Finance News – Page 277
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Booming Tesco to focus on overseas expansion
Strong preliminary results from retailer with plans to build 11.5m sq ft of new supermarket space this year
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NewsErinaceous goes into administration
Company is unable to reach agreement with lenders and creditors over possible rescue package
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NewsBarratt puts Wilson Bowden Developments up for sale
Housebuilder expects to make £195m from the sale of the business it bought last April
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NewsKeith Miller adamant family dispute has been resolved
Chief executive optimistic after Bank of Scotland helps buy out rebel Miller Group shareholders
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Contractor Bullock sold for £100m
Bullock has been bought by Lloyds Development Capital for an estimated £100m
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City praises Persimmon’s performance despite credit crunch
Persimmon has fared best among the volume housebuilders over the six months since the credit crunch began, according to a straw poll of six City analysts by Building.
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Small housebuilders squeezed by the credit crunch
The credit crunch hit the results of two small housebuilders this week.
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More woe for SMC as losses mount to £5.2m
Architect SMC fell £5.2m into the red in 2007 after a disastrous first-half of the year that accounted for £4.5m of the loss.
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Edmund Nuttall’s turnover up
Edmund Nuttall has posted a 4% rise in turnover from £572m to £594m for the year ended 31 December 2007.
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NewsIndustry welcomes 0.25% interest rate cut
Industry leaders broadly welcome efforts to revive economy by reducing interest rate from 5.25%
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NewsBank of Scotland takes 40% stake in Tulloch Homes
Deal worth £27.5m comes after Inverness-based housebuilder postponed plans to float
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Wates plans first acquisitions in 110 years
Family-owned contractor aims to hit £2bn turnover by 2012
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NewsInterest rate cut demanded in wake of house price falls
Government to meet mortgage lenders to discuss ways to tackle negative equity problems
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NewsHousing boss salary falls 48% as market slows
Pay of Bovis Homes chief executive Malcolm Harris fell to £513,000 in 2007
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NewsIan Tyler's pay packet close to £1m
The Balfour Beatty chief executive's salary increased 16% last year to £949,248
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NewsCarillion hands chief executive 51% pay rise
John McDonough's salary rose to £1.33m in 2007 after he was awarded a £574,000 bonus
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Kier director buys 5,000 shares
Non-executive director Christopher Geoghegan buys shares in contractor
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Amec buys US mining engineer for £3.1m
Acquisition of Smith Williams Consultants is part of expansion strategy in the earth and environmental business
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NewsDev Secs hit by pre-tax profit slump
“Year the chickens came home to roost” hits Paddington developer