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Savills profit soars 56%
A strong UK residential market and recent acquisitions help push interim pre-tax profit to £31m
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NewsCNP enjoys record results
Independent building surveyor takes on £3m of new work in the first two months of the year.
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NewsLafarge cement costs rise 15%
Energy costs force materials giant to increase price of bulk and packed cements
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NewsBarclays consortium backs out of McCarthy & Stone battle
Permira and Barclays bid vehicle refuses to raise its 1030p per share offer for retirement home specialist, leaving the way clear for Bank of Scotland consortium.
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NewsProfit leaps 33% at WSP
Consultant reports £12.1m pre-tax profit and record order book of £625m in interim results
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NewsConstruction activity at five-month high
Total construction activity climbing from 53.2 in July to 54.5 in August, according to the most recent Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index.
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NewsHammerson profit rockets 55% to £385m
Interim results reveal that developer raised £138m from disposals as it continues with plans to become a REIT
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NewsCLM prepares its Olympic delivery team
Olympic delivery partner appoints 60-strong team to start work on construction programme for 2012 games
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FeaturesAll together now
Penoyre & Prasad’s Holywood Arches primary health centre in Belfast has enough of the boutique hotel about it to cheer visitors and patients alike. But it’s the inspired mix of health and social services that is its real triumph
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FeaturesThe accidental Dubliner
Simon Kaye was a London boy until 2001. Then EC Harris offered him work in the Irish capital. Now, five years on, Mark Leftly finds him running the Ireland office, working on major civils projects and able to find time to enjoy a pint of the black stuff …
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Only 1% of brownfield land re-used in past five years
National Land Use Database shows that housebuilders have failed to make most of derelict sites
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NewsCostain shares slide after shock £21m loss
Poor performance at oil, gas and construction divisions hit bottom line despite rise in revenue
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NewsLaing, Mace and CH2M Hill land the big Olympic prize
CLM consortium wins Olympic delivery partner contractor squeezing out US favourite Bechtel
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NewsABB executive takes over as Amec boss
Samir Brikho has been named as chief executive of Amec, ending Sir Peter Mason’s 10-year reign at the support services giant.
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NewsCountryside puts Accordia up for sale
Countryside Properties, the housebuilder, is to sell the remainder of its award-winning Accordia site in Cambridge after the departure of Kajima, its contractor on the PFI-led housing project
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FeaturesObjective: London
Irish contractors who’ve outgrown their domestic economy are being forced to look for work in international markets. Guess which is top of their list …
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NewsMerseyside police go to war against rogue security firms
Co-ordinated crackdown after campaign of arson and intimidation by ‘protection racket’ gangs
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NewsChiltern rail tunnel collapse dents profit at John Laing
Interim profit drops 11% to £12.3m after collapse closes line for seven weeks
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CLM prepares its Olympic delivery team
CLM, the consortium that won the battle to become the Olympic delivery partner on Wednesday, has appointed a 60-strong team to begin working on the delivery of the construction programme for the 2012 Games.
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FeaturesEIC’s new strategy pays off
SME focus — The M&E contractor that has made a bold leap into the education and leisure sectors