All articles by Tom Bill – Page 18
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NewsBalfour ends April fighting fit after £170m Fife hospital deal
Business barometer Contractor tops monthly table, but overall work is 24% down on last year
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NewsBarratt rules out imminent rights issue
Housebuilder quashes speculation about plans to ask investors for cash in the immediate future
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NewsRedrow dusts off housing sites as market revives
Work to restart on selected sites in response to stabilisation of UK housing sales
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NewsContractor to billionaires says super-rich have slashed spending
Turnover rose 24% last year but Holloway White Allom warns luxury market will be flat in 2009 before picking up in early 2010
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NewsT Clarke makes 'positive' start to 2009
Electrical contractor says construction activity could start on commercial projects by mid 2010
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NewsTaylor Wimpey confirms £511m rights issue
Rights issue follows the successful renegotiation of housebuilder's lending facilities last month
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NewsThe end of William Verry: so what happened?
One of Britain’s oldest contractors went bust last week, but not because of a problem contract, and not because it had an empty order book. The truth was altogether stranger
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NewsLeadbitter looks set for buyout as rivals shun sale
Major contractors express little interest in Oxford firm – with the exception of French giant Bouygues
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NewsLow bids sank Styles & Wood’s equity sale plan
Fit-out contractor opted for debt-for-equity swap and financial transfusion after calling off sale talks
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NewsVerry boss mounted eleventh-hour rescue bid
Craig Jones, the chief executive of Verry Construction, mounted a last-minute bid to rescue the failed contractor
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NewsKier wins £27m roof revamp at King's Cross
Station's 1850s vaulted roof will be repaired and reglazed, partly using photovoltaic glass
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NewsBarratt names new finance chief
David Thomas joins the housebuilder from video retail group Game to take over from Mark Pain
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NewsLeadbitter may seek management buyout from Heijmans
Bosses of Oxford-based contractor could retake control of the business after Dutch parent signals UK pull-out
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NewsStyles & Wood refinances to clear £17m debt
Refinancing gives RBS a 20% stake in the fit-out specialist, which made a pre-tax loss of £900,000 in 2008
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone boss predicts sale or flotation
The chief executive of retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone, has said the company will be floated or bought by private equity in the next few years
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NewsPanceltica faces takeover after Qatar housing debacle
Steel contractor may be taken over by developer and sole client after making £40m loss last year
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NewsBAM Construct: 70% of our work will be public by 2010
Chief executive predicts growth in health and education demand but fears spending fall in 2011
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NewsCarillion boss bags £608,000 bonus
John McDonough takes home total of £1.42m, dwarfing the £1m earned by Balfour chief Ian Tyler
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NewsTaylor Wimpey begins rights issue talks
Housebuilder takes informal soundings from investors about the possibility of raising £350m