Day: October 13, 2022

In the year to 30 June 2022, Barhale Group posted a pre-tax profit of £3.2m (2021: 1.3m) on turnover broadly steady at £109m (2021: £110m). With operating profit rising from £1.3m to £3.6m, the operating margin improved from 1.2% to 3.3%. There was also a...

Shortly after 6am on 21st October 2021, a passenger train travelling at 123 mph struck a hand trolley that had been left on the track near Challow in Oxfordshire. No one was hurt and the train stayed on the tracks but the trolley was smashed...

Ready to get their kicks on the A66 are National Highways director Sandie Forte-Gill (seated) and (left to right) Richard French (Kier), Simon Ellison (Costain), Phil Clifton (Balfour Beatty) and Darren James (Keltbray)Balfour Beatty, Costain, Keltbray and Kier will work together to widen the remaining...

For the year to 31st March 2022, Laing O’Rourke plc grew group revenue by 19% to £1,807m (2021: £1,522m). Pre-tax profit improved to £16.2m (2021: £4.9m). The group order book stands at £7.0bn as of 31st August 2022, with 97% of financial year 2023 revenue...

The council wants to put another deck on top of Bazalgette's Hammersmith Bridge A decision to lodge a planning application for the double-decker temporary truss solution was among a £5m package of measures agreed by Hammersmith & Fulham’s cabinet this week. Planning will require consultation...

Clancy in actionFor the year to 3rd April 2022, Clancy Group Holdings Ltd grew revenue to grew by 15% to £293m (2021: £255m), to take turnover close to its pre-covid £296m. Pre-tax profit for the year was £10.6m, which was down on the previous year’s...

A Reds10 school building in SwindonReds10 is working across a variety of schemes for the Department for Education (DfE), the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).  For the DfE, Reds10 is delivering two new school buildings under the offsite schools framework....

On 24th June 2020, a 26-year-old groundworker employed by Kent County Surfacing Ltd was working on a new residential development in Ramsgate, Kent when a co-worker used petrol to accelerate a bonfire. The groundworker was unaware of this and after he was instructed to light...