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		<title>Adapting to rising costs today &#8211; and needing finance to grow tomorrow</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 06:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Construction sector small business outlook: A snapshot over time from Novuna Business Finance Nationally, small business growth forecasts have fallen during Q1 2025 – with 33% predicting growth by the end of March. A new government double-whammy could be at play here: The rise in small business growth forecasts that followed the new UK Government [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>BT Group agrees lease on GMI Construction Group-built Endeavour office building</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie Witterick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The GMI Construction Group-built 65,000 sq. ft speculative office building at Sheffield Digital Campus, Endeavour, is to be home to BT Group, developer Scarborough Group International (SGI) has announced. Work began in June last year, with practical completion scheduled for early 2023, and the global technology and telecoms firm is expected to occupy the Grade [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>GMI Construction Group sponsorship helps Brayton Belles meet rising demand for women’s football</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie Witterick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 09:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[GMI Construction Group is supporting the Brayton Belles Ladies Football Club to create three new teams following the Lionesses’ inspirational Euro 2022 triumph. Responding to a growing demand from girls and women to play, the Selby-based club recently began development sessions to create an under 9s, under 10s, and under 11s sides. The sponsorship from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>GMI Construction Group backs fight against labour exploitation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie Witterick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2022 13:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[GMI Construction Group is supporting the fight against modern slavery and exploitation in the building industry by joining the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority’s (GLAA) protocol. It joins some of the biggest names in the sector, including main contractors, sub-contractors, industry bodies and recruitment agencies, which have pledged to work together to eradicate modern slavery [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>GMI Construction Group joins Great Yorkshire Build</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie Witterick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[GMI Construction Group is helping create a new accessible play area to transform the lives of more than 80 pupils with special educational needs. The company is offering its services free of charge to the Yorkshire Children’s Charity initiative that will allow those youngsters confined to a wheelchair to finally join their friends in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>New welfare vans help firms put wellbeing first</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Harvey Hugo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A commercial vehicle safety firm is helping companies put wellbeing first with the launch of its welfare vans. Leeds-based SM UK has invested £200,000 to develop the vehicles, which offer workers a safe and Covid secure environment to eat and keep clean while working on remote sites, and are the first production line of their [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Smith Brothers energises 65MW of renewables projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 20:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Electrical engineering firm, Smith Brothers Contracting Ltd, has connected two solar farms to the grid – collectively generating up to 65MW of clean energy for the UK. The first of the two renewables projects – both of which will be connected to the Western Power Distribution (WPD) network, is The Grange, a 40MW solar farm [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Leading Australian heavy lifting firm switches to CoreRFID</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Turquoise]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 12:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The team has installed the IDXpert Net solution for heavy lifting firm SpanSet Australia. The Sydney-based firm will be able to produce safety certifications for its clients almost immediately when the system goes live later this year. Our latest project follows the recent installation of IDXpert Net for SpanSet Australia’s sister companies in Spain, Switzerland, Germany and the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Local housebuilder brings tea-licious donations to care homes in Yorkshire!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Barratt Developments Yorkshire West, has been giving back to key workers in Leeds and Bradford by donating an afternoon tea experience to Holly Park Care Home near it’s Spring Valley View development in Clayton and Oaklands Care Home near it’s St Oswald’s View development in Methley to thank them for their hard work and dedication [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Construction companies “need to adapt” in line with COVID-19 guidance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kayleigh Morgan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2020 22:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With the current pandemic, health and safety in the construction industry has never been so important. After analysing recent data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), Yorkshire Brickwork Contractors found that construction has a higher rate of deaths related to COVID-19 when compared to other sectors. Specifically, among low-skilled construction workers, the death rate [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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