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Construction company Beard has started work on the £3.6m Somerdale Primary School project on the former Fry’s Somerdale chocolate factory site in Keynsham.The 240-place primary school and nursery, which is scheduled for completion in September 2017, is part of the wider 700-home Somerdale development from Taylor Wimpey.Beard, working with Quattro ...

The latest phase of Manchester city centre’s Circle Square development – an 18-storey tower comprising a hotel, energy centre, offices and retail space – looks set to be given the green light.Details to redevelop the former BBC site on Oxford Road were revealed earlier this year, with the wider masterplan ...

One of the developers behind Manchester’s £200m Kampus scheme is poised to secure planning consent for an £18m office development on the edge of Spinningfields, which will be known as The Silk Works.Henry Boot, alongside Vision Developments, is behind an application for 50,000 sq ft office space that encompasses the ...

Major plans to further extend car storage and handling facilities at the Port of Southampton, which contributes £1bn to the UK economy and supports 15,000 jobs, has taken a step forward after two contracts worth a total of £24m were awarded.Port owner Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Morgan Sindall ...