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Galliford Try鈥檚 purchase of Miller Group鈥檚 拢400m construction business makes it a top 10 UK contractor for the first time, according to 好色先生TV鈥檚 analysis of the Top 150 contractors and housebuilders in this week鈥檚 issue.

The purchase pushes Galliford Try up to eighth in the table of businesses ranked by contracting turnover.

Combining Miller Construction鈥檚 revenues with Galliford Try鈥檚 takes the group to a total turnover of almost 拢2bn, up by a quarter on 2012.

Balfour Beatty and Laing O鈥橰ourke kept their places as the UK鈥檚 largest two contractors.

Overall the tables showed cumulative growth in turnover of 2.5% for the 150 biggest housebuilders and contractors operating in the UK. However, the research demonstrated the strength of the recovery of housebuilders, with turnover among the top 20 housebuilders rising by 14%.

The ongoing housing recovery saw a third housebuilder, Persimmon, make it into the top 10 of housebuilders and contractors, with revenues of 拢2.09bn, up 21.5% on 2012.

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