Contractors Focus – Page 2
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End of the road for red diesel: what construction firms need to know
From today red diesel will no longer be allowed in construction plant and machinery. What does this change mean for the industry?
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Midas is the latest in a long line of regional contractors to feel cash pinch
Devon builder entering administration this week is a reminder of the perils smaller firms face
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Contractors salary survey 2022: A year of salary growth
Explore the key findings from this year’s survey
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ISG’s new boss on different thinking, growth aspirations - and more of the same
Former bricklayer Matt Blowers has taken over from Paul Cossell at the top of the firm
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Top 150 contractors and housebuilders 2021: The league table
See this year’s top 150 Contractors and housebuilders sortable league table
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We need neither feast nor famine but a steady diet of work: an interview with Andy Steele
The new chairman of Build UK reckons construction’s business model is broken. He tells Dave Rogers what he thinks it will take to fix it – starting with greater certainty from government
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As Cleveland Bridge teeters on the brink, it will forever be associated with Wembley
The firm might not be the biggest to go under, but its work on the stadium ensured that its name stayed in the headlines
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‘They’re now taking succession very seriously.’ Laing O’Rourke fires starting gun in race to replace Ray
It’s a question that’s been asked for years and the firm’s founder seems to have come up with an answer
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NMCN faces crucial few weeks as bad news keeps on coming
The recent announcement the firm was yet again revising its losses upwards for last year felt eerily familiar, writes Dave Rogers
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Client profile: Emma-Jane Houghton in charge of the New Hospital Programme
The commercial director leading the government’s 40-hospital construction programme explains what she’s looking for from suppliers
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In Business: Where McAlpine sees its future
Firm plans to re-establish itself in civils and infrastructure work, chief executive Paul Hamer tells ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV
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Results season sees industry impress with fortitude and recovery but dark clouds remain
Construction showed collective resolve to rally and survive a year like no other but headwinds loom
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In pictures: John Laing’s summer trips and sports days
More unseen images made available to public
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Explainer: Scape bosses on changes under the new frameworks
Framework team talks to ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s Jordan Marshall about its two new frameworks worth £13bn
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Coronavirus: The major construction firms shutting their sites
Update 10am: Lendlease’s Google HQ job reopens
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Palace revolt: what construction stands to lose if £4bn parliament revamp gets pulled
Review into planned restoration due this autumn
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The perilous life of the regional contractor
Construction companies are going bust at the rate of about one every 36 hours and regional contractors are under particular strain. Dave Rogers reports on the reasons for their demise – and what others are doing to buck the trend
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2019 in construction: ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s review of the year - part two
Who were the winners and what horror story continued throughout 2019?Â