All articles by Tom Bill – Page 42
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Terrace Hill's pre-tax profit falls
Property group says profit fell from £25.8m to £18.1m, but it remains confident for the long term
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Morgan Sindall hits £2bn turnover
Aquisition of Amec businesses helped acccount for half of contractor's growth of 41%
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Barratt dismisses claims that it risks breaching bank covenants
Barratt denies media reports that it has debts close to £2bn, which must be reduced to meeting banking obligations
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Bouygues holds talks with second target firm in UK
French company said to be negotiating with a £100m-plus turnover contractor
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Bovis bounds to top – with a little help from the Beeb
Business barometer £351m Salford Media City takes contractor to number one in January
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Jarvis predicts best results since 2003
Confident trading update from rail contractor despite high-profile delays on Network Rail contract over Christmas
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Multiplex UK chief executive quits
Jayne McGivern is to leave contractor after just five months in the job, meanwhile company rebrands as Brookfield after takeover
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Mears digs out £10m contract win with Mole Valley
Housing services business wins five-year deal with Mole Valley Housing Association
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Atkins on track as performance in core sectors remains robust
Only blip for Atkins is poor performance of management consultancy arm which had poor start to 2008
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Mears cleared of massaging performance figures
Allegations made by BBC Radio Five Live centred on Mears' repair service for a Hackney and Islington housing association
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Balfour Beatty snaps up US military business for £180m
Services group buys GMH Communities Trust which specialises in accommodation for the American armed services
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Carillion completes takeover of Alfred McAlpine
Deal sealed this morning following OFT's green light for aquisition on Friday
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Kier sells Hairmyres hospital PFI stake for £13.8m
Contractor says deal will contribute £16m to 2008 profit
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OFT approves Carillion's takover of Alfred McAlpine
Competition authority says £572m deal can go ahead, allowing Alfred McAlpine to officially be part of Carillion on 12 February
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Meet the new ministers: Supernanny and Shriti the shriek
So Fortuna’s ever-whirling wheel has brought two new politicians to look after our industry. At first sight they seem like standard issue New Labour middle managers. Probe a little deeper into their biographies, though, and they’re about as similar as Mary Poppins and Lady Macbeth.
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Miller rebels capitulate after failing to reach 75% goal
Two-month row at construction firm ends with deal to sell shares on family’s internal market
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Vinci wields the axe after £7m Stradform takeover
Numerous departures feared as French contractor closes Bristol office and makes 10 redundant
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Contractors workload to last until 2011 …
The credit crunch will not hit building tender prices for another three years, according to EC Harris.
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T&T halts plans to float on stock exchange
Consultant shelves plans after failing to achieve its £200m target valuation
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Construction growth slows to 16 month low
Growth slows in January but survey says there is still a solid increase in building activity