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Airedale International, a Leeds-based manufacturer of specialist cooling systems, is set to move to a new £25m replacement facility after its factory was partially destroyed by a fire last year.

The University of Wolverhampton has commissioned a new £13.5m six-storey building for its new business school, a news report in the local business media could recently reveal.International support services and construction group Interserve has managed to secure the contract for building the new facility, in partnership with project managers and cost consultants Gardiner & Theobald and the structural and M&E consultants Arup.

A new £10.8m sports centre is set to be built at the University of Derby's Kedleston Road site as part of an initiative to promote sports-related activities within the university, a news source could reveal.

The headquarters for FIA's new Formula E global racing series, located at Donington Park, Derby, have been officially inaugurated, with teams and staff already starting to move in, a news report in the local business media has recently revealed. The new facilities available on the site include new headquarters, offices, stores and workshops.

The ageing railway infrastructure around Colchester station will undergo an extensive improvement programme worth an estimated £7m, as part of an initiative to improve the train services quality and reliability in the area, as the number of passengers using them grows.

A total of three new schools will be built across Liverpool as part of Mayor Joe Anderson’s Schools Investment Programme, a news report in the local media has revealed.A report to the Cabinet on Friday 16th May is recommending that new homes for Northway Primary School in Childwall and New Park Primary School in Kensington are built by Morgan Sindall at a cost of £5.5 million per school, and Willmott Dixon constructs Archbishop Blanch Church of England High School for £17.5 million.

A new library and customer service centre has opened in east London as part of a redevelopment scheme implemented by Newham Council, a media news source could reveal.BAM Construction was in charge of the building works, and teamed up with architects Rick Mather to create the three-storey campus.

A company driving forward the development of a £150m green energy power plant in Hull has selected a joint venture partnership to design, build and operate the facility, a news report in the local business media has recently revealed.The joint venture comprises MWH Treatment, part of the giant US-based MWH Global, and leading engineering specialist Spencer Group.

More and more organizations of any size and scope are moving away from simple password-protected systems and opting for smart card-based, more advanced solutions, industry leaders in this segment believe.

A local authority has approved plans for the development of a centre of excellence for advanced manufacturing that will incorporate some of the latest and most advanced tehnologies, a news report in the local business media can reveal.

Construction work has recently started on a new leisure centre at Hough End, south Manchester, with the completion date being set for 2015, a news report in the local media can reveal.The new leisure centre is one of three new leisure facilities planned for the city and will feature a six-lane swimming pool and learner pool, with sessions for adults, women, over-50s, children, after-school clubs, water-based exercise classes and aqua-natal classes.

A new £6m food waste recycling plant in Llwyn Isaf, near Caernarfon, Wales, has just been opened by the country's first minister, a news report in the local media can reveal.Built by Biogen, a leading anaerobic digestion specialist, Prosiect GwyriAD is Wales' first purpose built anaerobic digestion facility treating food waste collected by local authorities and generating renewable electricity.