All articles by Dominic White – Page 6
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Balfour leads charge to slash PFI debt cost
Analyst estimates that company can save £5m on 30-year private finance initiative project.
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Australian engineer aims to rival Arup
M&E consultant Norman Disney & Young uses London as base to start worldwide expansion
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Experimenting with drugs
Pharmaceuticals projects are ridiculously attractive: rapidly growing, secure, high-margin work immune to the ups and downs of the business cycle. The only catch is that they’re a “bloody nightmare” to get.
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GlaxoWellcome opens its arms to new partners
Pharmaceutical firm to invite 20-25 more contractors to join its “Fusion” procurement initiative on Monday.
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Kier boss rounds on procurement critics
Busby says those attacking prime contracting and the private finance initiative are "frankly, wrong".
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Amey spends £6m to wow Railtrack
Services contractor invests in management technology to improve punctuality record and anticipate failures.
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BG division set to award contracts worth £200m
National network split into 12 zones allowing firms to bid for bigger chunks of work over the next five years.
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Goodall heads for McAlpine showdown
Brunswick Developments boss Andrew Goodall calls for meeting as Alfred McAlpine board rejects 260p-a-share offer.
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Mowlem hints that SBG sale will fund FM growth
Disposal of scaffolding business could raise £105m for facilities management acquisition, say analysts.
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City cool about Bovis’ plans for early float
P&O’s decision to float construction business in October rather than March gets muted response.
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Bovis Homes interim profit jumps 20%
Profit rises to £20.3m but chief Harris attacks interest rate rise.
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Mansell plans international growth
Private company eager to break out of traditional role and form strategic alliances to meet client needs.
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Planning delays hit Beazer results
Top three housebuilder sees profit rise just 3% after problems getting on site.
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Costain makes solid recovery after shake-up
Group back in the black as focus on higher quality UK business starts to pay off.
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McAlpine ponders £265m Goodall offer
Marina developer Andrew Goodall buys 3% stake and tops first offer of £243m for business.
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Ethical foreign policy threatens exports
Billions in overseas contracts could be affected by change in commercial policy of state export insurer.
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House price boom about to bust
Analyst's report foresees "uncomfortable six months" as overpriced market corrects itself, but no worries about an early 1990s-style crash.
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Bovis kicks off new push with biotech buy
Sir Frank Lampl spells out three-pronged strategy for growth after acquisition of £30m-turnover Tanvec.
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Linden to raise £20.1m to bid for brownfields
Housebuilder to issue shares and loan notes to exploit expansion opportunities in Bristol and Gloucester and boost brownfield landbank.
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Southern success boosts Bryant result
But housebuilder’s northern operations see more modest sale price increases as group profit rises to 10-year high of £67.1m.