All Contractors articles – Page 364
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NewsLand Secs to push on with speculative offices
Profit up 14% and so too is the value of the developer’s properties
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NewsMalcolm McAlpine dies, aged 93
President of Sir Robert McAlpine passes away after a brief illness
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NewsOlympic Village contractor faces winding up petitions
Legal action taken by a number of creditors in the Irish High Court
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NewsContractor rapped after cinema collapses onto carriageway
Demolition specialist fined £5,000 for collapse in rush hour
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NewsGalliford Try: 'contracts must be linked to material prices'
Firm negotiates with clients to spread risk of rising material costs over long-term projects
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FeaturesHey, big spender: Richard Pilkington
The UK development market is about to receive some much-needed good news: Oxford Properties is over from Canada with £3.5bn to spend - and that’s just for starters. Meet your new best friend, development director Richard Pilkington
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FeaturesConstruction statistics: Is it really that bad ?
Government statistics suggest construction contracted 5% last quarter, but it’s hard to find anyone who believes that is true. Joey Gardiner argues the reality is actually more positive and presents alternative data to back up his case
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NewsLindner targets £170m of work in UK after Prater acquisition
Now the largest building envelope contractor in the UK, the firm looks to expand further in Britain
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NewsIan Tyler is best value boss again with £1m pay
Balfour Beatty boss steers his firm to £187m in pre-tax profits
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NewsGalliford Try's Olympic blocks delayed
Firm’s construction work on athlete’s village eight weeks late
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NewsHMRC targets construction tax abuses
Extra 100 officers to tackle false self-employment and labour providers who avoid tax
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NewsLindner confirms acquisition of Prater
German giant snaps up one of the UK’s leading specialists
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Sir Robert McAlpine profit slumps by almost a quarter
This was despite the firm landing some significant contract awards
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NewsMears' chairman to have pay reduced after PwC review
The firm was told it needed to be more transparent about senior staff’s pay
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NewsApollo cuts 70% of staff at M&E acquisition
Cancelled projects and centralisation led to job losses at firm bought for £1m in 2010
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FeaturesCanada: 'Where $340bn dreams come true'
What makes Canada possibly the most attractive country in the world for contractors right now? Perhaps it’s something to do with the billions of dollars it has to spend on construction. The trick is breaking into this highly lucrative market
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NewsMorgan Sindall order book edges up
Contractor announces that trading is in line with expectataions although fit out work has fallen
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine's profit falls almost 25%
Contractor’s decline in profit and turnover comes despite some big contract wins