All Finance articles – Page 301
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NewsBalfour Beatty continues acquisition drive with Cowlin
Contractor expands presence in South-west with purchase of £52m Bristol-based company
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Rok splashes out £4.8m on North Yorkshire contractor
Construction group Rok has expanded its Yorkshire operations by buying a local contractor for £4.8m.
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NewsWSP shares bounce after 33% profit hike
Shares in consultant engineer WSP had risen almost 7% by Tuesday after its latest results revealed that it had surpassed growth expectations.
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Connaught’s £4.3m spree
Social housing specialist Connaught has bought two firms for a total of £4.3m.
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins £200m of work in Far East
Projects will take place in Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau and China over the next five years
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NewsBouygues wins £250m Waltham Forest schools programme
Partnership on Building Schools for the Future programme will be led by Bouygues UK
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NewsAmec raises 2007 profit forecast by £5m
Support services group inreases interim pre-tax profit 127% to £48m
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NewsLand Securities announces business review
Largest UK developer will consider company break up during strategic review
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NewsHousing Corporation launches £8bn investment programme
Criteria announced for “largest ever” government fund initiative for affordable home providers
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NewsCarillion profit jumps 28% after Mowlem integration
Shares rise 3.7% as Carillion announces underlying half-year profit of £34.3m
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NewsWSP profit ahead of forecast
Increase in geographical spread through acqusitions helps half year profit increase 33% to £15.7m
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NewsKingspan announces record pre-tax profit
Interim results increase 30% to £613.6m as insulated panel division grows strongly
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NewsRok acquires S. Harrison Construction for £4.8m
Purchase of 55-year-old builder will enable Rok to expand into Yorkshire
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Kingspans purchase
Kingspan has bought a Bangor solar heating manufacturer out of administration for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsFormer Westbury staff plot rapid expansion at new firm
Lioncourt launches five-year programme to become one of UK’s largest private housebuilders
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Barratt tops spenders list for second quarter
Barratt’s £2.2bn takeover of Wilson Bowden took it to the top of the acquisitions league for the second quarter of 2007, in a table dominated housebuilders.
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Six directors resign as £8bn Hanson sale is completed
Hanson ceased trading on the London stock exchange at the end of last week, as German materials firm HeidelbergCement completed its £8bn acquisition.
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NewsHenry Boot profit jumps 62%
Increase in value of investment properties accounted for over half of the £22m interim profit
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Heywood Williams acquires Avenco group for £15.6m
Building supplies company buys out one of its main competitors, consolidating its leading position in Ireland
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Merged QS to float on AIM
Three UK quantity surveyors to form Baqus and embark on aggressive acquisition strategy