All Finance articles – Page 198
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NewsWillmott Dixon goes hybrid to offset public sector cuts
Chief executive prepares for tougher times with plans to increase private development work
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CommentNow every penny counts
The new PM is putting all the skills he learned as a PR to work in preparing us for his deficit reduction measures
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Costain merges two divisions
Costain is to merge its environment and communities divisions to focus on new business in highways, rail, airports, water and waste treatment
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Wernick transforms company into trust for employees
Structural engineer Jane Wernick has turned her eponymous company into a John Lewis-style trust run for the benefit of the employees
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Ex-Barratt man heads up £100m London residential venture
An ex-Barratt boss has been handed £100m to set up a new London housebuilder
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NewsKeller buys Australian marine ground engineering specialist for £21m
Groundworks firm expands down under with acquisition of £31m-turnover Waterfront Services
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NewsBovis Homes launches 90% mortgage with Barclays
Housebuilder’s provision of indemnity to bank enables high loan-to-value mortgage
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NewsCommercial development keeps rising despite slump in public work
Savills index shows public activity down 13% and private up 14%
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NewsHyder axed 500 jobs last year
Engineer reports 8% rise in profit despite last year’s recession in Europe and MIddle East
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NewsBidders circle Scott Wilson
Share price jumps as consultant confirms it has received approaches about takeover
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NewsTravis Perkins predicts more merchant mergers
Geoff Cooper, chief executive of Travis Perkins, has said there could be further consolidation in the building materials sector after his firm said it planned a £553m takeover bid for heating and plumbing specialist BSS, writes David Matthews
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NewsBaqus issues profit warning as public spending ‘disappears’
Listed QS Baqus has issued a profit warning as its public sector contracts dry up in the wake of the election
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CityWATCH world affairs and local fears
Although it had other things on its mind - a rather tense Middle East and Korean peninsular, not to mention the continuing threat of national bankruptcy in southern Europe - the City still had time to welcome the proposed takeover of BSS by Travis Perkins
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Galliford Try wins £300m deal
Galliford Try has been named as the preferred private sector partner on a £300m project to build community facilities in south-east Scotland
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Interserve to design and build £30m Leeds academy
Interserve has won a £30m contract to design and build an academy for Leeds council
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Scottish private housebuilding reaches 29-year low
Private housebuilding in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in almost three decades
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NewsHelical Bar back in the black with £7.9m profit
Property group’s turnover falls but dividend is increased as property values rise
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NewsGovernment housing mandarin revealed to have £175,000 salary
List of high-earning civil servants includes housing and planning chief Richard McCarthy
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Tribal sells Nightingale for £13m
Public sector architect bought by UK subsidiary of Canadian design group IBI