All Contractors articles – Page 274
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Lend Lease plans West London mixed-use scheme
Lend Lease plans has acquired the freehold of a 1.3 acre site on Chiswick High Road with plans to develop a residential and retail scheme on the site.
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Galliford Try picks investments boss
Galliford Try has appointed a former Miller manager as the new boss of its investments business
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Revealed: The tastes and habits of Britain's average builder
Study of tradespeople across the country finds average builder earns £26,000, supports Manchester United and is called Paul
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London councils tender £4bn framework
Four-year framework for up to 300 firms goes out to tender
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CRASH: A unique charity
In CRASH, the industry has a ready-made vehicle to enable it to help
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Interserve strikes £250m deal to buy Rentokil's FM arm
News of deal comes as firm posts 68% fall in full-year profit, with group revenue up 8% to £2.6bn
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Wates defends two-year retention payments
Contractor argues that retention policy is more generous than many of its competitors
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CRASH: Sharing what you do best
By supporting the industry charity CRASH you can make a real difference to the lives of homeless people
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Bourne Group weathers storm to achieve growth
Steelwork specialist overcomes tough market and is set to diversify into new sectors
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Problems in Spain drag down Costain's profit
Costain also seeking to raise £75m through a share placing to help finance bids for large scale projects
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Derwent plans record development programme
Developer plans to spend £280m on development projects over the next two years
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May Gurney cost halves Kier profit
Contractor hit with £22m of integration and acquisition costs, which brings down its half-year profit to £6.3m
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Lend Lease hot favourite for £500m London scheme
Exclusive: Lend Lease is in line for £150m main construction job on Great Portland Estates’ Rathbone Place scheme on former Royal Mail site
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Balfour Beatty man takes reins at Chinese project manager
Former Balfour Beatty director Rob Walker becomes chief executive of SIP
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Lend Lease construction arm falls further into the red
Lend Lease’s European construction business reports an operating loss of £9.3m in the last six months of 2013
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Five bidders in race for £485m flood defence contract
Exclusive: Morgan Sindall, Mace and Costain among five bidders shortlisted for massive Thames Estuary flood defence programme
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DGT Structures goes under with 90 jobs axed
Norwich-based £20m-turnover steelwork contractor falls into administration
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In construction, good relationships count
Being ethical and treating your supply chain properly can guard against risks like inflation
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Watch your optimism
It’s tempting to think that doing our little bit to reduce carbon emissions saves us from having to confront the reality of what is happening to our planet - and the discomforting truth that we’re not doing enough to save it