Kier, along with five other contractors ordered by the Office of Fair Trading to pay millions of pounds for bid-rigging, will find out the fate of its appeal against the fines at 4pm today (Friday). The Competition Appeals Tribunal will hand down its decision to Kier, John Sisk, Bowmer & Kirkland, Thomas Vale, Ballast Nedam and Haymills, which were fined 拢41.7m in total. Kier (led by chief executive Paul Sheffield, pictured) got the largest fine, being ordered to pay 拢17.8m, which it has argued to have reduced.