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Contractors facing the squeeze as costs rise
Construction Products Association trade survey finds fourth consecutive quarter of growth, but firms experiencing rising materials and labour costs
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Civils firms report upturn, but fear skills crunch
Civils firms report rising workloads and orders, but are facing increasing difficulties in finding skilled employees
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Homeowners cancel repair jobs due to lack of trusted builders
Survey finds over 20% of homeowners are shelving or delaying plans for work on their homes because they cannot find trustworthy builders
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T Clarke expects boost from self-employment clampdown
ɫTV services firm says its committment to direct employment could give it edge over rivals after HMRC tax changes
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Briggs & Forrester toasts a treble
Specialist M E contractor wins £16m-worth of work on three projects in the North-west
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Miller bags £120m North-east Pf2 schools
Exclusive: Miller sees off competition from Laing O’Rourke and Sir Robert McAlpine to win North-east batch of private finance schools
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Balfour Beatty probes corruption claims on £500m gas job
Contractor suspends three employees as it investigates allegations of ‘improper conduct’ on National Grid job
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Morgan Sindall's order book rises 9%
Morgan SIndall has enjoyed a steady start to the year, with its order book rising 9% to £2.6bn.
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Balfour Beatty may become acquisition target
Analysts say move to sell off Parsons Brinckerhoff marks end of firm’s global ambitions and could leave Balfour Beatty open to takeovers
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Another 18 months to fix Balfour Beatty’s UK business
Firm’s UK construction chief executive Nick Pollard says review has identified ‘operational and commercial issues’
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Costain order book hits record level
Firm’s order book increased to over £3bn in the first four months of the year
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ISG picks up £70m of office fit-out work
Contractor ISG has won £70m worth of fit-out contracts in the last two months, including job to fit out five floors of Walkie Talkie
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Balfour Beatty 'chucks out global strategy'
Analysts say move to sell consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff shows firm has abandoned its long-term strategy
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Balfour Beatty M&E boss exits after profit warning
Engineering services managing director Phil McGuire follows group chief executive Andrew McNaughton out the door after £30m profit warning
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Hospital job pushes Sir Robert McAlpine to £38m loss
Firm’s contracting arm has to bail out Caribbean subsidiary over problems on £176m job
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Crossrail concrete workers’ conditions ‘unsafe’
Whistleblower claims concrete workers were exposed to unsafe conditions before last month’s fatality
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Balfour Beatty boss resigns amid fresh £30m profit hit
Group chief executive to leave “with immediate effect” after further UK construction losses discovered
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Six firms bag £1.3bn Anglian Water framework
Winning bidders for massive infrastructure framework include Balfour Beatty and Skanska
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Rate of construction recovery slows
Latest construction PMI survey finds recovery continued in April, albeit at a slower rate than over the past six months