All Contractors articles – Page 341
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NewsGalliford Try to hear OFT fines decision next week
Company among six to find out if penalties will be reduced
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FeaturesUnderbidding: Warning! Highly risky manoeuvre
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and in some cases result in suicidal tendencies. As underbidding spirals further out of control, we look at how widespread the practice has become and what – if anything – can be done about it.
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NewsRenew ceases public sector work in the North
Firm says the public sector in the North is no longer viable and will be pulling out
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NewsBulk of OFT fines likely to be wiped out after appeals
Hope for other firms as fines in first six cases are reduced by up to 94%
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NewsEnterprise cuts back £70m social housing business
Firm looks to exit contracts as news of chief executive Neil Kirkby’s departure emerges
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NewsMears operating profits up by 27% as rivals crash out
Social housing repairs provider says underbidding has led to failures, allowing it to ’pick up the pieces’
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NewsLaing O'Rourke bag £77m Heathrow contract
Laing O’Rourke has won a £77m contract to construct a car park at Heathrow airport
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NewsEaga secures £300m solar project funding
Eaga has secured financing to help fund the installation of solar PV panels on 30,000 homes
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NewsL&Q appoints contractors to £400m framework
Ten contractors on board for housing association’s development programme until 2015
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NewsMiller group sales down 15%
Miller reduced its loss before tax from £72m in 2009, to £58m in 2010
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NewsBuilders broker 1% pay increase
Pay deal negotiated by transport union TGWU and the Federation of Master Builders
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NewsRenew retreat hits 60 jobs at Allenbuild
Allenbuild to close regional office in Wigan as parent company shuts northern business
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NewsMears targets work from failed rivals
Social housing contractor hits out at underbidding as turnover rises 11%
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NewsRenew closes Northern division and abandons public sector work
Renew Holdings will close division in the north of England blaming poor returns and lack of profit in the public sector
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NewsOFT appeal: Kier CEO reacts
Admits that initial OFT finding could have damaged company’s reputation
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NewsOFT bid rigging appeal: Full judgment
Judgment on bid-rigging case was handed down at 4pm this afternoon
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FeaturesWho wants to be in social housing?
Six months on from the collapse of Rok and Connaught, their competitors are scrambling to take their places against a backdrop of cuts and jittery clients. And now the big players are looking to muscle in on the social housing market
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FeaturesFrameworks: Make room for the small fry
The government wants to make frameworks more open to small and medium-sized firms while at the same time making big savings in public sector procurement. Here’s what the construction industry can expect
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NewsSMEs to join up to win places on frameworks
National consortium of SMEs could be in place by the end of the year