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ISG ‘very near’ to being sold
ISG’s parent company Cathexis is set to sell the sixth-biggest UK contractor…
M Group Services sold to Luxembourg fund
The UK’s ninth-largest contractor has been sold for an undisclosed sum. M…
RJ McLeod bought by utilities contractor
Infrastructure and energy company OCU Group has acquired civils firm RJ McLeod…
Ventilation merger could increase construction prices, says regulator
A merger last year between two duct suppliers could increase the cost…
Steelwork specialist sold to startup group
Steelwork specialist Shufflebottom has been sold to a startup steel construction acquisition…
CMA drops Heidelberg merger investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has dropped its inquiry into a…
SSE buys Enerveo back from private equity firm
SSE has bought back its former mechanical and electrical (M&E) contracting arm,…
Barratt/Redrow merger to ‘drive supply chain innovation’
Housebuilder Barratt has agreed a deal to buy rival Redrow, allowing the…
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M Group snaps up home decarbonisation specialist
Utilities contractor M Group Services has acquired home decarbonisation firm AgilityEco, in…
Private equity firm acquires modular specialist
Netherlands-based private equity firm Mutares has acquired modern methods of construction specialist…
Van Elle acquires piling specialist
Van Elle Holdings has bought Galliford Try’s specialist piling business Rock &…
Cladding specialist snapped up by materials firm
Materials distributor Brickability has bought Scotland-based cladding and remediation specialist Topek in…
Osborne sells off third division in two years
Osborne has disposed of its property maintenance arm, the third division it…
Kier buys Buckingham rail division for £9.6m
Kier has saved 180 jobs after buying Buckingham Contracting Group's rail business…
Mitie acquires engineering contractor for up to £31.5m
Mitie Group has acquired JCA Engineering in a deal worth up to…
Vinci acquires Scots power line specialist
Vinci Energies has acquired Scotland-based firm NorPower, a specialist in extra-high-voltage overhead…
FM Conway snaps up 164-person specialist contractor
FM Conway has acquired Essex-based Flowline and its 164 employees from administration.…
Australian civils giant swoops for UK consultancy
Australia’s largest privately-owned civils contractor BMD has made its first UK acquisition…
Portakabin scoops up £80m-turnover healthcare specialist
Portakabin has bought modular healthcare builder that turned over £80m in 2022.…
OCU Group acquires multi-utility specialist
OCU Group, the parent company of Stockport-based contractor O’Connor Utilities, has acquired…
Foundations specialist saved from administration
Foundations specialist Abbey Pynford has been saved from administration after being bought…
NG Bailey owed more than £2m by collapsed gigafactory client
Britishvolt, the start-up electric vehicle battery manufacturer behind a £3.8bn gigafactory in…
Osborne chief steps down as offsite arm sold
Osborne chief executive Mark Hoyland is to exit the role after less…
Severfield scoops up Dutch steel contractor for £21m
Severfield has bought a Dutch steel contractor as it seeks to expand…
Sunderland builder takes over Tolent’s Teesside operations
A Sunderland contractor is taking over Tolent’s Teesside operations, re-employing up to…
Gigafactory client ‘in talks over private equity sale’
Troubled Britishvolt could sell a majority stake to an Indonesia-linked private equity…
Concrete firms’ merger approved as pricing fears allayed
The competition watchdog has greenlit the merger of two component suppliers, which…