All Contractors articles – Page 356
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Features
How grim is construction up North?
In the beleaguered North, public sector spending cuts are biting deeper for local contractors already defending their patch from the attentions of the big boys. ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV looks at how bad it is, and asks three contractors how they’re coping
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Balfour eyes new-build social housing after £7m Rok buy
Deal for collapsed firm’s work comes as administrator confirms Mears snapped up key Bristol contracts
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Rok's collapse threatens bid for £130m housing scheme
A £130m housing PFI scheme in Oldham could be derailed following the Rok collapse.
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Mears appoints David Miles as CEO
Current chief executive officer Bob Holt will continue as chairman
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Interserve buys US reseller for $35m
Construction and services giant launches bid to break American market
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Vinci and Sir Robert nab £33m hospital gig
Joint venture will build new wing for the Royal Oldham Hospital
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Kier spends £2.4m on green energy specialist Beco
Acquistition enables contractor to move further into photovoltaic sector
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Mitie's profit jumps 12%
Outsourcing group announces £47m pre-tax profit in half year results
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M25 PFI deal 'not value for money'
Highways agency could have saved £1.1bn by considering alternatives
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Rok job losses hit Scottish workers hardest
Failure to find a buyer means 768 redundancies north of the border
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The breaking of Rok
Commentators who remained unmoved by Rok’s dizzying rise must now be feeling vindicated, says Joey Gardiner. But was the contractor a victim of its own management strategy, or brought down by market jitters?
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Rok remains sold to Balfour subsidiary Mansell
£7m sale will see 235 further redundancies
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Keller hit by zero growth and falling margins
Groundworks specialist issues profit warning after revealing £3m redundancy costs
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Rok boss tells redundant workers to 'Keep on Roking'
Garvis Snook sends parting email to workers of collapsed workers
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Diageo in talks with new contractors after Rok closures
Closure of Scottish division stops work on £86m bottling plant
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Administrators confirm closure of majority of Rok
Nearly 2,000 jobs to go as two of three remaining divisions shut down
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Banks 'very likely' to pull plug on Rok
Remaining jobs set to be lost as administrators struggle over sale
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Rok firms put into administration with loss of 87 jobs
Tulloch Transport and Rok Civils attract no interest from potential buyers of Rok
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CB&I must pay blacklisted worker £20k
Contractor is the first to face action in an employment tribunal after last year’s discovery of a blacklist
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Carillion confirms plan to slash supply chain
Supply base to fall from 25,000 to around 5,000 in drive to save £140m a year by 2013