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150 jobs axed as G Works Construction collapses

Construction Enquirer

The £28m turnover firm specialised in civils for commercial and large residential developments as well as industrial and retail buildings. Administrators from EY Parthenon have laid off 150 staff from an overall workforce that exceeded 300 including self-employed operatives.

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Retail: Alive and Kicking

Business Facilities

Reports of the death of the retail sector—a fate that was widely assumed to be the outcome of an exponential increase in online purchases of consumer goods—were more than a bit premature. Read: Retail: Alive and Kicking at BusinessFacilities.com.

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4 Commercial Construction Industry Trends and Predictions for 2019

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I recently attended a senior housing conference in Chicago where a panelist discussed the challenge senior housing operators face in hiring and retaining caregivers and other staff given the high hourly wages offered by employers like Amazon. Developers Think Outside the Big Box to Fill Retail Vacancies.

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OSHA Electronic Records Submission Delayed, But Not for Long

FDR Safety

OSHA recently announced another delay in the deadline for employers to electronically submit their 2016 injury and illness data to the agency. As a brief recap, the revised recordkeeping rule requires employers with 250 or more employees to submit their OSHA 300A Annual Summaries for each separate establishment by December 15.

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Online Pet Food Retailer Creating 600 Jobs In Florida

Business Facilities

Chewy.com will invest $31M to create a new e-commerce fulfillment center in Ocala, FL. Read Online Pet Food Retailer Creating 600 Jobs In Florida on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.

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ECF picked for £250m Stockport regeneration

Construction Enquirer

Stockport MDC and ECF will invest over £250m to transform Stockport centre with 1,200 new homes, alongside retail, leisure, and office space. Stockport Mayoral Development has signed up The English Cities Fund as its joint venture partner to develop an eight-acre site, known as Stockport 8, in the town centre.

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Historic glazing contractor urgently seeks buyer

Construction Enquirer

Clients range from the largest construction companies to private individuals, in sectors including education, commercial, retail, leisure, healthcare, ecclesiastical and residential. The firm has worked with major contractors including Kier Wates, Willmott Dixon and Balfour Beatty.The company currently employs more than 65 people.