Will Newman promoted to Managing Director for Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services
Briggs & Forrester announces the promotion of Will Newman to Managing Director for Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services succeeding Ian Lawrence, who has headed up the business as Managing Director for the last 8 years. Will started his career with the business as a Technical Trainee in 2002 progressing to the position of Project Manager. […]
First show home opens at flagship development
Denbury Homes is excited to announce the grand opening of The Swan, the first show home at St Edmunds Gate, Bury St Edmunds (IP33 2RX) on Saturday, 18th January 2025. Homebuyers will have the opportunity to view The Swan, a newly designed four-bedroom home from the HBF five-star rated builder. They will also be able […]
Young people on the James Paget Children’s Ward over the festive period will get a boost thanks to the generosity of Morgan Sindall and LDD Construction Ltd
Young people who have to stay on the James Paget Children’s Ward over the festive period will get a boost thanks to the generosity of Morgan Sindall and LDD Construction Ltd. The two construction firms, who work closely on projects including buildings on the James Paget site, generously donated sacks full of Christmas presents and […]
2024 sees Barnes Construction donate £44,291 to charities and good causes
A huge Christmas cheer goes to Barnes Construction who has handed out a whopping £44,291 this year to charities and good causes. The eye watering total was made up of donations given by the business over the year to local charities such as: Lighthouse Women’s Aid, Suffolk Mind, Home Start Suffolk and Suffolk Tree Warden […]
Students take to the stage at Women in Construction event
A Christmas lunch attended by more than 200 women across the region’s construction sector has looked to ‘bridge the gap between education and industry’. The Women in Construction Anglia event, at Ipswich Town Football Club on December 10, aimed to inspire the next generation of women to take up a career in the sector, while […]
Denbury Homes team delivers Christmas collection for Gatehouse Foodbank
East Anglian housebuilder, Denbury Homes’ head office team shared a little Christmas cheer last week, delivering donations to Gatehouse Foodbank in Bury St Edmunds. Staff donations of dried goods, tins and other seasonal and everyday items were matched by the company as they hope to ease some of the financial stress that Christmas can have […]
Theatregoers experience to be ‘elevated’ at refurbished Ipswich Regent Theatre
Plans to elevate the experience for all theatregoers at the Ipswich Regent Theatre have been given the green light by Ipswich Borough Council’s planning department today. The project which sets out to modernise and improve the Grade II listed theatre’s facilities, promises to improve many aspects of the theatre experience with customers at the forefront […]
Mid Suffolk District Council’s plans for an £18m Skills and Innovation Centre in Stowmarket have taken a major step forward
Full speed ahead for £18m Skills and Innovation Centre at Gateway 14, Stowmarket. Planning permission has been granted by Mid-Suffolk District Council for a three-storey, state-of-the-art centre that which will sit at the heart of Gateway 14 – the business, innovation and logistics park that forms part of Freeport East, adjacent to Junction 50 of […]
Industry experts Max Steward and Chris Pratt team up to launch Archer – a dynamic new force in commercial fit-out
Max Steward, former Managing Director of ISG Agility, and Chris Pratt, former joint Managing Director of BW Workplace Experts, have today launched Archer, a dynamic new company specialising in CAT A & B commercial office projects for landlords and occupiers, using traditional and hybrid Detail & Build procurement routes. Archer reunites Steward and Pratt to reform […]
M&S sets out plans for multi-million-pound investment in Ipswich
M&S has today unveiled plans to create a brand-defining 60k sq ft store at Ipswich’s Copdock Interchange, subject to planning permission. The proposed store, backed by a multi-million-pound investment, would offer customers the very best of M&S Food, Clothing and Beauty, alongside a 80-seater M&S café. It would sit alongside the retailer’s existing store at […]
