Construction and maintenance firm Interserve has announced progress on two contracts in the north of England.
The bigger contract is a £150m deal with West Yorkshire police to build two divisional headquarters in Leeds and Normanton, and a specialist training facility in Wakefield. Of the total, £50m will come from providing facilities management at the sites for 25 years. Interserve says it has now reached "financial close" on the project.
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