All articles by Dominic White
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The heavyweight champions
A new superbreed of finance directors is taking over at the largest contractors. They are fighting to turn the industry into a City darling.
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'Skills shortages critical,' says Pidgley
Berkeley chief blames lack of training and tax policy for skills crunch and calls for industry-wide response.
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The new Manchester?
A blizzard of regeneration projects including a £500m retail scheme is set to transform Liverpool s city centre and give it the chance to get one up on its larger northern neighbour.
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Contractors and housebuilders by remuneration of highest paid director
Whereas staffers saw their pay rise 6.2% on average last year, the bosses enjoyed 15.7% increases. Top of the rich list and way ahead of the competition was Bowmer & Kirkland's highest-paid director, who took home £1.6m, including bonus. Housebuilding bosses got some of the biggest rises. Prowting's highest-earning director ...
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Directors mothball Fairview buyout
Management suspends buyout negotiations until the autumn amid fears of a slowdown in sales.
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Personalities will not stop a merger, says Bryant boss
Housebuilder determined to strike a deal in bid to win over the City as South-east market peaks.
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Contractors and housebuilders by employees' average pay
Fit-out and construction management firm Interior Services Group was a lucrative place to work for most employees last year. Earlier this month, it announced pre-tax profit up 91% to £4.2m on a slightly reduced turnover of £370m. The company actually paid its staff less than it did in 1998, but ...
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Top 75 contractors by contracting turnover
In this table, we have ranked firms by the amount of contracting they do. Figures for non-contracting activities, including property, housebuilding and facilities management (which makes up much of the "other" column), are also shown. Just edging into the top spot is Bovis, which handled £2.3bn of contracting – 60% ...
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Top 25 housebuilders by housing operating margins
Last year was a good time to be a housebuilder. And it was the country's two remaining volume housebuilders – Barratt and Wimpey – that dominated in terms of turnover and profit. However, when it comes to margins, they trailed the pack in 16th and 24th place respectively. Smaller rivals, ...
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The top 100
Welcome to Building's largest-ever assessment of the top contractors and housebuilders in the UK. This year, we have made a few key changes to our usual format.
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Top 100 contractors and housebuilders by turnover
UK construction had a boom year in 1999, with the top 100 companies turning over more than £43bn. Total pre-tax profit was almost £2.2bn and the average margin was 4.9%. The top 50 companies – which account for 85% of turnover and pre-tax profit in the top 100 – enjoyed ...
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Bovis reshuffle puts Aussie Taylor at helm
38-year-old Taylor made chief executive, Spanswick to push ahead in Europe and Lampl takes back seat.
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EBC axes 90 staff in lightning shake-up
Incoming chief Garvis Snook announces redundancies at smallest listed contractor in order to realise its “enormous potential to develop”.
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Allen to quit housebuilding
Company tells analysts the need for economies of scale makes the sector unviable for small operators.
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Small housebuilders rush to exit the City
A wave of unloved housebuilders give up on institutional investors and go private.
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Jarvis brushes aside City takeover rumours
Contractor denies it is vulnerable as chief executive insists his management team is the best for the job.
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MEPC may dump Laing after £20m Cardiff row
Developer s decision to sack contractor on Wales office could threaten long-term relationship.
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Crane keen to keep industry role despite Christiani exit
Movement for Innovation chair wants to stay in job after leaving his troubled contracting firm.