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Business Weekly - Infrastructure news from Cambridge and East of England

£50m deal for May Gurney

Philip Fellowes-PrynneMay Gurney, the Norwich-based support services specialist, has won a new, long-term highways maintenance contract with Harrow Council worth up to £50 million.

£70m Qatar deal for Atkins

Atkins’ chief executive, Uwe KruegerAtkins, the Cambridge UK engineering consultancy, has won a three-year contract worth over £70m from the Qatar Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning to support delivery of multi-billion dollar transport and infrastructure programmes.

Flexible fencing for flood-hit areas

Floodsense has supplied national construction company, Volker Stevin, with 125 Meters of Aquafence fencingA Norfolk UK company is making an impact with a new form of flexible fencing that can be quickly deployed and dismounted in flood-hit areas.

May Gurney reveals £4bn bid pipeline

Philip Fellowes-PrynneNorwich based integrated services company May Gurney boosted its share price 6p to 291p after posting excellent first-half results – and revealed a £4 billion pipeline of bidding opportunities.

Government pledges millions to improve A14

Chancellor George OsborneChancellor George Osborne has pledged an immediate £20m to upgrade the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon as a key artery at the heart of UK growth.

Greener transport strategy needs overhaul

Liz Orme, Cambridge ConsultantsA Cambridge think tank says a complete strategy overhaul is needed to achieve more energy efficient transport globally.

Guided bus may transport commercial property

Edward Dodson, of property consultants Dodson JonesEdward Dodson, of property consultants Dodson Jones, muses on who the winners will be from Cambridgeshire’s changing transport infrastructure.

Intelligent transport boosted by Cambridge Consultants

Cambridge Consultants fast-tracking transport innovationCambridge Consultants has developed Olio, a powerful data analysis framework for improving intelligent transport systems (ITS).

1500 jobs and billions more trade in Felixstowe Port expansion

Port of Felixstowe - massive boost for economyExpansion at the Port of Felixstowe is set to deliver a massive boost to the UK economy.

European innovators plumbed into £2bn Anglian Water rollout

Anglian Water £2bn rolloutOne of the largest water industry brokerage events ever held in Europe is being staged in Cambridgeshire UK in November.

Jobs safe as HSBC pays £74m for Cambridge Water

Stephen Hamilton of Mills & Reeve, a key player in the dealCheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited (CKI), the Hong Kong listed infrastructure company, has sold subsidiary Cambridge Water to HSBC Bank for £74 million.

East of England companies secure £53m Olympic contracts

 The Olympic Stadium at Stratford in LondonEast of England businesses have been quick out of the blocks to win an estimated £53 million worth of Olympic Games London 2012 supply contracts advertised via CompeteFor.

Kier in line for share of £500m rail windfall

aa-BW-web-logoCrossrail says it intends to award a joint venture comprising BAM Nuttall Ltd, Ferrovial Agroman (UK) Ltd and Sandy-based Kier Construction two contracts worth around £500 million.

Make hay from the sunshine

Chris Evans, Director at SitecCambridge-based Sitec Infrastructure Services, a major service provider to the renewable energy markets, is looking for farmers, landowners and those with large roofs who want to reap the financial benefits of solar energy.

May Gurney taps into £62m contract

May Gurney, the Norwich-based infrastructure support services company, has secured a sewerage services East Region maintenance contract from Severn Trent Water.

Cambs firm gets Olympic comms on track

John Henry Group’s Dave Hesketh, operations manager; Dave Dunnet, project manager; Neil Barker, fibre manager with the latest award. Picture is courtesy Philip Mynott.A Cambridgeshire business is on track for gold after winning a prestigious worldwide award.

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