All Finance articles – Page 286
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Capita Symonds well-placed to survive downturn
Capita Symonds is well-placed to ride out the credit crunch owing to its lack of exposure to the commercial market, the group’s managing director says.
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WSP ‘firing on all cylinders’ and confident it will ride out storm
Chris Cole, chief executive of consultant WSP, said its spread of sectors meant it was well-placed to survive the credit crunch.
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NewsRok profit up 42%
Contractor issues results showing pre-tax profit at £31.7m and turnover £950.1m
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Interest rate rises put brake on European house prices
RICS report forecasts UK should withstand the slowdown better than most
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NewsCarillion profit boosted by Mowlem cost savings
Profit rises 23% thanks to a booming support services market and £26m of savings resulting from Mowlem takeover
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NewsBalfour Beatty beats forecasts to top £7bn turnover
Turnover rose 36% in 2007 while profit rose 48% to £201m
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NewsCroudace may sell up
Third generation of family-run housebuilder not interested in taking on the business
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NewsTravis Perkins profit up 20%
Builders merchant group issues strong results with pre-tax profit at £261m
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Heywood Williams warns of tough market
Products distributor is hit by sub-prime crisis in North America as pretax profit falls by 3.2%
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Value of PFI deals drops by a quarter
Report shows deals dropped to £7.3bn in 2007 from £9.6bn the previous year
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NewsKingspan's turnover reaches £1.4bn
Insulated panel specialist results show 28% rise in turnover and 21% increase in pre-tax profit
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CRH boosts profit by 19% to £1.45bn
Materials giant says it is 'well positioned' to deal with current economic uncertainties
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NewsEC Harris says 25% of profit comes from outside UK
Consultant issues results and says pre-tax profit has grown 17% to £33.2m
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Capita Symonds turnover up 8.5%
Consultant’s parent group sees turnover and profit both up by 19%
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NewsGalliford Try seeks 10% cut from housing suppliers
After Taylor Wimpey’s 5% demand, Galliford asks suppliers for help in ‘increasingly difficult market’
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NewsSharewatch — Investors on tenterhooks as housebuilders reveal results
Investors watched from behind their sofas as Persimmon posted its 2007 results on Tuesday. This was the first major indicator of the state of the market in 2008, and there was good and bad news.
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NewsRMJM bullish as it nears Gazprom tower deal
Edinburgh architect RMJM hit the headlines six weeks ago when it squared up to Unesco over the proposed £397m Gazprom tower in St Petersburg.
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Takeovers are being held back by high prices, warns WYG
Consolidation in the consultancy sector is being held back by unrealistic valuations, White Young Green’s chief executive says.