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Keltbray Infrastructure Services Ltd (KISL) has bought Linbrooke Services’ rail business for an undisclosed amount. KISL – which Keltbray sold to EMK Capital in August – said the acquisition would secure around 140 jobs and “elevate the digital and systems capability of KISL to a new level”. Linbrooke’s rail business…

Administrators of a £68m-turnover collapsed fit-out specialist have suspended their collection of outstanding debts following months of painstaking work. Following “several months of pursuing the remaining debts with no significant developments”, administrators for fit-out specialist Twenty 1 Construction have decided to suspend that work after advice that it would not…

Turnover is falling this year at two ground engineering firms owned by a subsidiary of French multinational Vinci. Geotechnical specialist Bachy Soletanche and its subsidiary, piling specialist Roger Bullivant, are both on course for reduced activity levels in 2024 - according to accounts published on Monday (14 October). Bachy Soletanche…

Clancy has added three new faces to its top team to grow its civils and energy work - including a hire from Skanska . The contractor has made the appointments to help deliver new business across energy, water and major civil engineering projects. Jon Arnold is Clancy's new operations director,…

The government drive to invest in roads maintenance has helped pushed turnover at M Group Services above £2bn for the first time. The private equity-owned firm, which was sold to Luxembourg-based fund CVC earlier this year, posted a turnover of £2.2bn in the year to 31 March 2024, a rise…

Byrne Group has posted an increase in pre-tax profit, after its businesses working in tier one contracting and concrete structures delivered steady growth. In what it described as a “robust performance”, profit increased from £6.8m to £7.4m, as the firm withstood a “very challenging economic environment” in the year to…

A developer of micro nuclear power stations plans to build four units in South Wales, to deliver power directly to industrial customers. US-owned Last Energy, which says it needs no public funding for its plants, wants to build the four 20 MWe modular-built stations on the site of the former…

Greater use of technology in the construction sector could boost the UK economy by £417bn within two and a half decades, according to a study by Costain. The UK’s 16th biggest contractor found that extensive use of connected and autonomous plant (CAP) in the industry could bring £356bn worth of…

Three building-control firms have been sanctioned after failing to comply with the Approved Inspectors Code of Conduct.  Building Consents Ltd and Integral Building Control Solutions Ltd were each given a “minor” sanction by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on Thursday (10 October) for failings that included, respectively, not following…

A Surrey-based infrastructure specialist has enjoyed an increase in profit and turnover on the back of two major acquisitions in the engineering sector. Octavius Infrastructure celebrated a “very successful year” following the buys, which helped propel its pre-tax profit from £3.8m to £4.6m. Turnover for the year to 31 March…