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  • News

    Sharewatch — Barratt rallies after panic attack over banking claims

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Rumours that Barratt would breach its banking covenants did nothing to ease fraying nerves in the City this week.

  • News

    Currie & Brown bounce back

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Currie & Brown has posted a pre-tax profit of £2.3m for the year ended 30 September 2007, after an 11% jump in turnover to £63.3m.

  • News

    Gleeds to establish offices across India

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Gleeds has announced plans to set up offices in India this year.

  • News

    High profit at Low

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Low & Bonar, the contract flooring maker, reported a 39% jump in turnover to £312m and a 52% rise in pre-tax profit to £22.4m for the year to 30 November.

  • News

    Jarvis upbeat

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Jarvis has said it is on track to report its best results since 2003 despite high-profile delays to a Network Rail job over Christmas in Rugby, Warwickshire.

  • News

    Speedy Hire turnover

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Equipment hire firm Speedy Hire has posted a 43% rise in third-quarter turnover.

  • News

    Briggs profit soars

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Pre-tax profit at Briggs & Forrester, the M&E contractor, jumped from £1.6m to £4.1m in the year to 31 October.

  • News

    Atkins confident

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Atkins has said performance in the year to date is in line with expectations despite a poor start to 2008 at its management consultancy business.

  • News

    Revised supermarket ‘impact test’ set to be announced

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Rules to replace the town centre “needs test” on applications for out-of-town supermarkets are set to be announced this month.

  • News

    Berkeley wins award

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    The housing company Berkeley Homes has won the 2008 Sustainable Cities award presented by the City of London for its work to reduce emissions.

  • News

    Council house work

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Birmingham council is set to sign off a £129m programme of investment in refurbishing council homes over the next year.

  • News

    Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in January 2008

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    See files attached.

  • Denise Chevin
    Comment

    How safe are the specialists?

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Another well known family name looks like becoming history this week. In an echo of the famous sale of Laing to O’Rourke in 2002, Hills Electrical was taken over by one of its rivals for the nominal sum of a pound.

  • Comment

    The facts of life

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest the copious articles (8 February, page 62-65) regarding the Office of Government Commerce’s Guide to Best Fair Payment Practice and the follow-on subject of project bank accounts.

  • Comment

    When theres nobody to chase

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham’s boss, a main contractor, was very good at chasing retentions from employers and getting paid (25 January, page 60); the problem comes when the employer goes bust.

  • Will the low emissions zone do anything to solve London’s pollution problem?
    Comment

    Keep on truckin’

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    The US brought in low emissions for trucks about 15 years ago.

  • Comment

    An honest answer

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Reading Amanda Levete’s arguments in support of nuclear power (8 February, pages 30 -31) reminded me of a conference I attended four years ago.

  • Comment

    What London needs

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Further to your article on the establishment of a London board of the Home and Communities Agency (7 February, Building.co.uk), the availability of affordable housing in the capital is one of the city’s most pressing issues.

  • Comment

    In the detail

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

  • News

    Erinaceous at centre of second fraud probe

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Troubled property consultant Erinaceous has become embroiled in a second fraud investigation.