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Unique partnership will see thousands of homes built in Stoke-on-Trent in the next decade

Thousands of new homes are set to be built in Stoke-on-Trent over the next 10 years, thanks to a ground-breaking partnership with Homes England. Last year, Stoke-on-Trent City Council announced a landmark agreement with the government’s housing agency which outlined a commitment to working together on a comprehensive housing delivery plan for the city. Now […]

Posted by: Mya Driver

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University of Wolverhampton chooses Willmott Dixon Interiors for £4m refurb

Willmott Dixon Interiors will deliver the refurbishment of two buildings at the University of Wolverhampton to provide enhanced facilities for film and pharmacy students. The national fit-out and refurbishment specialist contractor will lead the £3.9 million refurbishment of the Wulfruna Building and Alan Turing Building at the university’s city campus on Wulfruna Street. The refurbishment […]

Posted by: Nathan Spencer

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Valor acquires last mile unit in £50m deal

Valor Real Estate Partners (“Valor”), Europe’s fastest growing last mile real estate specialist, has completed the acquisition of a prime last mile logistics facility in Birmingham, for c. £50 million, from NFU Mutual. It continues Valor’s stated strategy of expanding its footprint in select regional cities as it looks to double its UK portfolio and […]

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Willmott Dixon Interiors delivers woodland restoration project at Lickey Hills

Willmott Dixon Interiors has planted hundreds of trees in Birmingham as part of a new initiative to improve green spaces across the UK. The national fit-out and refurbishment specialist contractor has delivered a woodland restoration project at Lickey Hills Country Park in Birmingham, in partnership with leading nature charity, The Conservation Volunteers. Bramble and bracken […]

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Willmott Dixon Interiors strengthens leadership team in the Midlands

=A national fit-out and refurbishment specialist contractor with a reputation for refurbishing and remodelling complex buildings, has strengthened its regional leadership team in the Midlands. Willmott Dixon Interiors has appointed Phil Crowther to the role of regional director, with responsibility for all business activities in the Midlands and appointed Stuart Kerr as operations director. The […]

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Willmott Dixon lands Stoke-on-Trent multi-storey car park

Willmott Dixon has landed its latest car park scheme, this time a 730-space multi-storey facility in Stoke-on-Trent city centre that will allow the city to plan for the future by meeting the growing demand for parking spaces as the pandemic recovery continues. It will be built next to Potteries Way and forms part of the […]

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Willmott Dixon secures Telford and Wrekin regeneration

Willmott Dixon, our National Partner, has been appointed by Telford & Wrekin Council to deliver the first phase of the town’s Station Quarter project, a critical regeneration project for the local community made possible after the council secured £22.3m from the Government’s Towns Fund. To be situated between town’s railway station and Telford town centre, […]

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Willmott Dixon selected for £10.7m Okehampton School

Willmott Dixon has been selected by Devon County Council to deliver a new £10.7 million school for children with special needs in West Devon.  Located on the Okehampton East Business Park and procured using the SCF Framework, The Promise School will cater for up to 100 primary and secondary pupils who have social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) […]

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Willmott Dixon to deliver Nottingham’s new Green Heart

Willmott Dixon has been confirmed as the main contractor to deliver the next phase of Nottingham City Council’s Broad Marsh Green Heart regeneration scheme. Procured through SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading procurement specialists, the Green Heart is a key element of the vision for Nottingham’s 20-acre Broad Marsh area, transforming a site that was […]

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Work starts on site at Birmingham’s first purpose built shared living scheme

Birmingham-based property developer, Cordia Blackswan, has started work on the latest addition to its growing residential portfolio in the Jewellery Quarter. Work has commenced on the site at 36 Barr Street, which will deliver Birmingham’s first purpose built shared living scheme, Bradford Works, following an official handover from the previous owners. Placing the community at the […]

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