Morgan Sindall

Giving new recruits the ability to set their own salaries and bonuses could help the industry hire and retain younger workers, according to a new report. Research by Morgan Sindall Construction, HBD (formerly Henry Boot Developments) and Gleeds found that fewer than a third of so-called Generation Z – people…

Morgan Sindall CEO John Morgan has said the company’s cash pile will allow it to invest more in its Partnership Housing business. The division was branded as the company’s “biggest growth opportunity” by chief financial officer Steve Crummett yesterday. Its expansion has been labelled a strategic priority for Morgan Sindall…

Morgan Sindall has smashed its pre-pandemic revenue, profit and cash levels in the first half of 2021. Strong recovery from the pandemic coupled with significant margin improvement across its major divisions helped the group post a strong set of results for the six months to 30 June 2021. Pre-tax profit…

Morgan Sindall has had to deal with material shortages and isolating workers on its projects, its chief executive has confirmed. Longer lead times and cost inflation has been prevalent in the construction industry since the start of 2021. Morgan Sindall’s chief executive John Morgan told Construction News it had affected…

Morgan Sindall’s profit for 2021 is now expected to be “significantly” ahead of previous expectations. In an unscheduled trading update released this morning, ahead of its half-year results due out on 4 August, the company said trading had been strong since its last update in April and is on course…

ISG pushed its way to the top of the contracts league table in June as it more than doubled the value of work won in May. The contractor signed 15 contracts in the month, worth a total of £227.5m. In a rare month for the contracts league, the winner signed…

Mace was top of the contracts league table in May thanks to its appointment on one of HS2’s stations. The firm landed the £571m contract to build the Curzon Street station in Birmingham along with its joint venture partner Dragados. Construction intelligence provider Glenigan – which compiles the league –…

Morgan Sindall has landed the enabling works package for the redevelopment of the North Manchester General Hospital. The facility, in Crumpsall, is one of the 40 new hospitals pledged under the UK Government’s health infrastructure plan and received £54m in funding from the government last year. Morgan Sindall has landed…

Contractors are being invited to join a new £1.8bn framework covering building and infrastructure works in the North West. Procure Partnerships and Oldham Council have invited bids for the North West Contractor Framework. Due to come into operation on 1 April next year, the deal will replace an existing agreement,…

Wates has named Adam Savege as its first head of partnerships after he joined the firm from rival Morgan Sindall. Savege has joined the residential arm of Wates to lead the partnerships business it formally established last year. He will be tasked with securing new developments and managing the firm's…