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The new £3.9m building for the Arley Primary School in Warwickshire is nearing completion, meaning that students and staff will soon be able to enjoy its latest-generation facilities, a media news report on the matter has revealed. Work started on the construction of the new school in July last year and it's due to open at the end of March 2014.

The government-backed £50 million Burnley Bridge Business Park has just opened for business, marking the largest new development on the M65 corridor to open up in more than a decade, a news report in the local media has recently revealed. The 70-acre site is expected to create more than 1,400 indirect jobs in the area, that ensures excellent accessibility to the town.

Well-known building company Kier Construction has started working on a scheme for a new office complex for Waveney District Council and Suffolk County Council in Lowestoft, a news report in the local media has revealed.

Construction work has just started on a brand-new £10.4m University Technical College (UTC) at MediaCityUK in Salford, with the development work set to be carried out by BAM Construction, a news report in the local media has recently revealed.The college will focus on the creative and digital industries and will give 14-19 year olds from Greater Manchester the chance to work with employers at MediaCityUK through its direct link to the industry.

Regus is set to open the first independent business centre at Heathrow Terminal 5 this summer, a news report in the local business media has revealed.

A landmark £5.8m innovation centre has just been opened in Leicester's Pioneer Park, next to the National Space Centre, a news report in the local media has revealed.The centre, built in the city's science and technology park, is known as Dock and is set to house up to 54 new space, science and technology businesses amid its 3,000 sq m of incubation units, laboratories, conference facilities and offices.

Construction company Willmot Dixon has decided to move its regional construction office in Hitchin from Park Street to a bigger property in nearby Wilbury Way, in order to provide enough room for expansion and the creation of new jobs, a news report in the local business media has revealed.Willmott Dixon's Hitchin office is the company's regional base from where it delivers construction projects across a range of industry sectors in the northern Home Counties and London.

Building experts Wates Construction are set to start work on a new £6m leisure centre for Selby District Council, a news report in the local business media has revealed.

The consumerisation of biometrics authentication and security solutions will be largely driven by the adoption of mobile solutions, market research company Goode Intelligence has predicted.

Formax, a well-known manufacturer of carbon fibre and speciality composite reinforcements for the automotive sector, recently acquired premises next to its Narborough site for building a new specialized manufacturing facility, a recent news report in the local media has revealed.

The brand new Queen’s Terminal at Heathrow airport is set to officially open on 4 June 2014 following 5 years of redevelopment work, a news release in the local business media has revealed.Apart from the main Terminal 2 building, the new terminal will also include a monumental new sculpture by artist Richard Wilson RA, a 1,340-space car park and an energy centre and cooling station.

Well-known UK contractor Bam Construction has managed to secure a contract worth £29 million for building the new school of veterinary medicine for the University of Surrey, a news report in the local business media has revealed.