Company News Roundup: 11 November 2014

Mace joins forces with Chinese building giant ahead of £1bn Royal Docks bid

Company page: Mace

Lend Lease set for Land Securities’ £230m Glasgow shopping centre

Lend Lease is understood to be in pole position to bag a £230m contract to revamp Land Securities’ Buchanan Galleries shopping centre in Glasgow.

The developer was shortlisted for the job along with Brookfield Multiplex and Laing O’Rourke Scotland, as reported by Construction News last month.

Company page: Lend Lease

Duncan Magrath to exit Balfour Beatty in 2015

Balfour Beatty’s chief financial officer Duncan Magrath is to leave the group in 2015 after eight years with the business.

Mr Magrath, who was Balfour Beatty’s chief financial officer for six years, will continue as a member of the board and as CFO until his successor has been identified.

Company page: Balfour Beatty

Interserve wins Whitbread contract for Premier Inn on Edinburgh’s Torphichen Street

Interserve has landed a deal with Whitbread to build an £11.4m hub by Premier Inn hotel in Edinburgh’s West End.

The contractor will develop and build the 150-bedroom hotel for Whitbread on a site in Torphichen Street, in Edinburgh’s financial district.