Contractors Focus – Page 3
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2019 in construction: ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s review of the year - part one
We look back at the highs, lows and other key events of the past 12 months
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2019 in construction: ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s quotes of the year
Debbie White, Daniel Levy and Ray O’Rourke feature in our collection of the year’s best quotes
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Ray O’Rourke: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this before’
Ray O’Rourke outlines his personal wish list for ministers and assesses the industry’s prospects for the year ahead
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards 2019: Contractor of the Year (up to £300m)
Read about the winner and runners up for this year’s Contractor of the Year (up to £300m) award
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Kier: The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?
Comparisons with Carillion and Interserve only hardened when Kier posted a £245m pre-tax loss — but some see a good business that can rebuild
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Was moving into support services to blame for the recent troubles at Carillion, Interserve and Kier?
These major contractors blended their traditional work with support services and all recently got into big financial trouble. Coincidence?
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Shaylor Group: What went wrong?
Jonathan Owen  reports on how the firm became one of an increasing number of companies to crash into insolvency
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Financial results: it's bad for Interserve, but how is construction faring in 2019?
The UK contractors’ financial results are in. We know it’s been a bad year for Interserve, but how have the rest of them done?
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London contractors market update
What impact is the uncertainty around Brexit having on main contractor and MEP contractors’ London workloads?Â
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At a crunch shareholder meeting two hours before Interserve went under, most seats were empty
Only three people asked questions and two of them were the same
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SME Profile: Heritage practice sets sights on ‘John Lewis’ model
Purcell looks to safeguard future of the business with move into employee ownership
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Crossrail delay: what's gone wrong – and why
Already a year behind schedule and with no end in sight, Crossrail is burning £30m a week in cash as it struggles to reach completion – but as yet, no one can say when that might be. Why is the trans-London line causing such pain?
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Interserve: will its latest rescue plan save the struggling contractor?
With its largest shareholder planning to revolt against its latest rescue plan, what hope is there that Interserve will survive?
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Kier debt: how can a new boss restore its fortunes?
In six years, most of it under chief executive Haydn Mursell who found himself pushed out last week, Kier moved from a company with a £95m cash surplus, to one that owed £410m. So what went wrong? And who can haul it back up?
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2018 in construction: ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV's review of the year - part two
So, what did Santa’s last round of offerings bring the industry? It’s not been a stocking full of pleasant surprises
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2018 in construction: ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV's review of the year - part one
So, what did Santa’s last round of offerings bring the industry? It’s not been a stocking full of pleasant surprises
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Top 150 contractors and housebuilders: Split fortunes
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV’s exclusive full Top 150 league has been released
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Follow the leader: who can step in to help transform the sector?
Carillion’s collapse has exposed a crisis at the top of the construction industry – a shortage of influential bosses
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Interserve: Waste not, want not
Interserve’s energy-from-waste crisis has prompted fears of another Carillion-style collapse, as the company takes drastic action to rebalance the books
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Bill Hocking: Dealer's choice
Bill Hocking, boss of Galliford Try’s construction arm, might have felt he’d been dealt a bad hand when he took over the job two years ago, but now that he holds all the cards, he’s moved to reduce the risk the firm takes on