Tilbury Douglas

Kier is reported to be in talks to buy Tilbury Douglas. The Cabinet Office has been notified of Kier’s intention to buy Tilbury Douglas, according to Sky News. Kier is one of the government’s largest strategic suppliers. One analyst Construction News spoke to this morning said acquiring Tilbury Douglas could…

NMCN's former procurement director Jamie Swanston has joined Tilbury Douglas. Swanston was procurement and supply chain director at NMCN for more than a year-and-a-half until the company collapsed in early October. He has now been appointed to the same position at Tilbury Douglas. Ben Edwards, commercial director of Tilbury Douglas,…

A £145m energy-from-waste plant initially due for completion in 2017 may never be used as the local council considers scrapping the facility. Cabinet members at Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Council will decide at meetings next week whether to approve development of a business case document that would compare…

Interserve plc’s former auditor Grant Thornton has been slapped with a £718,250 fine for failings regarding the company’s accounts in the years before its demise. The Financial Reporting Council’s Executive Counsel also issued Grant Thornton with a “severe reprimand” in light of the breaches in verifying Interserve’s results for the…

Fifteen contractors, including Balfour Beatty, Kier and Morgan Sindall, have won places on a new £500m framework to deliver new-build, infrastructure and refurbishment works for the public sector in Scotland. The Scottish Procurement Alliance’s Public Buildings and Infrastructure framework, also known as PB3, is open to public sector organisations to…

The end of Interserve plc’s administration process remains uncertain amid ongoing delays of the disposal of shares in a Qatari subsidiary. A new administrators’ progress report from EY Parthenon about the former listed construction giant released this week states that its work will not be completed by its next deadline,…

French construction-equipment giant Altrad has acquired RMD Kwikform from Interserve Group. The value of the deal for the engineering solutions business, which specialises in formwork, falsework and shoring, has not been disclosed. In its last filed accounts for the year to 31 December 2019, RMDK had a book value of…

Two Balfour Beatty London directors have been poached by Tilbury Douglas for senior roles in its South East division. Sean Ruddy has joined as regional commercial director for the former Interserve business, after almost six years with Balfour. His last role was as its construction services commercial director. Dean Lee…

Tilbury Douglas has appointed Catherine Brookes as its highways director. Brookes has joined the company's infrastructure division from Highways England, where she was director for operations business transformation and performance. She has been tasked with expanding the contractor's highways division through its existing frameworks, as well as appointment to new…

Tilbury Douglas has appointed new directors for its northern and central regions. John Gittins (pictured above, right) will oversee the northern region covering Scotland, Yorkshire and the North East; and Simon Butler will be in charge of the central region covering the Midlands and South Wales. Both are internal promotions…