Monthly Spotlight – ‘Asphalt’
Asphalt is a strong, weather resistant construction material made from aggregates, sand and bitumen that is used in road surfacing, driveways, motorways, recreational areas etc. Questions & Answers Where can…
Mobile batching plant near ‘end of life’ is being replaced in Cumbria
Heidelberg Materials has secured planning consent from Westmorland and Furness Council for a new asphalt plant and associated aggregate storage facilities at Shap Beck Quarry in Cumbria, North West. The…
New mobile batching plant approved for Tynedale Roadstone
Tynedale Roadstone, part of MGL Group, has obtained planning consent from Scottish Borders Council for the installation of a mobile concrete batching plant at their Fulfordlees Sand & Gravel Quarry.…
BDS Service to identify Waste & Highways Procurement
Recent months have seen several significant contract awards and procurement published for the waste and highways sectors within Great Britain. For the municipal sector: Scottish Borders Council awarded a £9.5…
Highway Sector Contract Awards & Procurement
BDS provide sector-based Tender and Contract information to clients via an annual contract / tender subscription service. Specifically for highways’, contract activity emerging across Great Britain in the last couple…
RMX plant switches from ‘mobile’ to ‘fixed’
Cambrian Services Ltd has received planning consent for the installation and operation of a fixed concrete batching plant at Bryncir Quarry site in Gwynedd, Wales. The application, submitted in July…
Contract Registers for the Waste Sector in Great Britain
BDS continues to expand the tracking and monitoring of contracts related to the Waste industry to provide clients with accurate, up to date information on current public sector contracts across…
2025 Highways Term Maintenance contracts register published
Newly published BDS report identifies in excess of 320 contracts on regional and county level BDS have just published the 18th annual edition of the Highways Term Maintenance contracts register…
Multi-Disciplinary Contracts in Great Britain (2025)
BDS have published a suite of Multi-Disciplinary Contracts in Great Britain (2025), these include: Grounds Maintenance Street Cleansing Leisure Facility Management Highways Maintenance As of date of publication: BS have identified…
Want to know more about Local Authority contracts?
BDS have just published the 18th annual suite of municipal waste and multi-disciplinary contracts for Great Britain. The reports identify the current status of authority contracts and, as a minimum,…