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    Mindflow has been selected as a Corporate Charity Partner by Black Capital Group, with the partnership launching in May to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week.
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    The construction industry is operating in one of its most challenging environments in recent memory. Ongoing global conflicts, volatile material costs and tightening public sector budgets have placed greater pressure than ever on procurement teams to demonstrate value for money and manage risk effectively.
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    Named after former pupil Robert Lowndes, who donated funds towards the project, the works included a two-and-a-half-storey extension to the existing building at Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School. This extension provides a permanent structure for sixth form learning, which had previously taken place in mobile classrooms.
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    Overbury has successfully completed a £1.7M Cat B fit-out of the R4 building on the UKRI campus in Harwell, transforming an empty office into a modern, inclusive, and neurodiverse-friendly workspace for the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), procured via the Procure Partnerships South East Framework, and delivered on time and to budget.
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    Procure Partnerships Framework has announced the launch of the procurement process for its first National Developer Framework, starting with opening market engagement across England as it looks to build a pre-qualified panel of developers for public sector regeneration and development activity.
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    Contractor partners Kier Group are on site delivering 93 new homes for the London Borough of Hackney, including 52 for social rent and 19 for shared ownership. These homes will make a real difference to people's lives across the borough.
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    Speller Metcalfe has been appointed as Principal Contractor by North Warwickshire Borough Council to deliver a new leisure centre in Atherstone, marking a key milestone in the redevelopment of the existing site.
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    Procure Partnerships Framework has appointed 53 contractors to its £1.2bn North West Contractor Framework, supporting public sector construction and infrastructure projects across the region over the next four years.
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    Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council has appointed Galliford Try to deliver a £14m two-storey leisure extension to Thornaby Pavilion, procured via the Procure Partnerships North East Framework.

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