{"id":35437,"date":"2026-05-16T06:42:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/speller-metcalfe-replaces-curo-on-18m-leisure-job\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T06:42:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:42:54","slug":"speller-metcalfe-replaces-curo-on-18m-leisure-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/speller-metcalfe-replaces-curo-on-18m-leisure-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Speller Metcalfe replaces Curo on \u00a318m leisure job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-508231\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The council said project delivery partner Alliance Leisure acted quickly to replace Curo after the London-based firm collapsed earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>All pre-contract work with Curo has now been cancelled and Speller Metcalfe will take the Whittlesey scheme forward.<\/p>\n<p>The council said an immediate review was carried out of suitable replacement contractors to avoid delays to the planned upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>The project will see Manor Leisure Centre redeveloped with a new caf\u00e9, refurbished swimming pool and new covered padel tennis courts.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme still needs planning permission and cabinet approval before work can move ahead.<\/p>\n<p>A final decision is expected this July.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Morby\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/05\/15\/speller-metcalfe-replaces-curo-on-18m-leisure-job\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The council said project delivery partner Alliance Leisure acted quickly to replace Curo after the London-based firm collapsed earlier &#8230; <a title=\"Speller Metcalfe replaces Curo on \u00a318m leisure job\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/speller-metcalfe-replaces-curo-on-18m-leisure-job\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Speller Metcalfe replaces Curo on \u00a318m leisure job\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}