NEWSBRIEF

taywood wins £10m wastewater job

Taylor Woodrow has been awarded contracts worth £10 million by Yorkshire Water to provide new wastewater treatment facilities at Filey on the North Yorkshire coast. The contract, won through competitive tendering under the framework agreement with Yorkshire Water, includes a new treatment works, holding tank and pumping station.

bristol harbourside planning submitted

An outline planning application for a £200 million commercial and residential scheme on Bristol's Habourside has been submitted to the city council by developer Crest Nicholson. The plan, conceived by Arup Associates, proposes 32,200m2 of new homes, 23,000m2 of offices and a 27,600m2 leisure complex with multiplex cinema.

bill payment has slowed says survey

Large companies have got slower at paying their bills during 1998 despite the growing campaign to encourage them to settle on time, according to a survey by Experian which covered 115,000 companies. In the construction sector, large companies took 76 days to cough up, medium-sized players took 60 days to pay out, while smaller firms settled their bills in just 55 days.

1 november deadline for late payer rules

Businesses are being given until 1 November to understand the new Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act which came into force on 11 June. The default credit period is 30 days from delivery or invoice whichever is the later, and the interest rate will be base rate plus 8 per cent.

jcb to build first overseas factory

JCB has finally confirmed that it is to build a factory in the US for the manufacture of backhoe loaders. The plant to be build in Savannah, Georgia at a cost of £37.5 million, is the first manufacturing facility to be built outside the UK by JCB. Work has already begun on the 46,450m2 factory which is expected to produce its first machines in 1999.

manchester seeks conventional tenders

Manchester City Council is inviting expressions of interest in the £21 million project to design and construct the Manchester International Convention Centre in Windmill Street. The design team will be novated to the winning contractor.

try wins £11.3m focus refurb deal

Try Construction has been awarded an £11.3 million contract to re-clad and refurbish Focus West, a 14,500m2, nine-storey office building at 245 Hammersmith Road, London, W6.

powerscreen sells irish subsidiary

Within days of announcing the appointment of new finance director John Kennerley, Powerscreen, the troubled Northern Ireland engineer has sold its Irish subsidiary Geith International for around £7 million. The construction equipment manufacturer, which has been bought by the management backed by funds from ICC Venture Capital, recorded profits before tax of £787,000 on sales of £8.4 million in 1996-97.

eric wright construction's gains

Major contract gains by Eric Wright Construction - part of the Preston-based Eric Wright Group - during the past 12 months have helped push turnover up 27 per cent to £51.48 million for the year ended December 1997. Turnover for the Group was up from £51.76 million to £54.45 million, an increase of 5 per cent.