All articles by Martin Hewes – Page 2

  • Features

    Top 100 contractors and housebuilders by turnover

    2000-07-28T00:00:00Z

    UK construction had a boom year in 1999, with the top 100 companies turning over more than £43bn. Total pre-tax profit was almost £2.2bn and the average margin was 4.9%. The top 50 companies – which account for 85% of turnover and pre-tax profit in the top 100 – enjoyed ...

  • Features

    The Building top 50

    1999-07-23T00:00:00Z

    If you care more about making money than turning it over, you ought to consider a career in housebuilding; if you want to be a contractor, maybe you should consider branching out into the services sector. That's the message in the latest survey of who's earning, selling and making what ...