All Finance articles – Page 275
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NewsHouse prices 'largest ever quarterly fall'
Nationwide figures estimate largest ever quarterly fall in value in the last three months but show less drop in June than previous months
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NewsConstruction firms in Sunday Times' 100 biggest companies list
Laing O’Rourke, Crest Nicholson and Mott MacDonald among UK’s top 100 biggest private companies
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NewsTaylor Wimpey in £660m landbank write-down
Housebuilder issues City statement announcing planned rights issue after 'significant downturn in the market'
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NewsCarillion order book to hit £20bn
Support services, PPP and construction group reveals highest-ever amount of forward business
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WSP growth on target after road success
Consultant says it is 'monitoring' economic environment but is optimistic about prospects
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NewsBerkeley sales drop 25% in year of two halves
Berkeley records 3% rise in 2007 profit but Tony Pidgley warns of challenging and uncertain times
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Styles & Wood issues warning
Retail fit-out specialist Styles & Wood has issued its second profit warning in a month after suffering what it called “significant project deferrals”.
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Lenders hit new housing hard
UK mortgage lenders are penalising buyers of new-build housing by offering much poorer terms than for second-house houses.
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Sharewatch - Let gloom be unconfined
As Tony Pidgley predicted last week, housebuilding shares have “bumped along at the bottom” over the past seven days. And who would doubt the clairvoyant powers of the Berkeley boss?
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Cotswoldgate facing liquidation
The administrator of Cotswoldgate is poised to put the collapsed housebuilder into liquidation, a move that could pave the way for legal action against its former directors, writes Michael Glackin.
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Erinaceous ‘overpaid’ on Medway contract
Failed property consultant Erinaceous was systematically overpaid for work carried out on a four-year housing maintenance contract in Kent, an investigation into alleged fraud has found.
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Credit crunch claims two more housebuilding firms
Capricorn Homes and Dalesmoor Homes go into administration as future darkens for small companies
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NewsMiddle East funds circle UK housebuilders
More than 10 Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds are running the rule over UK housebuilders, sources have confirmed, writes Tom Bill.
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Bullock’s profits up
Turnover at social housing group Bullock rose 12%, from £117m to £130.6m, in the year ended 30 September 2007.
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NewsCroudace boss reveals inside story of failed sale
Andy Yallop explains how the housebuilder came to turn down an offer from Hyde Housing Association
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Mystery shopper’s takeover bid for WYG is ‘ill-timed’
Financial sources have branded the takeover approach for White Young Green as “ill-timed”.
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Atkins cheers the engineering sector with 24% profit growth
Atkins has posted results for 2008 at the top end of City forecasts, thanks to rapid growth in the Middle East.
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NewsRevealed: credit crunch wrecked £100m Mace sale
Deal between Mace and mystery buyer broke down before capital gains tax deadline
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NewsSMC reports robust trading and restructures debt
Listed architect reports “substantial growth” in Asia, with potential to expand in Middle East