Finance News – Page 211
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NewsStyles & Wood trading in line with expectations
City forecasts estimate turnover of retail fit-out specialist will be about £140m and pre-tax-profit will be about £280,000
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NewsBarratt: Housing market has shown 'measure of recovery'
Trading update reveals better than forecast debt level of £610m
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NewsBellway shareholders set to approve bonuses
Directors' pay likely to be passed at annual general meeting despite lobby group recommendation to vote no
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NewsMaterials firm SIG puts 2009 profit at £60m
But trading update from European supplier reveals 10% fall in total sales, with sales for UK and Ireland down more than 20%
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NewsGrowth continues at slower pace for commercial developers
December figures show a mixed picture but sector is 'past the worst'
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NewsLaing O'Rourke snaps up Privica
Contractor buys York-based billing specialist for undisclosed sum
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NewsBellway shareholders urged to veto bosses' bonus deal
PIRC lobby group urges shareholders to vote against directors' pay deal at AGM this week
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NewsInterserve to write off £30m after specialist services woe
FM giant says division is now profitable but restructuring costs and lost goodwill have hit hard
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NewsGalliford Try nears target of buying 5,000 housing plots
Firm's housebuilding expansion plan proceeds apace as sales reservations rise 15%
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NewsHammerson set to take on Thornfield's Smithfield Market scheme
Developer in talks to take on raft of other schemes after Thornfield Properties’ parent goes into administration
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NewsNew-build poses 'challenge' for Rok
Trading update says business is adapting to challenges by cutting back on construction of new-build and focusing on maintenance
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NewsWolseley offloads Irish arm
Materials firm sells interests in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to WIBHM for £23.8m
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NewsMarshalls' sales fall 16%
Landscaping products supplier's trading statement shows revenue to the end of 2009 was £312m
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NewsThornfield Properties firm goes into administration
Hammerson brought in to commerical developer's £200m Rock retail scheme in Bury after holiday company collapses
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NewsMears reports record performance in 2009
Social housing repairs firm reveals £1.8bn order book at end of bumper year
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NewsDavis Langdon profit falls 55% in Europe and Gulf
Profit at consultant Davis Langdon fell by half in the Europe and the Middle East region last year as the recession took hold, despite an increase in turnover
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Administrator blames overambition for Lancsville collapse
Lancsville Construction collapsed because of overtrading, its administrator has revealed
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O’Keefe turnover drops 26%
Turnover at civil engineering and groundworks specialist O’Keefe Construction (Greenwich) has dropped 26% from £32.3m to £23.8m as a result of the fall in the office market in the West End and City of London
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Balfour Beatty spends £10m on Strata Construction
Balfour Beatty has bought South Yorkshire-based Strata Construction for £10.3m
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NewsSimons Group boss predicts return to form in 2010
Paul Hodgkinson confident of recovery in retail sector as results show slim margin of 0.2%