News in Brief: May 2202

Cooper & Turner (part of Watermill Holdings) has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category. Originally founded in 1876, the company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and distributors of high-strength safety critical fasteners for the construction, wind, tunnelling, rail, oil & gas, OEM, power generation and nuclear power markets.

Developer Capital & Centric has been given the go-ahead by Bolton Council’s planning committee to overhaul Farnworth market precinct to create a new neighbourhood with homes, shops, bars and green spaces. The project, led by the Manchester-based social impact developers, is backed by the Government’s Future High Street Fund.

Gilbert-Ash has been appointed main contractor for the £22M project to develop a performing arts building at Brighton College. The scope of works includes the demolition of existing buildings and the construction of a 400-seat multifunctional theatre, dance and drama studio. The programme also includes classrooms and social space for informal gatherings.

Property developer and asset manager, Sovereign Centros, has submitted a planning application outlining its masterplan proposals for the reimagination of the St. Enoch Centre in Glasgow. The major proposals focus on the creation of a mixed-use development, focusing on retail, leisure, entertainment, hotel, offices and city centre living.

Plans have been submitted by West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust for a new replacement hospital in Bury St Edmunds. Forming part of the Government’s Hospital building programme, the new 100,000m² hospital is designed by Ryder Architecture. The project’s buildings will consist of structures up to seven storeys high and it will be built on town’s Hardwick Manor parkland.