All Finance articles – Page 195
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NewsLow & Bonar posts £8m profit
Product supplier returns round £5.8m loss and reveals £700,000 spend on Abu Dhabi factory
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NewsDTZ slashes losses after restructure
Estate agency reports £3.6m operating profit and cuts losses from £80m to £23m after major restructuring
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NewsCommercial development falls in June
Savills survey of commercial developers shows first downturn in three months after dramatic cut in public sector spending
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NewsHyder reveals positive start to year
Engineering giant says trading from April to July was slightly ahead of expectations
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NewsKier group finance director to step down
Deena Mattar is to be replaced by Balfour Beatty’s Haydn Mursell in November
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Bovis Homes reports 6% rise in house sales
Housebuilder boosts land bank in first six months of year with purchase of land for 4,400 new homes
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NewsCyril Sweett buys biggest QS in Asia
Consultant plans expansion into China with aquisition of Hong Kong-based Widnell
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NewsClient caution takes toll on Cyril Sweett order book
Chief executive points to stage-by-stage commitment to projects as orders fall 20%
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NewsCoinford says view from the ground is better
Company profile Work is picking up for groundworks firm, but profit is an ’ancient word’
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Arup boss: Brace yourself for a tough year and more takeovers
Philip Dilley, the chairman of Arup, has forecast further takeovers and a “tougher” year as consultants are hit by cuts in public sector spending.Dilley, who took over at Arup in April 2009, said the recent spate of takeovers of British consultants by US firms, such as URS’ takeover of Scott ...
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Travis Perkins buys plumbing firm BSS for £558m
Builders merchant Travis Perkins has agreed to buy plumbing and heating firm BSS Group for £558m
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Insolvencies drop 19% in Q2
Construction insolvencies fell 19% in the second quarter of 2010 compared with the previous quarter.The number of insolvencies in the second quarter was 555, down from 686 in the first quarter, according to figures from Pricewaterhouse Coopers.Insolvencies were 24% down on the second quarter of last year.Jonathan Hook, construction and ...
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NewsEngineering group Babcock reports £8.3bn order book
Support services group’s interim statement also shows strong cash generation
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NewsCRH predicts slump in profit for first half
Materials firm to barely break even but confident of second-half upturn
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NewsCarillion expects to benefit from government spending cuts
Contracting group says over-stretched government departments will outsoure more work in effort to cut spending
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NewsLloyds sells 70% of integrated finance business
Coller takes over controversial equity business invested in Apollo Group and Keepmoat
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NewsBalfour Beatty's order book grows to over £14bn
Half-year update reveals contractor will report in line with expectations
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NewsTravis Perkins buys BSS for £558m
Builders’ merchant has agreed to buy plumbing and heating firm BSS Group
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NewsT Clarke's order book rises to £220m
Electrical contractor says trading is in line with expectations but it is winding down operations in Preston
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NewsTravis Perkins results 'above expectations'
Builders merchant plans to pay dividend after sustained trading increase