Government rescues UK jobs after power plant row
Posted: 24 October 2008The government has stepped in with £98m to save UK jobs after a row developed over the use of foreign labour to build a £600m power station in Nottinghamshire.
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GSH hits 5% profit margin on £200m turnover
Posted: 23 October 2008GSH, the FM specialist, has made a pre-tax profit of £10m on a turnover of £200m.
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Telford Homes lifts pre-tax profit to £18m
Posted: 23 October 2008Telford Homes has announced a lift in pre-tax profit to £18m, comfortably ahead of the 2007 figure of £14m.
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Small firms urge creation of £1bn rescue fund
Posted: 23 October 2008The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called on the government to create a £1bn "survival fund" to help small businesses out in tougher economic times.
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Wrekin Construction buys Toft Johnson
Posted: 23 October 2008Wrekin Construction has bought Toft Johnson, a civils and construction group based in Staffordshire.
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2012 Olympic equestrian event to stay in Greenwich
Posted: 23 October 2008A monthly meeting of Olympic chiefs yesterday was expected to confirm that the London 2012 equestrian events were to remain in Greenwich Park.
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Laing O'Rourke buys precast concrete firm Bison
Posted: 22 October 2008Laing O’Rourke has acquired precast concrete manufacturer Bison, following the firm's entry into administrative receivership on Wednesday.
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Bullivant jobs losses expected to run to 75
Posted: 22 October 2008The number of redundancies at Bullivant is now known: 75 staff face the axe, which represents a tenth of its entire workforce.
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Balfour Beatty poaches Terminal 5 mastermind Wolstenholme from BAA
Posted: 22 October 2008Balfour Beatty has pulled off an audacious coup by recruiting the Heathrow Terminal 5 mastermind Andrew Wolstenholme from BAA.
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£2bn King's Cross scheme rescued
Posted: 22 October 2008Developer Argent has injected more of its own cash into the £2bn regeneration of King’s Cross in central London after funding talks with banks collapsed.
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Silverdell announces new CEO, new finance director to follow
Posted: 22 October 2008Silverdell, the specialist asbestos removal contractor, has announced that Sean Nutley is to become chief executive officer, a post currently held by Danny Spicer.
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Contractors call for extra BSF cash from Treasury
Posted: 21 October 2008Public cash being brought forward from future budgets should be pumped immediately into projects like BSF to get them back on track.
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Belfast house builder Taggart Holdings in administration
Posted: 21 October 2008Northern Ireland-based housebuilder Taggart Holdings has been put into administration by the Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank.
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Mountfield floats on AIM to boost acquisition ambitions
Posted: 21 October 2008Mountfield Group has announced that is it to float on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), the junior section of the London Stock Exchange.
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Job losses imminent at Bovis Lend Lease
Posted: 21 October 2008Bovis Lend Lease is planning a swathe of redundancies as workloads at the construction giant dry up.
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Sandtoft pre-tax profit jump to £2.1m
Posted: 21 October 2008Sandtoft, the maker of roofing tiles, has enjoyed a fourfold climb in pre-tax profit to £2.1m.
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Scott Wilson revenues up over 10% in 2008
Posted: 21 October 2008Scott Wilson Group reports that trading remains in line with expectations, with over 10% growth so far this year.
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Mainland Construction Group in administration
Posted: 20 October 2008More than 150 jobs are at risk at Northamptonshire construction firm Mainland Construction Group after it went into administration.
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£13m Government grant helps Bloor offload 335 unsold homes
Posted: 20 October 2008House builder Bloor has offloaded 335 unsold homes to a housing association, helped by a £13m Government grant.
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Taylor Wimpey seeks mystery traders of £450m Eurobonds
Posted: 20 October 2008The individuals trading in Taylor Wimpey’s Eurobonds may be hampering the house builder’s effort to open up a dialogue with them.
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