The start of building work kicks off an investment with a value of £130m by East Yorkshire-based Beal over the next 12 years in high-quality housing to support Goole’s growth. The milestone follows the hugely successful launch earlier this year of The Greenways, which saw all 50 plots made available in the first phase reserved within just three weeks. Ultimately 800 homes will be built on a...

Seventeen new jobs will be created at Humber Enterprise Park with the addition of a new manufacturing plant. Industrial fume extraction firm Purex International Ltd will take on a 20,000sq ft space in the site’s ‘B Shed’ facility. The move is an expansion for the company, which also has UK offices in Thorne, near Doncaster, as well as a US base in the Chicagoland area. Purex MD Trefor Jones...

Feedback from consultation around Hull’s £400-million Castle Street improvement project has driven a group of national construction companies to work together to minimise the negative impact of their work on neighbours, and particularly on disabled people. “Considering Inclusion in Construction” has been published as an industry blueprint which will influence the planning and design of major...

Construction has begun on Hull’s most eagerly-awaited new homes. Foundations are in place and the first bricks have been laid at the Fruit Market residential development, which forms a major part of the exciting urban village taking shape on the city’s waterfront. The start of building work means the first residents are expected to move in by Christmas, with the remainder of properties in the...

Wykeland has recently gained planning consent for new business space totalling over 230,000 sq ft at its growing Melton West business park in East Yorkshire (left). The approvals from East Riding Council give the green light to development of a 107,000 sq ft operational support building to accommodate more than 500 Humberside Police staff, a speculative 84,000 sq ft industrial development and a...