All articles by Gordon Jon Thompson – Page 5
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Buyout at Holloway White Allom
The management team at Laing's last remaining contracting business has launched a bid to buy it.
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Ward Homes' profit jumps 66%
Ward Homes' pre-tax profit has jumped 66% since the company was taken private 18 months ago.
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NewsTaywood: Napier is right choice
Taylor Woodrow this week defended the appointment of brewing boss Iain Napier as its chief executive.
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Prowting bosses given five years to raise share price
Housebuilder's family owner may sell part of holding to stimulate moribund share performance.
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Tutte signs up with Redrow
Former Wilson Connolly chief executive John Tutte has joined Redrow as a regional chairman.
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Cream of the Continent
The biggest construction companies in Europe have shifted positions slightly since last year’s league table, but the names remain the same. So why do Vinci, Bouygues and Hochtief always appear at the top of the pile – and streets ahead of UK firms?
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Building growth to level off, say industry reports
But forecasters believe government spending will shield construction from worst of global slowdown.
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Jarvis clinches deal for pioneering health unit
Jarvis was this week appointed preferred bidder on the first of a new style of health PFI schemes.
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Materials firms may be hit by US recession, City warns
City predicts major suppliers with Stateside businesses will be affected by weakening US housing market.
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Birse back in profit despite fall in enquiries
Enquiries drop 50% due to economic uncertainty, but contractor remains confident after posting £1.2m profit.
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Redrow to lose Tay bosses after £30m takeover
Housebuilder's chief executive and chairman will leave in January, after the takeover deal is signed.
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PFI value for money, says spending watchdog
A National Audit Office report published this week says more than 80% of public bodies believe that they are getting value for money from their PFI deals.
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Firms in secret talks with DTLR over rail shake-up
Contractors are appealing to the government for less interference and greater clarity in post-Railtrack regime.
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Redrow set to make £30m offer for Tay Homes
Housebuilder enters talks with Redrow after Country & Metropolitan fails to pull off takeover.
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Profit doubles to £17.7m as Jarvis turns corner
Support services firm wins City approval with focus on long-term transport contracts and PFI.
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The big freeze
Winter is coming for the UK construction industry, and Building's latest national survey reveals that only regions with a large amount of public sector work can hope to avoid the worst of the blizzards.
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McCarthy & Stone battens down the hatches
Retirement housing group halts new projects and freezes recruitment, despite 13% profit increase.
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Laing's long goodbye to building is almost over
Former contractor announces that it is in talks to sell its last contracting subsidiary, Holloway White Allom.
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Morgan Sindall shakes up regions to boost margins
Four directors' futures under discussion as contractor brings regional businesses under a single brand.