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Interserve is “disappointed” the government has announced a renationalisation of offender monitoring services, it has said in a joint statement. The firm is the largest provider of probation services in England and Wales, holding five community rehabilitation contracts. Its annual accounts for last year included forward-loss and impairment provisions of…

Interserve has won two spots on a building and highways framework for North Lincolnshire Council. The contractor, which went private in March after being sold in a pre-pack administration, secured places on two general building works lots, one worth up to £10m and the other up to £17m. The overall…

Interserve Construction has appointed Mark Buckle as new divisional director for London and the South-east. The former operations director for Interserve Construction has been appointed as part of a wider strategy update of its Paragon and London and South-east fit-out businesses, which is part of Interserve Construction. Mr Buckle has…

The suspension and removal of companies from the Prompt Payment Code (PPC) will not stop them getting work, an industry expert has said. Signatories of the PPC pledge to uphold best practice for payment standards, which includes a commitment to pay 95 per cent of all supplier invoices within 60…

Balfour Beatty, Costain, Engie, Interserve and Laing O’Rourke have been suspended from the Prompt Payment Code for failing to pay 95 per cent of invoices within 60 days. The suspended firms have agreed plans with the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM), which administers the PPC for the government, to…

Interserve has won a legal battle with Swansea City Football Club over alleged defects in the construction of its stadium. The football team had sought damages from both the contractor and stadium owner Swansea Council over problems it had experienced at the ground, which was completed in 2005. In October…

Interserve chief financial officer Mark Whiteling has resigned from the troubled contractor. Mr Whiteling, who joined the company in October 2017, will leave to pursue a career as a non-executive director according to a statement released by the company this afternoon. He said: "I am proud of the work we…

Essex County Council is to start procurement for a £400m roads framework. The Eastern Highways Alliance Framework 3 will replace the current EHA framework that has been running since 2016 and is due to expire next year. The council is leading the procurement for the new EHA framework, which is…

A £656,000 bonus paid to Interserve’s chief executive and chief financial officers has been branded “wildly insensitive”. Details of the 2018 pay packets for CEO Debbie White and CFO Mark Whiteling, which totalled almost £2m, were revealed in accounts signed off one week before the company was handed over to…

An Interserve joint venture has won two new oil refinery contracts in Oman worth £39m, the biggest since the company went into pre-pack administration last month. Douglas OHI, a JV between the company and Oman Holdings International Company, has won the right to deliver process units at the new Duqm…