Derbyshire council sets up firm after collapse of contractor

The council's Dragonfly Development is established after the liquidation of Woodhead Construction

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The contractor had agreed to build up to 400 homes in Langwith and Shirebrook - and a wellbeing centre in Creswell.The company will take over building contracts and identify other development projects over the next five years.Karen Hanson, chief executive of Bolsover District Council, said: "When Woodhead Construction went into administration, it left us with a black hole in terms of our current development projects.

"If we are to survive, then we have to become more business-minded and self-sufficient and this is the first step in achieving that."

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