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Sharp slide in profit at Wolseley with more bad news on the way
Pre-tax profit at Wolseley, the materials producer, fell by a third in the five months to the end of December as a result of the global credit crunch.
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RSK buys Building Service
Environmental consultant RSK Group has bought building envelope and testing specialist Building Sciences.
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Carillion green light
Most of Alfred McAlpine’s shareholders have approved the £572m takeover by Carillion.
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On the move
Turner & Townsend managing director Bruce McAra has said the company’s flotation will take place in February or March despite the recent downturn in the stock market.
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Healthy results
Turnover at Multibuild has increased 16% to £71.2m in the 12 months to 30 September 2007.
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Before the storm
The Council of Mortgage Lenders said 2007 was the strongest ever for gross mortgage lending, reaching about £362bn, an increase of 5% from £345bn in 2006.
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Turn to Europe
McBains Cooper has appointed Campbell Devine as head of European consulting to raise the firm’s profile with a variety of projects in the commercial and hotel sectors.
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NewsLatest figures show suddenness of housing market fall
Housing tracker … but Weston Homes and Bellway made most hay when the sun shone
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in December 2007
Those December figures in full … the slump in the private sector is offset slightly by social housing
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HOK poaches Skanska man
Architect appoints PFI expert James Berry as second-in-command in the UK
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Mitie’s bank job
Mitie has won a £7.5m contract to fit out 70,000ft2 of office space at the Bank of Ireland’s headquarters at Bow Bells House in the City of London.
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Lovell in Norfolk
Affordable housing specialist Lovell is to start work next month on a £4m housing scheme in Norfolk for housing group Circle Anglia.
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Backs Butts
DBK Back has been appointed cost consultant on the £110m regeneration of The Butts area in Coventry.
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York Minster revamp
Turner & Holman has been appointed consultant on the £19m restoration of York minster.
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RLB wins Bristol job
Rider Levett Bucknall has been appointed to project manage the £35m Paragon scheme in Victoria Street, Bristol.
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NewsUp the junction
Delancey and Land Securities have unveiled plans for a major development in Clapham, south London.
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CommentAre we gliding or plummeting?
“In 2008 it is likely that a less buoyant housing market will go hand in hand with slower growth in consumer spending. In the short run, that will slow economic activity, possibly quite sharply.”
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LDA signs up rival designers to masterplan Olympic legacy
Two design groups are to be selected to work up plans for the redevelopment of the Olympic site after the 2012 Games.
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NewsPrince Charles’ old lady
The Prince of Wales opened the newly refurbished Royal Hall in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, on Tuesday.