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This week’s poll: Do you worry that your firm might go bust?
This week's poll: Do you worry that your firm might go bust?
— Building News (@BuildingNews) October 11, 2018
Richard Dors and James Sinclair’s Dancourt toppled into administration. They tell Will Ing how it all went wrong – and how it feels to go under
Business failures often seem abstract and remote. How does it actually feel to go through the process of winding up your own business?
Dancourt went under in July owing £5.3m
Work has started preparing ground for York Central, a 45-hectare development next to York station that will deliver up to 3,000 homes and 1.4m sq ft of commercial space through a public-private partnership
With hopes of a rapid return to growth dashed, which firms have managed to navigate choppy waters successfully? And do the seas look calmer ahead?
Beneath the headline rankings of the top 150 contracting and housebuilding firms in the sector, there are more complex stories to tell based on turnover, profit and margins. Here Carl Brown unpacks the figures in more detail
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