All Finance articles – Page 222
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NewsBarratt warns postal strike could hamper share take-up
Statement to Stock Market urges investors to use alternative couriers to ensure acceptance forms for rights issue are received before the deadline
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NewsAmec pays £5m after Serious Fraud Office investigation
Failure to keep accurate records forces engineering consultant to stump up £4.9m plus costs
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NewsBalfour Beatty sells 97% of rights issue shares
Contractors says remaining shares will be acquired by underwriters if buyers are not found at issue price
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Mid-sized contractors feel the heat as profit and turnover fall
Evidence of the pain felt by mid-sized contractors was apparent this week as three firms posted falls in turnover and profit
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Merger market twitches – but remains in coma
The corporate financiers, bankers and lawyers who put together merger and acquisition deals have had plenty of time to ponder their next move after returning from their summer holidays
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Citywatch: With bells on
“Poor old Heywood Williams,” was the verdict of many in the City after the building products supplier was forced into a pre-pack administration sale on Tuesday after a restructuring deal was scuppered by its largest shareholder Paul Bell
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NewsInterserve boss says worst of Middle East ‘behind us’
Construction services firm says payment times are falling as a string of major projects get into gear
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NewsTelford Homes: mortgage market remains sluggish
Housebuilder's trading statement shows it beat down debt despite tight mortgage finance
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NewsFSA to tighten rules on mortgage lending
City watchdog clamps down on self-certified mortgages to foster age of 'responsible lending'
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NewsLow & Bonar expects better second half results
Materials group says cost-cutting has improved performance although still behind last year's figures
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RBS' property director departs
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s group director of property has left the company for undisclosed reasons, as the bank mulls a wide-ranging review of its property strategy
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NewsCitywatch: Pessimism postponed
Bellway boss John Watson is a glass-half-empty kind of guy and was in “muted recovery” mode at the housebuilder’s full-year results this week
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Keller buys Singaporean firm
Keller Group, the gound engineering specialist, has bought Singaporean foundation contractor Resource Holdings for £30.6m
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NewsEnviros: Failed bidders revealed
Failed bidders for Carillion's environmental consultancy arm include social housing firm Connaught
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NewsConstruction Bill amendment frees up PFI lending
Last-minute amendment as bill passed by Commons will reduce investment risk for PFI consortiums
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Aecom’s five-year plan
Aecom plans to double the size of its UK and Ireland operation – the firm formerly known as Faber Maunsell – within five years, according to Bill Hanway, the company’s new UK chief executive
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Kier bounces back from OFT verdict with £665m of work
Business barometer Fined contractor still manages to win three times more than second place BAM
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Speedy sales down 30%
Speedy Hire has said its first-half turnover is likely to be 29% down on last year’s figure of £256m despite increased stability in recent months
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News£20m pension black hole at Construction Confederation
Former senior officers, including James Wates and Malcolm McAlpine, could be pursued for cash