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ST. MODWEN | A GENERATION OF REGENERATION | HARD HATS OFF!

Hard hats off!

Steve Burke, Group construction director
and main board member, joined St. Modwen
over 20 years ago. Born and bred in Burton
upon Trent, St. Modwen’s heartland, he even
attended St. Modwen Primary School where
he was captain of the football team until the
age of 11. Clearly destined to work at the
business, over the last 20 years Steve has
really seen it all: from shipping monkeys from
Germany to Stoke-on-Trent, attempting the
Brighton Pier regeneration and transforming
acres of former oil refinery land into thriving
new communities. Here he illuminate s on life
at St. Modwen, this company of real character
where nobody gets bored…
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