Finance News – Page 241
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NewsSurprise rise in inflation rocks markets
Bank of England may reconsider plan to pump cash into the economy
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NewsHenry Boot posts 59% fall in profit
Strong construction activity contributes to 55% increase in group revenue but property devaluations hit pre-tax profit
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NewsStyles & Wood ponders private equity sale
Fit-out firm is also exploring possible rights issue option as retail downturn hits
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NewsAmec to buy Canadian consultant for £4.8m
Addition to firm's environmental division will be ninth such acquisition since January 2007
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NewsEdinburgh developer behind £300m Caltongate scheme collapses
Mountgrange Capital files for administration, plunging controversial Edinburgh scheme into confusion
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NewsRenew Holdings to cut more jobs
Contractor issues profit warning and plans to cut capacity in specialist building division as outlook 'deteriorates'
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NewsBaqus profit down 23% as margins cut
Turnover rises 8% as consultant cuts margins to win work but next year's orders down
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NewsWrekin ruby 'found' by administrator
The so-called Gem of Tanzania has been obtained by collapsed firms administrators Ernst & Young
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NewsJarvis shuts freight container service
Closure set to hit company’s bottom line by up to £3m this year
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NewsWates cracks £1bn but warns of tough year ahead
Contractor hits turnover target a year ahead of schedule but says margins will be squeezed in 2009
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NewsPidgley's upturn optimism 'only applies to London'
Housebuilders and analysts advise caution over reading too much into words of Berkeley boss
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Miller Group denies HBOS pull-out rumours
Phil Miller, director of Miller Group, has said there is no sign that minority investor HBOS wants to pull out of the company
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Rok boss predicts turnover will drop back below £1bn in 2009
The chief executive of Rok has said turnover will fall back below £1bn in 2009
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Roofing and insulation firm SIG ponders cut-price rights issue
SIG, the roofing and insulation specialist, is considering a heavily discounted rights issue to shore up its balance sheet
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NewsEx-Hammerson man woos UK firms for £1bn Gulf job
The man that Dubai developer Majid Al Futtaim poached from Hammerson is tapping UK expertise to get a £1bn-plus Middle East shopping centre programme off the ground
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NewsT Clarke posts 64% rise in profit
Full-year results strong at Olympic stadium electrical contractor but order book for 2009 down 34%
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NewsJob cuts loom at Adams Kara Taylor
Thirty-eight AKT engineers 'at risk of redundancy' according to parent company White Young Green
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NewsSIG announces £341m share issue as profit falls 73%
Materials supplier will use cash to create 'greater resilience and financial flexibility' in the economic downturn
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NewsPidgley Jr puts housebuilder Cadenza into liquidation
Firm set up by Berkeley founder's son falls victim to Icelandic bank collapse
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NewsQuarter of small firms fear insolvency
Drop in turnover expected by half of small construction firms but worst of sector's job cuts are over, shows survey