SME owners in construction sector to miss festive celebrations due to work demands
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Almost a quarter (23%) of UK small business owners in the construction sector will miss Christmas celebrations this year due to business and work load commitments, according to new research from Ultimate Finance that is shining a spotlight on the personal strains that British SMEs are under.
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Skating on thin ice
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A 20 year wait to build a new ice rink on the edge of Cambridge is finally over.
The scheme on the Newmarket Road, Park and Ride site owned by Marshall Group Properties, has been able to progress, courtesy of a £1.85million loan to Cambridge Leisure and Ice Centre (CLIC) from the South Cambridgeshire District Council.
Firm expands coverage by appointment of experienced senior relationship manager
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Financial services broker, Midlands Asset Finance (MAF), has bolstered its presence in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire by appointing a new Senior Relationship Manager in the regions.
John Horne has joined the firm and will be responsible for developing new customer relationships and building upon existing ones to arrange asset finance funding.
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University scoops award for professional practice course
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The University of Wolverhampton has scooped an award for its innovative approach to providing courses tailored specifically for business.
The Architecture and Built Environment team won an award in the Quality Initiative category at EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C (HPC) first Excellence Awards held in Bridgwater, Somerset, recently. EDF Energy is building the first new nuclear power station in the UK.
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Mick George Ltd provide solid foundations for A14 improvements
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The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme recently marked its first anniversary. Great progress has been made to date, along the 21-mile route of this 1.5 billion Highways England scheme.
The A14 Integrated Delivery Team (IDT) which comprises three joint ventures, between Costain-Skanska, Balfour Beatty-Carillion and Atkins-CH2M Design, is working on behalf of Highways England to deliver ‘much more than a road’. The work will ‘relieve congestion, reduce accidents, connect communities and decrease journey times’, with the new road on-course to open by the end of 2020.
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