All Finance articles – Page 278
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MBO at McKean Group ends 90 years of family rule
Directors David Noar and Mark Fallon take over Scottish contracting group including Mayfield Construction and Hudson Group for close to £1m
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Persimmon to make 'several hundred' redundant
Spokeswoman at housebuilder estimates that several hundred will leave but says no offices will be closed
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Construction firms should look to Eastern Europe
As growth slows in the West, new opportunities are opening up eastwards where PWC research points to an 'infrastructure gap'
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Styles & Wood chief executive and chairman step down
Resignations follow failed management buyout and profit warning at retail fit-out specialist
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Commercial rents set to fall
RICS survey predicts credit crunch will dampen tenant demand in the commercial sector
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BAA blames £62m loss on maintenance costs
Airport operator posts loss for first quarter after incurring costs over Heathrow's T5 opening
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Jarvis returns to the black
Rail contractor beats City expectations by posting £11.1m pre-tax profit and 12% jump in turnover
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SMC reports “robust” trading
Architect boasts order book fatter than a year ago and continuing improvement in efficiency levels
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Wolseley takes steps to head off takeover bids
Materials firm hires advisers to defend it against potential takeover approaches
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Property giants consider bid for Wilson Bowden Developments
Media reports claim British Land and Land Securities are mulling over bid for Barratt division
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Stradform enjoys financial rewards of life under Vinci
But Cardiff contractor lives with raised expectations after takeover by £24bn French giant
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Persimmon to double social housing to ride out crunch
Housebuilder aims to boost affordable output to 5,000 in medium term despite lower margin
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Mitie order book in good health
ɫTV support services group Mitie has posted a 21% jump in pre-tax profit, from £58.2m to £70.6m, for the year ended 31 March 2008.
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British Land beats forecasts
British Land’s net asset value per share fell 20% to 1,344p in the year to 31 March 2008.
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Balfour Beatty wins Texas toll road job
Joint venture awarded £167m design and build contract in USA
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Credit crunch prompts wave of Wolseley job cuts
European job losses to follow US cuts as part of materials group's restructuring as profit falls 30%
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Taylor Wimpey to close 13 offices
Contractor feels the effects of housing downturn as it prepares to shed 600 jobs
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One in four can ill afford planned pension scheme
A quarter of construction workers likely to opt out of government's new personal-account pension-saving scheme
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Renew profit climbs 21%
Specialist engineering sectors proving resilient as contractor records half year profit of £3.9m
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Construction confidence sinking fast
Accountants report business confidence sliding in all sectors, but predict no recession