All articles by Dominic White
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City steps up pressure on industry to consolidate
Investors call for fewer, larger companies in the wake of the Beazer–Bryant deal.
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Top 25 contractors in FM by FM turnover
This table was drawn up in recognition of the large number of contractors carrying out infrastructure maintenance and management in the quest for longer-term income streams and better margins.The top of the table is dominated by companies better known as big builders. Amec comes top, with a turnover of £850m, ...
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Top 75 contractors by contracting operating profit
This table is intended to show the profit companies are making from building. Balfour Beatty tops the stakes here with £96m, although its figures are boosted by the fact that all of its activities – including considerable facilities management work for its private finance initiative contracts – are included under ...
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Top 75 contractors by contracting operating margin
This table tells two main stories. First, that the large specialists still make the fattest margins. Steel constructor Severfield-Rowen reported 6.4% and groundwork specialist Keller got a handsome 6.2%. East Anglian contractor Carter also made an impressive 4.4% return, and concrete firm O'Rourke managed 3.6%. Second, it shows that most ...
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Jarvis may appeal critical judgment
Contractor may seek leave to appeal after judge orders it to pay former auditor s costs.
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Small firms will fail, says ex-Longley man
Mike Gurner, the man who sold the Longley name for £1, says smaller regional firms no longer have the financial muscle to take on design-and-build risk.
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Big four to help City do its PFI sums
Carillion hoping to agree common disclosure with Laing, Balfour Beatty and Amec in bid to raise share prices.
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Swan Hill shakes up board as MD leaves
Chief executive John Theakston takes charge of housing and plans to give it higher profile after managing director David Truslove resigns.
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Mason lights fire under Amec
Chief executive expresses dissatisfaction with low margins in construction division, despite 20% rise in group profit.
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Back in boom
Last year, the market was about to fall off a cliff. This year, orders are up, house prices are up, and Wimpey is starting a yuppie housing scheme it mothballed last year. Too good to be true?