All articles by Tom Bill – Page 20
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NewsJarvis cuts 450 jobs as workload falls
Rail specialist acts to 'absorb impact of Network Rail's sudden reduction in workload'
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NewsNorcros in talks with banks
Maker of Triton showers says it is renegotiating banking convenants
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NewsMorgan may merge Redrow with private property group
Returning chairman considers three options for listed housebuilder, including tie-up with Bridgemere
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NewsBouygues UK reveals plan to buy repair firm
Bouygues UK has said it wants to buy a social housing repair and maintenance specialist by the end of the year
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NewsStyles & Wood ponders private equity sale
Fit-out firm is also exploring possible rights issue option as retail downturn hits
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NewsSteve Morgan takes control of Redrow
Company founder will become deputy chairman and chairman designate from 23 March
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NewsWrekin ruby 'found' by administrator
The so-called Gem of Tanzania has been obtained by collapsed firms administrators Ernst & Young
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NewsJarvis shuts freight container service
Closure set to hit company’s bottom line by up to £3m this year
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NewsPidgley's upturn optimism 'only applies to London'
Housebuilders and analysts advise caution over reading too much into words of Berkeley boss
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NewsWates cracks £1bn but warns of tough year ahead
Contractor hits turnover target a year ahead of schedule but says margins will be squeezed in 2009
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NewsUS housing market shows signs of life
Government figures for February show monthly upturn, although levels still well below 2008
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NewsPidgley: Housing market is 'very close to bottom'
Berkeley boss says worst of housing crisis has passed as he braces for 'steady recovery' in 2009
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NewsPersimmon seals refinancing deal
Housebuilder sets up fresh banking covenants and new £322m facility
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FeaturesPaul Hamer: saving White Young Green
After swallowing 18 companies in five years, the consulting engineer was bloated with debt and stranded in rapidly receding markets. Now its new boss, Paul Hamer, has to mount a rescue. Tom Bill asks him how he’ll do it …
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NewsMorgan has no plans to purge Redrow’s board
Founder plans to keep all but one of housebuilder’s directors in place if he seizes power
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News£174m social housing win puts Higgins on top in February
Business barometer Latest figures leave no doubt about the role of public sector in industry’s survival
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NewsWrekin had credit insurance pulled before it collapsed
Sources say a lack of cover helped push the Shropshire contractor under
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NewsRok profit plunges 76%
Profit at contractor falls by three-quarters after turbulent second half of 2008
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NewsWolseley plans £1bn rights issue as profits plunge
Banks make new overdraft deal on its £2.48bn debt-pile conditional on raising cash from investors
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London fit-out market halves – but positive signs emerge
Research finds only 3 million ft2 in pipeline, but banking consolidation is good news for survivors