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Honouring heroes in highways: Re-flow attends the Highways Heroes Awards 2025

On 26 November, our team attended the Highways Heroes Awards at the London Hilton, Park Lane – an event dedicated to recognising the people across UK highways who go above and beyond in the face of adversity.

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Skanska CEO named chair of CBI Construction Council

President and CEO of Skanska UK, Gregor Craig has been appointed as the new chair of the CBI Construction Council.

Higgins welcomes students to trainee management programme

Higgins' new trainees have enrolled in BSc construction management and BSc quantity surveying degrees and will gain valuable experience.

Henry Boot puts social housing division into liquidation

Henry Boot has put its social housing arm, Starfish Commercial, into voluntary liquidation.

Wates Smartspace appoints new commercial director

Wates Smartspace has announced the appointment of Sam Hagans as commercial director, the announcement follows the recent promotion of former commercial director, Scott Camp, to the position of managing director.

8 out of 10 subcontractors return to construction sites

Eight out of ten subcontractors are now back on construction sites, as demand for labour recovers to 79% of pre-lockdown capacity.

CITB removes 5,000 smaller contractors from levy

The CITB has revealed 5,000 smaller contractors will be exempt from levy payments next year.

Engineering services industry urged to hire apprentices

The Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA) is calling on engineering services businesses to continue to recruit apprentices.

ULI appoints new UK executive director

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has appointed Sarah Musgrove as its new UK executive director, Sarah joins ULI from Greystar, where she worked as a senior director.

Construction: Education and training in a post-Covid world

Despite so much uncertainty in the construction industry, according to The Impact of Covid-19 on Learning Survey conducted by findcourses.co.uk, education and training in a post-Covid world impacts are mostly positive

Balfour Beatty appoints new general counsel and company secretary

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has announced the appointment of Tracey Wood as Group general counsel and company secretary.

Luton DART skills programme ends after two years

The Luton DART Construction Skills Hub has come to an end, after providing over 720 local people with the skills needed to help them enter the construction industry.

Currie & Brown appoints new managing director

Mark Syrett joins Currie & Brown as managing director for London and the South East. Mark joins from Gleeds, where he led the consultancy’s UK rail business.

FM Conway names new CEO as owner steps down

Infrastructure services company, FM Conway has appointed Adam Green to CEO, as Michael Conway MBE steps into the role of chairman after 39 years at the helm.

Keller Group appoints new chief financial officer

David Burke, former finance chief at J. Murphy & Sons, has joined ground engineering giant, Kellar Group.

FARO appoints two new senior leaders to its R&D teams

FARO Technologies has hired two industry veterans to join its senior leadership team and manage the global hardware and software R&D teams.

Unite fears asbestos app could result in blacklisting

An app launched by ARCA which rates the performance of asbestos workers could result in blacklisting, Unite has warned.

HS2 offers work experience for ‘covid generation’

HS2 Ltd has strengthened its partnership with The Social Mobility Foundation (SMF) in a bid to help support the ‘covid generation’ with their next steps into education and employment.

Skills transferability key to recovery of UK engineering

Government and industry need a better understanding of how skilled workers can move between sectors to help  UK engineering prevent lasting unemployment, says the ECITB.

Bowmer + Kirkland appoints new board members

Head of Bowmer + Kirkland's Southern division, Matthew Cruttenden and Neil Brook who leads the North West team are joining the main board.

New course to deliver veteran construction skills programme

Fortem has partnered with Project RECCE to offer a two-week online housebuilding and property maintenance course to provide veteran construction skills

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