A Northern Irish fit-out firm involved in high-profile jobs, including London’s Claridge’s hotel, has been bought out of administration. Pure Fitout, based in Newtownabbey, had been under “severe financial strain” and was forced to appoint administrators earlier this month. The company blamed a set of “substantial unpaid invoices” for its troubles, adding that it entered […]
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A failure to look beyond historical statistics on construction product safety when regulating the market could lead to an “accumulation of deaths”, the government has been warned. A report commissioned by the Office for Product Safety and Standards, published on Monday (20 January), says that relying solely on incident data could produce “unacceptable” outcomes. The
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The Welsh Government has alerted contractors to a forthcoming £130m bridge-replacement deal. Ministers in Wales published a prior information notice for the A494 River Dee Bridge contract, which set out that formal procurement is expected to get underway in May for the scheme to replace the “vital” structure. The A494 carries traffic between Dolgellau within
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At least five massive hospital construction projects, initially earmarked for completion by 2030, will not get underway before 2037. Under fresh plans, health secretary Wes Streeting revealed a phased approach to deliver the remaining schemes in the previous Conservative government’s New Hospital Programme (NHP). Projects will get underway in waves, starting with three relatively small
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Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Love on Paper by Danielle Parker. This tour is being hosted by TBR and Beyond Tours. Love on Paper by Danielle Parker Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance Publishing Date: January 21, 2025 From the author of You Bet Your Heart comes a heartfelt romance about two aspiring teen novelists
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Jami Rhue thought her first stint as a school librarian would be a quick detour in her career as a classroom teacher. But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. So it was back to
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Unlike the powder blue Ralph Lauren ensemble Melania wore to the 2017 swearing-in ceremony of her husband, the navy coat is understated and serious. Her previous look, which included a pristine pair of matching gloves, couldn’t be more different. It seemed to invoke Jackie Kennedy, arguably the first celebrity first lady. A windswept updo and
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When in doubt, just assume that Rihanna is always living seasons, if not years, ahead of us when it comes to fashion. Whatever is spotted on the singer-slash-makeup mogul always becomes the hottest trend in the coming months. This time, if her recent outings are any indication, her new royal blue Fenty x Puma Avanti
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Looking back, no FLOTUS mastered the statement-making hat quite like Jackie O. “She wore a Halston hat to her husband’s inauguration at a time when hats were going out of fashion,” fashion historian Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell explains to Glamour. “It was a big moment for Halston, because Jackie made hats look young, modern, and very chic.
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Despite fan backlash, Carrie Underwood just took the stage at Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration. On January 20, Underwood performed âAmerica the Beautifulâ in the Capitol rotunda, the ceremony having been moved indoors for the first time in 40 years due to cold temperatures. Dressed in a satin mock turtleneck dress, the former American Idol
