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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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Fit-out profit rise
Retail fit-out group Styles & Wood has posted a 58% rise in pre-tax profit to £11.8m for 2007.
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BSS buys Birchwood
Building supplies firm BSS has bought safety workwear group Birchwood for £18.4m.
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3D turnover jumps
3D Architects has posted a 54% rise in turnover to £8.3m in the year to 30 April 2007.
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Kingspan grows 28%
Insulated panel specialist Kingspan has posted a 28% rise in turnover to £1.4bn in the year to 31 December 2007.
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Hyder’s £7m buy
Hyder Consulting has bought £7m-turnover Australian consultant Crescent PSS for £3.4m.
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CommentShould we vote for Ken again?
It may not have the drama of the race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, but the battle for the hot seat in London’s City Hall is every bit as fierce.
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MJ Gleeson blames bad results on flagging north-west market
MJ Gleeson’s chief executive has blamed his company’s exposure to the flagging north-west England market for its poor results in the second half of 2007.
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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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Healthy profits for EC Harris
A quarter of EC Harris’ profit now comes from outside the UK, the consultant has said.
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MP slates brick and concrete
The brick and cement industry is demanding an urgent meeting with Phil Woolas, the environment minister, after he predicted the death of brick and concrete within 30 years.
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Carillion tightens security after demonstration in Manchester
Carillion has stepped up security around its Manchester office after a demonstration against a detention centre at Manchester airport by an immigrants’ rights group.
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Balfour Beatty restructures M&E management team
Balfour Beatty was yesterday expected to unveil a restructure of its M&E businesses after David Beck, Haden Young’s managing director, recently left his post.
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Deadline for Olympic interiors
The Olympic Delivery Authority and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games will not sign off final interior designs for the 2012 Olympic venues until after the Beijing Olympics this year.
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Building Design Partnership’s Victoria Square, a £160m mixed-use scheme in Belfast city centre, opened this week.
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Blackpool illuminations set to provide shining example
A £200m plan for Blackpool’s annual illuminations to be powered by offshore wind energy is being drawn up by the council.
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Search starts for industry champions
The Federation of Master Builders is to set up a “network of champions” from the construction industry to promote apprenticeships.
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London office of Hills is sold
Southern Electric Contracting has sold the London office of Hills Electrical and Mechanical to Lowe & Oliver for an undisclosed sum.