The group will be officially launched in November.
But board members are now being assembled to work with chair Mark Wakeford who is joint managing director of Stepnell Limited.
The Enquirer understands that initial board members include:
- Martin Gallagher, Deeley Group
- Jonathan Wildgoose, Wildgoose Construction
- Gary Nunn, Vinci
- Tony Shaw, Henry Boot Construction
- Mark Hart, Barnes Construction
- Bill Bassenger, Kind and Company
- Tom Woodhead, Woodhead Construction
The Major Contractors Group is a division of the National Federation of Builders and has been “formed to share intelligence, improve governmental understanding of larger construction businesses and find solutions to current barriers to house building and infrastructure.”
The MCG will be “a dynamic forum of over 30 major contractors that aims to challenge many of the sector’s misconceptions and be a talisman for best practice and future proofing the sector.”
The group will represent companies with turnovers greater than £40m.
Big industry names are currently represented by Build UK which has 32 contractor members.
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