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Spencer Group completes major Forth Road Bridge repairs
High-level bridge works specialist Spencer Group has delivered a hugely challenging project to complete repair works which followed a fracture that caused the closure of the Forth Road Bridge. A team from the Hull-based engineering business has carried out works to replace truss end links that connect the bridge deck to the towers. The project had its origins in the discovery, in December 2015,...
Next phase of Fruit Market regeneration revealed
Wykeland Beal, the joint venture company working with Hull City Council to rejuvenate the Fruit Market, has submitted a planning application for the next phase of the regeneration. The centrepiece of this £22m phase will be a 55,000 sq ft new headquarters office for one of Hull’s largest private companies, Arco, the UK’s leading safety company. The development will also include a 350-space...
Meehan Media hires communications director to accelerate growth
Rick Lyon has joined Meehan Media & Comms as communications director from Bishop Burton College, where he was marketing director and a member of the Strategic Leadership Group. Rick will work closely with managing director and founder John Meehan to build on the agency’s exceptional track record of supporting businesses at the heart of the region’s exciting resurgence and to accelerate the...
Future ‘positive’ as buyer sought for Scunthorpe metalworks site
Bonds Heavy Castings previously employed 77 people at the Dawes Lane site, which was well known for manufacturing high-integrity steel and high-chrome iron castings. The business is currently being wound down by the joint administrators while it finalises a number of outstanding contracts, but is expected to close in the next three months. Duncan Willey, divisional director for PPH Commercial in...
Tech Week plans revealed at launch event
Attendees heard that the event would run from November 9-13, encompassing multiple venues across the region. The launch event was opened by David Keel, chairman of C4DI, who painted a picture of what the region has to offer and importance of promoting it. He then talked about legacy and the potential Tech Week Humber has to shape the future of our region. Antonio Tombanane, founder of Tech Week...