New biochar trial to help National Highways with Net Zero goals27/05/2025 National Highways is funding a UK-first trial that looks at how biochar – a charcoal-like material made by burning organic matter at high temperatures – can be used to make ‘significant carbon savings’. |
Kier's Moving through May charity event set to break records07/05/2025 Kier's charity event 'Moving through May' is well on its way to achieving its target of £100,000 for good causes this month, having already received more than £91,000 from generous donations. |
Somerset signs £140m trio of deals to deliver 'new era'02/01/2024 Somerset Council has awarded three new contracts for essential road maintenance services as well as improvements on its network, worth a total of £140m. |
Kier and TerrAffix eye carbon cutting vegetation plan13/06/2023 In a UK-first, Kier and RSK Group company TerrAffix are set to launch a feasibility study into how 'vegetation removed from highways projects can be reused on site' to cut carbon. |
Kier becomes 'company supporter' for the Lighthouse Club charity24/01/2023 Kier has become a 'company supporter' of the Lighthouse Club charity, which provides wellbeing support to construction workers and their families. |
Kier launches UK first to help tackle social deprivation22/07/2022 Kier has launched a tool to track its social value impact through its spending in deprived areas, in what is thought to be a first for the UK construction industry. |
Northamptonshire unitaries both select Kier10/06/2022 Both new unitary councils in Northamptonshire have awarded highways term maintenance contracts to Kier, the existing provider under current joint working arrangements. |
Kier gets in bloom with planting competition29/03/2022 Kier Highways is inviting the industry to get involved in its first external sustainability competition – Business in Bloom. |
Kier's new surface dressing outfit off to winning start10/02/2022 Kier's new surface dressing and bituminous product manufacturing business is off to a flying start, scooping a year-long contract with Derbyshire County Council. |
Kier wins £190m Area 3 deal24/05/2021 Kier Highways has retained its Area 3 maintenance and response (M&R) contract with Highways England, securing a £190m deal that will run for eight years to October 2029. |
Kier wins six-month Birmingham extension29/04/2021 Kier Highways has been awarded a six-month extension on its Birmingham Interim Services Contract, which was originally a 15-month deal reported to be worth around £85m. |
Tarmac Kier JV wins £25m Barnet deal07/04/2021 A Tarmac Kier joint venture (JV) has won a £25m highways maintenance and improvements contract with the London Borough of Barnet. |
Kier integrates £11m tech deal in Area 1311/01/2021 Kier will now maintain technology assets across Highways England's Area 13 network, worth an extra £11m on top of its existing maintenance and response contract for the region. |
Search for Area 3 contractor after Kier extension19/08/2020 Highways England has begun procurement of a maintenance and response contract in the South of the country worth up to £190m over eight years. |
Kier wins £40m deal in Surrey05/05/2020 Kier has won a 12-month contract extension with Surrey County Council worth £40m. |
Wage cuts and shutdowns, but Kier cracks on02/04/2020 While staff in the wider Kier Group have taken wage cuts, and parts of its operations have been put on ice, Kier Highways reached a major milestone on its M20 and M23 smart motorway schemes. |
Kier takes over interim Birmingham contract03/02/2020 Kier has been brought in to manage the 15-month interim highway services contract in Birmingham after Amey's failed PFI deal in the city. |
Kier's chief operating officer quits15/11/2019 Kier’s chief operating officer (COO), Claudio Veritiero, has left the business with immediate effect after only being appointed as COO only in August of 2018. |
Kier Highways boss steps down after inspiring career05/09/2019 Kier boss Dave Wright is stepping down as part of sweeping changes at the top of Kier Highways. |
Comment: Making ghost markings disappear16/07/2019 Highways England is investing almost £700,000 on research to improve road markings and tackle confusing ‘ghost’ markings. Corporate group leader Martin Bolt explains why |
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