All Finance articles – Page 286
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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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NewsSharewatch — Investors on tenterhooks as housebuilders reveal results
Investors watched from behind their sofas as Persimmon posted its 2007 results on Tuesday. This was the first major indicator of the state of the market in 2008, and there was good and bad news.
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NewsRMJM bullish as it nears Gazprom tower deal
Edinburgh architect RMJM hit the headlines six weeks ago when it squared up to Unesco over the proposed £397m Gazprom tower in St Petersburg.
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Takeovers are being held back by high prices, warns WYG
Consolidation in the consultancy sector is being held back by unrealistic valuations, White Young Green’s chief executive says.
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Waterman’s foreign affairs push profit up 43%
Waterman Group has posted a 43% rise in pre-tax profit to £3.3m for the six months to 31 December 2007.
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Warings falls £161k into red
Contractor Warings fell into the red in 2007 with a pre-tax loss of £161,000 on the back of £81m turnover.
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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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Profitable Styles&Wood hopes to avoid downturn
Retail fit-out firm records 14th consecutive year of profit to increase profit by 58% to £11.8m
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NewsRedrow predicts gloomy 2008 after 'poor' results
Housebuilder's results are 'less robust' than Persimmon or Barratt says analyst
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NewsBarratt posts upbeat half-year results
Despite difficult trading conditions housebuilder's pre-tax profit is up 10.2% to £194m, but forward sales are down 7%
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International growth gives Serco revenue double-digit boost
UK services company’s 2007 results show profits up 6.7% and turnover 10.3%
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NewsStrong performance at Kier despite housing jitters
Growth in construction division lifts Kier profit 23% despite 6% fall in housing turnover
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Imtech predicts year of growth
M&E group says full year results are in line with expectations with earnings reaching €157m
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NewsWYG profit rises by a third
Acquisition of Adams Kara Taylor helps drive up interim profit at White Young Green to £9m
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NewsPersimmon results 'no worse than feared'
Housebuilder says visitor rates have been rising since start of year but market remains challenging
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Balfour Beatty chairman to retire
Sir David John will be succeeded by non-executive director Steve Marshall, the former chief executive of Railtrack
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NewsWaterman profit soars 43%
UK acquisitions helped contribute to sharp rise in interim profit and 33% growth in turnover to £63.6m