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Kate Barclay appointed as business support manager at CECA North East 9 September 2026 CECA North East has appointed Kate Barclay as its new business support manager, with an initial focus on supporting the organisation’s work to help address the civil engineering sector’s skills gap. Kate, from Jarrow, studied Business Administration at the University of

CECA has submitted its representation to HM Treasury ahead of Budget 2026. The representation sets out several recommendations to the Government, which are derived from a series of member engagement workshops that CECA undertook earlier in the year to develop the Association’s core policy positions. Unlocking infrastructure development and delivery across the UK will support

The past few months have been a busy time for CECA North East, with our programme reflecting many of the issues that matter to our members – from health, safety & wellbeing, policy & workload to skills and the future workforce. Our Safe Digging event brought contractors, clients, equipment suppliers and training providers together to

Following the publication of the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) final civil engineering market study report, CECA members were recently joined at a webinar with representatives from the CMA to hear about its key findings and the next steps. Ben Goodwin, CECA’s Director of Policy and Public Affairs, looks at the key takeaways from the

The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) North East has appointed Kevin Fenley, Commercial Director at Absolute Civil Engineering as its vice chair. Kevin will support Dan Hutton, group commercial director at MGL Group, who is chair. CECA North East was established in 1996 and represents 80 regional and national civil engineering contractors. The organisation advocates for its