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Ivanhoé Cambridge and PLP have bought a 135 acre logistics project in South Caldecotte, Milton Keynes.
The project will develop a business park environment for modern logistics and manufacturing occupiers looking for high quality, flexible logistics space to serve the wider southern midlands and south east market.
The site will be the first major logistics park in the UK to be delivered with carbon net-zero construction and carbon net-zero ready for occupation, under the UK Green Building Council Framework.
On completion, the project will extend to 100 acres and comprise a range of unit sizes from 30,000 sq ft up to 500,000 sq ft allowing PLP to meet the demands of both local businesses, last mile logistics facilities and large scale national and regional distribution hubs totalling over 2 million sq ft of space. The first phase of development is targeted for completion in the second half of 2022.
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Some construction organisations express disappointment about limited details from chancellor on low carbon heat, while others praise ongoing furlough and expanded apprenticeship support
Construction and building engineering specialists responded to the latest Budget with disappointment around a lack of clarity on future funding for low carbon heat and homes.
However, commitments in the Budget to establish a National Infrastructure Bank, as well as the continuation of the pandemic furlough scheme and an expansion of incentives to encourage apprenticeships have been viewed as welcome initiatives for the HVAC sector.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget, which was intended to protect jobs and the economy from the ongoing impacts of the pandemic, was notable for making no mention of the recently launched Green Homes Grant or what might succeed it from 2022 in order to incentivise lower carbon heat.
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3 March, 2021 SHARE Organisations from the industry comment on the Chancellor of the Exchequer s Budget Statement 2021 to the House of Commons.
Builders Merchants Federation
John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders Merchants Federation, said: “The Chancellor largely struck the right notes in announcing continued support for business as we move through the final stages of the coronavirus roadmap and plan for recovery.
“We were particularly pleased that the Chancellor sought to support smaller businesses by recognising the need for continued furlough support and business rates discounts, which will help our SME members as they return to pre-covid levels of operation. Similar extensions to self-employment grants will help small builders and other trades who form the main merchant customer base and ensure they are still in business to service the needs of homeowners helped by the new government-backed mortgage gu