All Finance articles – Page 273
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St Modwen hit by land slump
Regeneration specialist St Modwen plunged into the red during the first half of this year and announced on Monday it was halting attempts to sell residential land until the market had “stabilised.”
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Tarmac cuts 300 jobs as plants and offices close
Materials firm cites ailing housebuilding market but says some restructuring was already planned
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NewsWolseley slashes 6,000 jobs as credit crunch bites
Materials supplier plans to cut costs in UK as it reveals slump in profits
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NewsSt Modwen halts housing schemes at Longbridge and Stoke
Two housing developments put on hold until housing market improves, following firm's announcement of £20m losses
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BDP buys Dutch architect Khandekar
UK architect acquires 30-strong masterplanning outfit to form BDP Khandekar
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NewsProfit jumps at Laing O'Rourke
Contractor's profit rises 76% thanks to mega-projects and rapid growth overseas
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NewsWork stops on £200m Leeds tower
Developer KW Linfoot says work will resume on the 55-storey Lumiere when market conditions improve
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Taylor Wimpey seeks private equity rescue as sector’s job losses pass 6,000
Housebuilder in plans to sell one-third of company. Net reservations fall below zero. Persimmon, Bovis and Redrow reveal scale of redundancies
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Chase Norton forced to sack 107 after financial troubles
Chase Norton Construction has made 107 of its 123 staff redundant after falling into administration last week.
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NewsKillby & Gayford sharpens act after £15m buyout
SME profile Heritage construction company aims for £88m turnover in 2008
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NewsGlobal construction inflation hits 30%
EC Harris reports strong cost rise in eastern Europe over the past year
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Pidgley defends £31m bonus
Tony Pidgley, Berkeley Group’s chief executive, has defended his decision to award himself a £31m bonus amid one of the housebuilding sector’s worst fortnights in recent years.
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NewsStyles & Wood cuts 45 jobs and restructures board
New boss believes redundancies and bolstered management board will ‘keep business healthy’
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NewsHPF seeks funding for growth after deal collapses
Consultant engineer Hurley Palmer Flatt abandoned a private equity fundraising deal shortly before changes to capital gains tax laws came into force on 6 April.
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‘Another successful year’ for Richardson after Rok buy
Richardson Projects, the north of England social housing contractor, boosted pre-tax profit by 44% last year from £3m to £4.3m.
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Balfour Beatty scores Wembley win
Balfour Beatty has won a £250m deal to build the next phase in Quintain’s regeneration of Wembley.
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KPMG finds Eastern Europe set for transport boom …
Bulgaria, Romania, Iceland and the Baltic States to grow transport market by 7% for five years
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Report: Public sector ‘not the safety net people think it is’
Public sector construction work will not be enough to offset the decline in private sector spend over the next two years, research has revealed.