Constable Country villages added to gigabit-capable full-fibre broadband
Around 20,000 rural homes and businesses in Constable Country have been earmarked to get full-fibre broadband built in their village and receive some of the fastest and most reliable connections in the UK, community broadband provider County Broadband has announced. Fifteen villages on the Suffolk/Essex border including East Bergholt, Capel St Mary and Brantham have […]
Council resolves to grant planning permission for giant business and logistics park
Mid Suffolk District Council has resolved to grant planning consent for the 2.45m sq ft Innovation, Business and Logistics Gateway 14 scheme in Stowmarket, Suffolk, adjacent to Junction 50 of the A14 that will bring thousands of jobs to the town. The resolution for the hybrid planning-consent is subject to finalising the planning conditions and […]
Grants now available to support war memorial conservation in the region
Award-winning developer, Hopkins Homes is inviting communities across East Anglia to apply for funding from its latest £10,000 donation to War Memorials Trust. Hopkins Homes offers a £10,000 per year fund to support communities and parishes seeking to repair and conserve their memorials. Since it was launched in 2017, conservation projects around the region have […]
Alan lands prestigious industry award for work at Faversham
Anderson Project Manager, Alan Clarke has been recognised by the National House Building Council (NHBC) for excellence in on-site management at its annual Pride in the Job awards. The accolade was for Alan and his team’s work on his site Faversham Lakes in Faversham, an impressive, imaginative and innovative development of 330 contemporary homes set […]
Watch: Time-lapse footage reveals how timber-framed Linmere Farmstead community hub is near completion
A key milestone of a new community hub under construction which is set to serve the new 5,000 home Linmere development near Houghton Regis has been marked with a time-lapse video released by Lands Improvement Holdings (LIH). The footage captures the four-month progress of The Farmstead which will be located in the heart of Linmere, […]
Cambridge firm’s ‘game-changing’ EV network ultra-fast rollout across UK
A Cambridge construction firm has been appointed to help build over 100 “game-changing” ultra-fast EV charging stations across the UK. Ingleton Wood, a property and construction consultancy based in Oakington, Cambridge, has been selected by The EV Network, a leading electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure company, on a major rollout of ultra-fast charging stations on […]
Property consultancy shortlisted as EducationInvestor Award finalist
Barker is delighted to be shortlisted as Finalist to the EducationInvestor Awards 2021 in the ‘Property Advisor’category. Aimed at consultants in the education sector, the EducationInvestor Awards champion organisations andindividuals that have made an outstanding commitment and contribution to the industry in the past year. This nomination is excellent news for Barker as it recognises […]
Hopkins Plunkett Communities Scheme shortlisted for national award
A partnership between housebuilder Hopkins Homes and charity Plunkett Foundation, which provided vital support to community-owned organisations during the pandemic, is in the running to win a national award. The Hopkins Plunkett Communities Scheme supported more than 35 community-owned shops, pubs and businesses in East Anglia over a nine-month period from June 2020. The scheme […]
Key construction phase at Homerton College dining hall nears completion
The Bursar and College Principal have joined with representatives from the construction team and the college, to celebrate the culmination of a key stage in the building of a new dining hall at Homerton College in Cambridge. Bursar, Deborah Griffin OBE, Geoff Ward, College Principal and Bob Steward, Joint MD of Barnes Construction, took the […]
The link between religion and construction
There is little heavenly about a building site. With the mud, masonry and machinery, it’s not exactly pleasing to the eye nor is it top of the list as a place for spiritual worship. Unless of course, you happen to be ROELOF VAN EMMENIS. Here, the production manager at Chelmsford-based Anderson, one of the UK’s […]
