Rental firm expands into four new cities with major acquisition

Equipment rental specialist First Integrated Solutions has completed a major acquisition that will see it expand into four new cities and extend its services across multiple sectors. The fast-growing Aberdeen firm has sealed a seven-figure deal to buy Tusk Lifting, which has depots in Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Hull and Glasgow. The combined business will have a turnover of nearly £20 million and...

Social value and sustainability apprenticeship first for the North East

One of the country’s leading construction companies, Morgan Sindall Construction, has joined forces with Gateshead College to launch the region’s first social value and sustainability apprenticeship. Starting this September, the new Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioner Apprenticeship is the first of its kind based in the North East and among the first in the UK. The...

Yorkshire constructors I&G expand into North East

Regional construction company I&G, which is part of the Hull-based Sewell group, has opened new premises in the North East, following a growth in demand for work in the area. I&G, which is headquartered in Elland, West Yorkshire, with additional offices in East Yorkshire and Leeds, specialises in complex construction projects in the health, education, food and commercial sectors. The...

STP Construction and UK Land Estates unveil latest project

Development has begun on the construction of a new 35,855 sq ft hi-spec industrial unit on Eighth Avenue East on the Team Valley Trading Estate in Gateshead. NorthEast-based building and civil engineering firm STP Construction is leading the build, working closely with land developer UK Land Estates to deliver one of Team Valley’s newest industrial units. The development site, which extends to...