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UCATT general secretary Steve Murphy is understood to have offered his resignation as a financial crisis engulfs the union.
It is understood that Murphy tendered his resignation yesterday.
But members of the UCATT executive council are understood to have persuaded Murphy to take a month off on sick-leave instead.
A UCATT spokesperson said: “Steve Murphy is currently on sick leave”.
The latest blow comes as the union is facing a major redundancy programme in a bid to save money.
One union expert said: “UCATT is in crisis and this is just the latest blow.
“It has been spending more money that it has been getting in for some time now and the whole situation is now coming to a head.”
We understand that UCATT still has around £5m in investments
But it has debts of around £3.5m and the current account is showing outgoings far outweighing income.
Another union source said: “The whole movement in construction is a bit of a shambles at the moment but UCATT is in real trouble.
“It’s amazing to think they are in this sort of state at a time when construction is booming again.”
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Developer Derwent London has selected Brookfield Multiplex as its preferred bidder to deliver its most ambitious London development project later this year.
Sources close to the project said that Brookfield Multiplex has beaten rivals Bam Construct and Mace to the 367,000 st ft mixed-use development at 80 Charlotte Street in Fitzrovia.
The building contract is expected to be worth around £125m when finalised before work starts during the second half of the year.
Derwent put the project on hold in July 2013, after advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi, which has occupied the building since 1975, delayed its move away from the property.
But it has now set a date to start work on the office, residential and retail project, which has been designed by architects Make.
The project will be part refurbishment and part new build with a substantial proportion of the existing structures retained thereby cutting waste and carbon emissions whilst reducing the construction period.
The redevelopment scheme will include 336,000 sq ft of office, residential and retail space at 80 Charlotte Street and 31,000 sq ft of residential at nearby 65 Whitfield Street and 1-8 Whitfield Place.
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