Scaffolding contractor fined after three men fall six metres
Posted: 15 August 2008Pedley Scaffolding of Willenhall was also told to pay costs of £5,318 by the Stafford Magistrate’s Court after pleading guilty to health and safety offences.
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Rok chief explains decision to cull development arm
Posted: 15 August 2008Rok boss Garvis Snook has explained to CJ his decision to pull out of development, and scale back his new building operation.
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Multibuild takes £9m primary care centre deal in Grimsby
Posted: 14 August 2008Multibuild has registered a £9.3m deal to build a primary care centre in Grimsby on behalf of LSP Developments.
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Verry lands £24m college double
Posted: 14 August 2008William Verry has clinched two education-sector deals in the south-east totalling £24m.
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Birmingham City Council brochure shows skyline from Birmingham, Alabama
Posted: 14 August 2008Birmingham City Council was miles off when it printed leaflets showing its skyline – an entire continent off, in fact.
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Rok recruiting 50-60 new employees a month
Posted: 14 August 2008Rok is bucking the industry trend and is currently adding a further 50-60 employees to its payroll each month.
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Bellway sales down by 1,000 and margins 3% lower
Posted: 14 August 2008Bellway has reported a sharp fall in sales during the financial year to the end of July.
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Scottish timber firm Oregon to axe more staff
Posted: 14 August 2008A Scottish timber firm battling the housing downturn has announced plans to axe staff.
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White Young Green: takeover talks end
Posted: 13 August 2008White Young Green, the consultancy group, has confirmed that talks regarding a possible takeover have evaporated.
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Mitie wins £17.5m Decent Homes job
Posted: 13 August 2008Mitie has bagged a £17.5m four-year Decent Homes contract for Bracknell Forest Homes.
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Durkan wins £70m Clapham housing job
Posted: 13 August 2008Durkan has won a £70m deal to build 229 homes and refurbish a further 537 in south west London for Clapham Homes.
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£5bn Academies deal boost for contractors
Posted: 13 August 2008Partnerships for Schools to announce double-size National Academies framework bid list.
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Balfour Beatty unveils £144m interim pre-tax profit
Posted: 13 August 2008Balfour Beatty has reported a mouth-watering interim pre-tax profit of £144m - a major upturn from the figure in the first half of 2007.
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Steven Gerrard in the doghouse over £350K backyard gym
Posted: 13 August 2008Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard is in the doghouse for building a £350,000 gym in his backyard that is so big it has its own postcode.
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Interserve bags BSF jobs worth £44m
Posted: 13 August 2008Interserve has won a £44m non-education PFI contract to build two leisure centres under the Building Schools for the Future programme.
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Clark Contracts reports further dip in pre-tax profit
Posted: 12 August 2008Clark Contracts has suffered a further fall in pre-tax profit to just £93,000, almost half the figure of £160,000 in the previous year.
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Cost increases threaten infrastructure work
Posted: 12 August 2008A series of large-scale public sector projects including Crossrail, East London Line and Thameslink could hoover up more public money because of rising construction costs.
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Amey wins £100m five-year motorway technology contract
Posted: 12 August 2008Amey has been awarded the Highways Agency’s South East TechMac.
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Days numbered for non-regulated scaffolding firms
Posted: 12 August 2008Days are numbered for non-regulated scaffolding companies, according to industry body the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC).
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Barratt shares jump 24% as Polaris lifts its stake
Posted: 12 August 2008Barratt enjoyed a 24% surge in its share price yesterday – increasing its value by £400m – as a result of a relatively minor punt of just £2m by Polaris, a little-known American fund management group.
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