All Contractors articles – Page 357
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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
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NewsCITB training levy faces overhaul
Panel including UKCG and FMB members to propose reforms after government confirms body’s future
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NewsMayor will call on construction sector to hire ex-offenders
Mayor of London Boris Johnson is to call upon the construction sector to employ more young ex-offenders.
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CommentContractor results: A turn up for the books
The latest City updates by contractors reveal a surprisingly healthy outlook, says Alastair Stewart. Order books are good shape and margins are rising … among the heavy weights at least