All Finance articles – Page 263
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May Gurney reports robust trading in infrastructure services
Profit forecasts upbeat as public-sector work keeps order book heavy
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NewsFears over Oakdene's future
Housebuilder relies on temporary banking deal after £6.4m interim loss and failure to raise £5m on stock exchange
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NewsBovis Homes appoints non-exec deputy chairman
Alastair Lyons arrives from Admiral Group to take up roles of deputy chairman and senior independent director
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NewsBarratt offers 43% discount on multiple house purchase
Investors buying five or more units offered massive discount by housebuilder feeling the squeeze
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NewsCameron backs government's banking rescue plans
Tory leader drops opposition to finance bill in emergency statement to party conference
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NewsUS decision hits housebuilders' shares
News that US Congress rejected $700bn bail-out plan sent share prices downwards before recovering on the London Stock Exchange
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NewsTreasury bails out Bradford & Bingley to stabilise economy
Nationalisation of mortgage business and sale to Santander will safeguard customers' savings
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NewsContract wins keep Jarvis profit on track
Rail contractor's £20m of new contracts balance out falling freight volumes
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NewsMinerva shares plummet as Dubai group pulls out of takeover talks
Rescue bid from Limitless falls through, causing developer's shares to plunge 40%
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NewsFunding worries threaten Olympic media centre
Doubts over contractor Carillion Igloo's ability to secure funding in present climate
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NewsHousing slump halves turnover at MJ Gleeson
Regeneration specialist reports loss on back of reduced sales and costs of cutting staff
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NewsAbu Dhabi: The fast show
To kick off our increased coverage of the Middle East, Dan Stewart reports from one of the most frenetic – yet sustainable – construction booms on the planet
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NewsIndustry lobbies for tougher regulation of short-selling
Senior figures call for checks on the practice after spectacular falls in housebuilders’ shares
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NewsFlint: We have a plan to help housebuilders through crisis
Housing minister floats land-buying scheme as Labour surveys wreckage of financial system
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NewsDownturn sparks Gulf exodus for UK consultants
Ambitious engineers and QSs join housebuilding specialists in search for Middle Eastern work
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NewsVinci uses Taywood to boost nuclear plans
Vinci plans to use its £74m acquisition of Taylor Woodrow to become a major player in the UK nuclear market, according to John Stanion, the company’s chief executive, writes Tom Bill.
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NewsKier: we’re not bailing out of housebuilding
Kier has dismissed reports that it is planning to abandon the private housebuilding market, writes Tom Bill.
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AIM-listed Qatari steel specialist quadruples turnover
Structural steel specialist Panceltica has quadrupled turnover in the six months to 30 June 2008 and said it will become a billion-pound company in three years.
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Profit at Wolseley plunges 77% despite 7,700 job cuts
The credit crunch has pushed pre-tax profit down 77% at building materials group Wolseley.
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FeaturesRisk mitigation overseas: why a hard hat isn't enough
For contractors active overseas, meeting their duty of care to workers requires a much wider assessment of risk - including natural disasters and insurgent attacks