MORGAN Ashurst area director Peter Baggott puts up a new sign at the builder's Whiteley offices to mark its official name change from Bluestone to Morgan Ashurst.

The rebranding at the Solent Business Park office, which employs 65 people, follows parent company Morgan Sindall's £26m buy-up of Amec's construction and civil engineering business Design and Project Services.

The deal saw DPS and Bluestone being combined to form a new national construction company - Morgan Ashurst, with a turnover in the region of £750m.

Mr Baggott said: "The Morgan Ashurst brand represents a significantly enlarged construction business with potential to grow considerably and create long-term employment opportunities for people in the community."