All Finance articles – Page 233
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Firms fear accounting rule change
Proposed changes to accounting rules may punish contractors that sign up to large projects
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NewsFison rings changes as Osborne makes £334m
David Fison, chief executive of Osborne, has overhauled the company’s structure since taking over as chief executive in January, writes Roxane McMeeken
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Willmott Dixon posts 18% rise in profit but looks to diversify
Willmott Dixon has boosted turnover by 43% from £413.5m to £592.4m in 2008
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Keltbray spreads risk as spending spree climbs to £10m
Groundworks and demolition specialist Keltbray has bought piling company Cain White
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NewsRedrow warns results will be at 'lower end' of analyst estimates
Housebuilder's trading update reveals 14% in average sale price over the year
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NewsBarratt on target for housing completions and margins
Housebuilder's second-half trading update shows sales rising and prices levelling
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NewsGalliford Try figures put Barratt and Redrow in the shade
Trio of trading updates show stabilisation in the housebuilding sector, with two reporting rise in sales
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NewsMiddle East work boosts Carillion's cash flow
Sale of group's IT businesses has also helped reduce debt, says contractor in trading update
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NewsWillmott Dixon's turnover jumps 43%
Contractor warns of government spending cuts in 2010 as it boosts market share outside public sector
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NewsProfit tumbles 83% at CRH
Further cost-cutting planned as Irish materials group suffers slump in orders over past six months
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NewsPersimmon to start work on 50 new housing sites
Housebuilder says conditions in the UK housing market are starting to improve
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NewsConstruction output to fall 16% in 2009
Latest data indicates no improvement until 2012, with retail new building and offices badly hit
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NewsEx-BP boss wants banks forced to invest in green power
Lord Browne tells Times newspaper that lack of credit is blocking achievement of clean energy targets
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NewsRok in 'hall of shame' for changing payment terms
Private business group attacks contractor for changing payment periods from 30 to 60 days
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NewsWhite Young Green lenders defer covenant test
Lenders to consulting engineer White Young Green have agreed to defer a covenant test to the end of July
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NewsKillby & Gayford prospers despite client nerves
Chris Chivers, chief executive of specialist heritage contractor Killby & Gayford, has said procurement officers are “increasingly twitchy” about giving work to medium-sized firms
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NewsCity Watch: Hail and farewell
The City has had a week to digest the news that Berkeley boss Tony Pidgley has moved upstairs to become chairman and judging by the share price most reacted in a pretty sanguine fashion
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NewsGlass makers push up prices 50%
Specialist contractors are up in arms over the decision by UK glass makers to increase their prices by up to 50% within days of one another
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NewsHBOS-backed social housing firm EPS on block for £30m
Bidders circle £80m-turnover contractor as bank continues disposal of construction investments
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Bowmer & Kirkland boss takes 23% pay cut – to £6.7m
The highest paid director at Bowmer & Kirkland, who was formerly the best-paid boss in construction, had his pay cut 23% from £8.6m to £6.7m last year