All articles by Mark Leftly – Page 9

  • Pilkington: Will lead lobby group
    News

    CBI to set up PFI lobby group for members

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    The CBI is setting up a PFI lobby group, to be headed by John Pilkington of support services group Amey

  • Richard Bowker
    Features

    The big question

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Mark Leftly meets the man in charge of the government's £40bn ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Schools for the Future programme - Richard Bowker ...

  • Freeborn: Failed to save his firm
    News

    Curzon owed bank £11m before financial collapse

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø investigation reveals that fit-out group went into receivership last month owing subcontractors £3m

  • Mark Leftly
    News

    Paaat, Pat... I love you Pat

    2006-04-07T14:39:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's blogger enjoyed the bit of the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Awards he remembered because he met two of his biggest sporting heroes - Pat Jennings and John Motson.

  • News

    Laing and Serco tipped to be PFI pioneers

    2006-03-31T00:00:00Z

    The Treasury is looking to infrastructure groups Laing and Serco to pioneer "project delivery organisations", a PFI concept that would transfer some of the public sector's management responsibility to private firms.

  • Geoffrey Goddard
    News

    Lengard aims to break into M&E market

    2006-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Refurbishment contractor Lengard set up an M&E firm this week, headed by two former employees of failed subcontractor ECG.

  • Mark Leftly
    News

    Is David Cameron your cup of Earl Grey?

    2006-03-29T11:42:00Z

    The Tories have enjoyed something of a renaissance since smooth-talking David Cameron took the helm. But where do you stand? Cast your vote in Mark Leflty's online polling booth and win a £50 drinks voucher.

  • News

    Curzon receiver makes 86 employees redundant

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Ernst & Young sheds staff at fit-out firm while negotiating buyout deal with management of furniture subsidiary

  • News

    Boxall Sayer reports 19% pre-tax profit hike

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Boxall Sayer, the quantity surveyor, has reported healthy results with a 19% rise in pre-tax profit, a 21% increase in turnover and an order book that has doubled in value to £2bn.

  • News

    Project team revealed for £100m ex-Home Office HQ

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Aukett Fitzroy Robinson and Bucknall Austin behind the redevelopment of Sir Basil Spence's Queen Anne's Gate

  • Mark Leftly
    News

    The closing door

    2006-03-08T13:35:00Z

    The paranoia over security in America didn't just spoil our blogger's daytrip to the Statue of Liberty, it is also making life difficult for international firms trying to enter the growing PPP market.

  • News

    Spanish firm eyes Plymouth PFI

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Spanish construction giant FCC is set to follow Ferrovial into the UK market with a bid for a £200m PFI hospital scheme in Plymouth.

  • Devon Buchanon
    Features

    This is Devon Buchanon

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Over the course of his life he has dated Jamie Lee Curtis, partied with Mick Jagger, managed the UK's first all-black dance group, been personal assistant to Grace Jones, acted as a stand-in for Burt Reynolds, and provided the teeth for a Colgate advert.

  • News

    Jarvis' fortunes set to turn as FM contracts sale begins

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Interested parties to receive documents detailing the work up for grabs, including Wirral and Liverpool schools

  • Bowker: Intent on streamlining Partnership for Schools
    News

    Partnerships for Schools loses two key directors

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Agency in charge of ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Schools for the Future is overhauled as Blair faces critics over education proposals

  • News

    London Eye architect sheds light on plan for Thames

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Marks Barfield seeks sponsors for Olympic project to illuminate the banks of the river in central London

  • The London Eye lit up
    Features

    Lovers in the air

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Inspired by Valentine's Day and the promise of free champagne, the latest in our series of Projects Reunited is less about reuniting old friends than celebrating those special unions that have stood the test of time. We took four happy couples that met through the construction industry for a trip ...

  • Mark Leltly
    News

    George's big bother in Tower Hamlets

    2006-01-30T15:55:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's first blogger looks at local fallout from George Galloway's antics in Celebrity Big Brother.

  • News

    Amec development boss tipped to run spin-off firm

    2006-01-13T00:00:00Z

    John Early, chairman of Amec’s development arm, set to lead UK infrastructure business after company splits

  • Features

    Whatever happened to …2005

    2005-12-16T00:00:00Z

    A year can be a long time in construction. From the devastation of the South-east Asian tsumani to the jubilation of the Olympic win, by way of the mindbending confusion of the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Regulations, Mark Leftly charts the history of the good, bad and the straightforwardly weird