Tilbury Douglas was called Interserve Construction between 2001 and 2021, when it operated under full-service parent Interserve Group.
The competition watchdog has given Mitie the green light to complete its purchase of Interserve’s facilities management arm. In an investigation that has been ongoing since September, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been assessing whether the takeover would result in a “substantial lessening of competition”. Yesterday, it announced…
Interserve is set to begin work this month on a £130m contract to refurbish the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, after the hospital was awarded £220m in funding by the Welsh Government last month. The work, which is set to continue until 2026, will include renovations to the ground…
Mitie has cut the price of its agreed takeover of Interserve’s facilities management division by £80m. In June, the facilities management giant agreed to acquire Interserve FM for £271m but, in a trading update today, Mitie announced it had amended the terms so that the transaction will be worth approximately…
Galliford Try, Interserve and Murphy have been appointed on Thames Water’s £4bn AMP7 framework. AMP7 is the utility firm’s five-year round of spending, running from 2020-2025. Works delivered through the framework will include both clean and wastewater projects, schemes to provide additional resilience to water supplies, and protecting and enhancing…
Interserve Group has sold its apprenticeships and adult education business as part of its latest move to re-shape the company in the wake of its pre-pack administration last year. The company announced on Monday it had sold Interserve Learning & Employment for an undisclosed amount to a private equity fund…
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into the £271m sale of Interserve’s facilities management business to rival Mitie. A call for comments from interested parties has been launched by the CMA, as it begins the process of assessing whether there will be a substantial lessening of…
Berkeley Group has appointed ex-Interserve chairman Glyn Barker as non-executive chairman. Barker, who left Interserve a year ago, was named as interim chairman following the death of Tony Pidgley last month. A statement from the housebuilder this week said Barker’s new role will last “for a period of up to…
Kier has won 13 school building projects worth around £170m in the last four weeks. The new contracts across England and Wales consist of new-build and refurbishment projects. The contractor claimed it is now completing a school a week on average. Among the recent project wins it has announced is…
Interserve has been named preferred bidder on a £15m medicine production facility. The new Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, close to Glasgow Airport, will focus on the small molecule pharmaceutical and fine-chemical manufacturing processes. The client on the project is tech firm CPI in partnership with University of…
Kier will not claim through the Jobs Retention Bonus scheme, while Interserve* has become the first contractor to say it intends to. Construction News can reveal that Kier, the UK’s second largest contractor by turnover, will forgo its entitlement to the £1,000-per-head bonus available to all businesses who bring back…
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