Finance News – Page 281
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Wolseley bolts on £33m of acquisitions
Gains should add £45m to plumbing and heating distributor’s turnover
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NewsHyder acquires Holford for £9.2m
Engineering firm expands in the Middle East with purchase of Dubai architect
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WSP ‘firing on all cylinders’ and confident it will ride out storm
Chris Cole, chief executive of consultant WSP, said its spread of sectors meant it was well-placed to survive the credit crunch.
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Capita Symonds well-placed to survive downturn
Capita Symonds is well-placed to ride out the credit crunch owing to its lack of exposure to the commercial market, the group’s managing director says.
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NewsRok profit up 42%
Contractor issues results showing pre-tax profit at £31.7m and turnover £950.1m
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Interest rate rises put brake on European house prices
RICS report forecasts UK should withstand the slowdown better than most
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NewsCarillion profit boosted by Mowlem cost savings
Profit rises 23% thanks to a booming support services market and £26m of savings resulting from Mowlem takeover
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NewsBalfour Beatty beats forecasts to top £7bn turnover
Turnover rose 36% in 2007 while profit rose 48% to £201m
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NewsCroudace may sell up
Third generation of family-run housebuilder not interested in taking on the business
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NewsTravis Perkins profit up 20%
Builders merchant group issues strong results with pre-tax profit at £261m
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Heywood Williams warns of tough market
Products distributor is hit by sub-prime crisis in North America as pretax profit falls by 3.2%
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Value of PFI deals drops by a quarter
Report shows deals dropped to £7.3bn in 2007 from £9.6bn the previous year
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NewsKingspan's turnover reaches £1.4bn
Insulated panel specialist results show 28% rise in turnover and 21% increase in pre-tax profit
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CRH boosts profit by 19% to £1.45bn
Materials giant says it is 'well positioned' to deal with current economic uncertainties
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NewsEC Harris says 25% of profit comes from outside UK
Consultant issues results and says pre-tax profit has grown 17% to £33.2m
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Capita Symonds turnover up 8.5%
Consultant’s parent group sees turnover and profit both up by 19%
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NewsGalliford Try seeks 10% cut from housing suppliers
After Taylor Wimpey’s 5% demand, Galliford asks suppliers for help in ‘increasingly difficult market’
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NewsGalliford Try seeks 10% cut from housing suppliers
After Taylor Wimpey’s 5% demand, Galliford asks suppliers for help in ‘increasingly difficult market’