Architects backing Cambridge Great Park plan
While Cambridge has enjoyed growth and prosperity from development, bringing housing and employment to the city, much of it technology-based, the downside has been the gradual erosion of green belt land. Now a retired architect, with the help of his former colleagues at BCR Infinity Architects, has drawn up a detailed plan of how a […]
Homebuilder brings 2020 jobs boost to East Anglia
Barratt and David Wilson Homes Eastern Counties has announced that its new sites launching in 2020 will underpin 1,280 jobs for local people. The Chelmsford-based developer will bring a total of 640 new homes to its operational areas of Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, which will underpin 1,280 local jobs throughout the development process. Barratt […]
Oxford Innovation to run the Epicentre innovation building at Haverhill
Jaynic, the developer of the Haverhill Research Park, has signed a 10-year management agreement with Oxford Innovation, the UK’s largest operator of successful innovation centres, to run its Epicentre building under construction at Haverhill Research Park. The Epicentre innovation centre, which will open this autumn, will have over 60 office suites from 17sqm (172 sqft) […]
Hopkins Homes to host viewing event at King’s Meadow development in Holt
Award-winning developer, Hopkins Homes, is inviting potential home buyers to an apartment viewing event at the King’s Meadow development in Holt (NR25 6EA) on Saturday 22nd February 2020. Held between the hours of 11am to 4pm, visitors can take a tour of The Coleman Apartment properties at the development, talk to the sales consultants about […]
Homebuilder grants wish of amateur dramatics group with panto sponsorship
Developer Barratt Homes has sponsored The Bunbury Players Amateur Dramatics Group’s upcoming pantomime of Aladdin in Mildenhall, Suffolk. With the production taking place at The Jubilee Centre in Mildenhall between Wednesday 19th and Saturday 22nd February, Barratt Homes has been announced as the main sponsor of the in-genie-ous adaptation. The cast members assembled at the five-star developer’s […]
Could your company build a strong foundation for young people?
Local charity, Inspire Suffolk, offers young people the opportunity to gain the qualifications and experience they need to enter the construction industry. Inspire Suffolk is a charity dedicated to supporting young people onto a positive future and helping them build the skills they need to shape their own futures. One of the ways the charity […]
Pupils sign steel frame during new school construction work
Pupils have been given the chance to make their mark by signing the steel frame as part of the development of a new Norfolk school being built by R G Carter. Trowse Primary School, based in Norwich, will have the capacity to house 210 pupils and will feature seven classrooms, a multi-purpose hall and a […]
National Apprenticeships Week 2020: Why more firms should invest in local future
More firms are being urged to consider the career-boosting benefits of recruiting local young apprentices in the construction industry as part of National Apprenticeship Week. The sector is predicted to continue to grow this year and into 2021, according to the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), amid warnings that recruitment must keep pace to help […]
New Sir Bobby Robson School celebrates first major construction milestone
R G Carter invited project partners and guests to celebrate the first major milestone in the construction of the new Sir Bobby Robson School in Ipswich. A ceremony was held to mark the first installation of the timber panels that were lifted into place as part of the main structure for the new social, emotional […]
Barnes Construction adds time capsule to education project
Work by Barnes Construction on a £6.3 million extension at an academy in Essex has been marked with the burying of a time capsule, under what will be the ground floor corridor in the new building. The event at the Marshalls Park Academy in Romford, Essex saw representatives from the Academy, the local council, and […]
