UK since the Great Fire of London.

BBC London has discovered potentially dangerous timber...

Title:

Build more rural housing ‘or Shropshire’s villages will die’

Date:

14 Jul 2010

Summary:

More affordable housing must be built in Shropshire’s villages or else they will “die”, the leader of a campaign group warned today.

Andy Boddington, chairman of the county branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, said it was...

Title:

Climate Change Minister sets out vision for local energy economies

Date:

13 Jul 2010

Summary:

Climate Change Minister Greg Barker is today (12th July) launching the first stage of the Government’s plans to help communities become more self-sufficient in the way they use heat and power.

Empowering communities to...

Title:: Construction at the heart of economic revival
Date:: 18 May 2010
Summary:: After months of political pinball and uncertainty, the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition was formed last week, to form a stable Government, in the public interest, but what does this mean for our industry? CITB-ConstructionSkills’...

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