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UNCOVERED: Tolent - The Untold Story

Redevelopment of Newcastle Central Station set to restart months after collapse of builders Tolent

A new contractor is set to be appointed to complete the building of a new western entrance to the train station

Chronicle Live · Jun 28, 2023

Metnor Construction collapsed owing more than £9.3m after lender pulled support

More than 440 creditors are owed sums by the failed Newcastle company

Birmingham Post · Apr 26, 2023

New contractor appointed to finish car park at leisure centre after Tolent collapse

Premier Plant & Civil Engineering will finish the external works at Berwick Leisure Centre

Chronicle Live · Mar 22, 2023

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The Northumberland Tolent projects that have ground to a halt after firm goes bust

Hundreds of jobs were lost when the construction firm went into administration last month

Chronicle Live · Mar 2, 2023

North East deals of the week: key contracts, acquisitions and investments

Companies featuring in this week's round-up include Treelocate, The Apartment Group, RE:GEN and SockMonkey

Birmingham Post · Feb 27, 2023

Council to 'assess options' over Central Station revamp and other projects hit by Tolent collapse

Tolent was contracted for the next stage of the train station's redevelopment, as well as the regeneration of the Pattern Shop and a controversial housing project in West Denton

Chronicle Live · Feb 24, 2023

Construction specialist RE:GEN Group moves to Sunderland and employs 33 former Tolent staff

CEO Lee Francis said: 'we wanted to reach out to those affected and see how we could help'

Birmingham Post · Feb 23, 2023

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Around 150 jobs saved at collapsed Tolent as North East firm steps in

Brims Construction has worked with the Gateshead firm's founder and former chairman to help save part of the business

Chronicle Live · Feb 22, 2023

Tolent: Brims Construction to save around 150 jobs at collapsed firm's Teesside operations

Tolent's founder and Brims Construction have worked together to save around half the jobs lost following the firm's collapse

Birmingham Post · Feb 22, 2023

Metnor Construction collapses into administration with all 80 jobs lost

Steven Ross and Allan Kelly of specialist business advisory firm FRP have been appointed as joint administrators

Birmingham Post · Feb 22, 2023

Contractors in Tolent supply chain could be owed more than £50m, industry groups say

Construction organisations have outlined support they are offering - while counting up the cost of Tolent's failure to SMEs

Birmingham Post · Feb 19, 2023

Ashington's Polar Krush set for growth following Calippo licence deal

New jobs will be created on the back of the deal for the frozen drinks maker

Birmingham Post · Feb 17, 2023

Former Tolent and Britishvolt workers consider legal action over redundancies

More than 100 people between the two collapsed firms are said to have contacted a law firm

Birmingham Post · Feb 17, 2023

Tolent suppliers forced to cut jobs as firms sought to take over sites

Administrators handling the collapsed construction firm are in talks with other businesses to take over projects that were underway

Chronicle Live · Feb 14, 2023

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Birmingham Post · Feb 14, 2023

Tolent administrators in talks to continue projects following group's collapse

Interpath Advisory is also actively seeking buyers for Tolent's businesses while exploring solutions for its assets

Birmingham Post · Feb 14, 2023

Tolent suppliers reveal impact of construction firm's collapse

Subcontractors and suppliers to the £197m turnover business have been left out of pocket and in some cases forced to let staff go

Chronicle Live · Feb 14, 2023

North East Today: Newcastle mayor on United's stadium breakthrough, rape report in Sunderland, 300 jobs lost in Gateshead

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Birmingham Post · Feb 13, 2023

Tolent collapses into administration with loss of more than 300 jobs

Interpath Advisory has confirmed that a team has been appointed after the group tumbled into financial difficulties.

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Chronicle Live · Feb 13, 2023

More than 300 jobs lost as Gateshead firm Tolent goes into administration

The construction firm had suffered big losses on the Milburngate development in Durham

Birmingham Post · Feb 13, 2023

North East experts warn that "insolvency dam has burst" in 2022

R3 organisation was speaking after a big rise in corporate insolvencies in 2022

Birmingham Post · Feb 11, 2023

Tyneside construction giant Tolent facing huge financial issues

The company has been responsible for some of the region's most prominent recent building projects

Chronicle Live · Feb 11, 2023

Gateshead construction giant Tolent facing huge financial issues

The company has been responsible for some of the region's most prominent recent building projects

Chronicle Live · Feb 2, 2023

Top doctor welcomes new £3m ICU facilities to South Tyneside that are 'some of the best in the world'

Patients are now being cared for in a new £3m South Tyneside District Hospital critical care unit

Chronicle Live · Jan 27, 2023

Ambitious Vaux housing scheme at Riverside Sunderland begins to take shape

Work has begun on the first of 1,000 new homes of an ambitious residential development at Riverside Sunderland

Birmingham Post · Sep 27, 2022

Tolent wins contract to build £15m Housing Innovation and Construction Skills Academy

The new North East skills academy aims to deliver 'next generation skills for next generation homes'

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