Construction output drops 0.5% in Q2
Posted: 05 September 2008Construction output fell 0.5% in the second quarter, according to the latest official figures - but the news could get worse.
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EDF and British Energy deal moves closer
Posted: 05 September 2008The government’s new nuclear programme moved a step closer to reality with news this week that EDF and British Energy are close to striking a deal.
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NHS plan to transfer PFI hospitals to charities
Posted: 05 September 2008NHS trusts are planning to keep their private finance initiative hospitals off the balance sheet by handing them over to specially created charities
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Conder Structures to cut 60 jobs
Posted: 05 September 2008Conder, the structural steelwork specialist, is set to make around 60 of its 180 staff redundant as a result of a drop in demand.
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Bullivant enjoys jump in profit to £3.4m
Posted: 05 September 2008Roger Bullivant enjoyed a jump in pre-tax profit last year to £3.4m, well ahead of the previous figure of £2.3m.
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Balfour scoops £46m museum makeover
Posted: 04 September 2008Balfour Beatty has taken a 346.4m deal to revamp the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
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Two new UK wind farms given the green light
Posted: 04 September 2008The go ahead was given today for one of the UK's largest offshore wind farms containing up to 139 turbines.
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Norwest Holst and Sir Robert McAlpine scoop £29m hospital deal
Posted: 04 September 2008Integrated Health Projects, a joint venture between Norwest Holst and Sir Robert McAlpine has scooped a £29m hospital deal in the north-west.
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Atkins says 'our markets remain robust'
Posted: 04 September 2008Atkins has seen improvements, rapid growth and recovery, it has announced to the Stock Exchange.
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Prater enjoys 44% jump in turnover to £67m
Posted: 03 September 2008Prater, the specialist envelope contractor with operations in roofing, cladding and curtain walling,
has enjoyed a 44% jump in turnover to £67m.
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Housebuilders' share gains not down to government housing package
Posted: 03 September 2008There was a jump in housebuilders’ share prices yesterday – but most of the gains were bagged before 9am, so ahead of the government’s announcement that the stamp duty threshold was to rise to £175,000.
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Carillion is No.1 in UK support services
Posted: 03 September 2008Carillion is the biggest player in the UK support services market, reckons the group’s finance director Richard Adams.
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Styles & Wood plans to pay subcontractors less
Posted: 02 September 2008Fit-out specialist Styles & Wood will be looking to pay its subcontractors less as retail clients put a brake on spending plans.
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Lindum profit falls 25% to £4.4m
Posted: 02 September 2008Lindum Group has made a pre-tax profit of £4.4m, its second-best ever.
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Scott Wilson reports 'strong demand'; extends bank facility by £70m
Posted: 02 September 2008Scott Wilson, the consultancy group, reports strong demand, both in the UK and in its international operations.
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Alfred McAlpine acquisition adds £80m a year to Carillion bottom line
Posted: 01 September 2008The Alfred McAlpine acquisition will add £80m to Carillion's bottom line, once integration costs are complete, according to group finance director Richard Adams.
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McCarthy & Stone announces another 200 job losses
Posted: 01 September 2008McCarthy & Stone, the retirement specialist, is laying off another 200 staff.
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Morris & Spottiswood lifts profit margin to 2.7%
Posted: 01 September 2008Morris & Spottiswood, the fit-out specialist contractor, has notched up a pre-tax profit of £3.4m, up from the figure of £2.9m in the previous year.
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Keepmoat lifts pre-tax profit to a record £62m
Posted: 01 September 2008Keepmoat, the social housing specialist, has reported a record pre-tax profit of £62m.
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NG Bailey turnover hits £520m - but profit halves to £8m
Posted: 29 August 2008N G Bailey has broken through the £500m-a-year barrier for the first time, its latest annual turnover having reached a figure of £520m.
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