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No quick fix for this property problem

18.11.09
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Watershed for 2012 swimmers as aquatics centre gets new roof

11.11.09
Work on the £300million Olympic aquatics centre - the architectural gem of the 2012 Games - reached a major milestone with the completion of the stingray-shaped roof... more

Repairs at 4-year-old hospital

10.11.09
Flagship hospital built using private funds is being repaired four years after it opened, it has emerged... more

Twelve bid to break National Grid’s hold

23.09.09
Twelve companies have put themselves forward to compete against National Grid in a bid to break its electricity monopoly in England and Wales ... more

Top British builders fined millions for price fixing

22.09.09
Several of Britain’s top building firms were handed fines running into millions of pounds today, after being found guilty of brazen scams to rip off the taxpayer and private developers ... more

Making an ass of the law

22.09.09
The range of construction schemes ripped off demonstrates how builders operate: from the bare-faced cheeky to the downright disgraceful ... more

Lord Sugar conned by dodgy builders in Mayfair deal

22.09.09
NEW: Sir Alan Sugar was ripped off by dodgy builders in a multimillion pound redevelopment of a fashion market in the heart of London... more

Let’s hope Balfour isn’t digging itself into a hole with US buy

21.09.09
Most acquisitions fail — roughly three quarters of them, according to research, do not add value to the acquiring firm nor benefit to its shareholders. Yet there are a few companies that make a mockery of these odds and become successful serial acquirers ... more

Let's hope Balfour isn't digging itself into a hole with US buy

21.09.09
Most acquisitions fail - roughly three quarters of them, according to research, do not add value to the acquiring firm nor benefit to its shareholders... more

Balfour to raise cash for acquisition

17.09.09
Balfour Beatty is on the verge of a major acquisition believed to be in the US which will see it go to shareholders to raise around £350 million via a rights issue... more

Olympic site gangmaster's £300,000 pay 'scam'

07.09.09
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Balfour defies construction gloom

12.08.09
Balfour Beatty today shrugged off fears it would suffer from the next government’s slashing spending as it continued to defy the gloom in the construction industry ... more

Havering's youth take gold in the capital's thrilling 'mini-Olympics'

06.07.09
Havering has been crowned the capital's leading sports borough after winning the London Youth Games at the weekend... more

Work on M25 keeping the wheels turning at Balfour

03.07.09
Balfour Beatty, the construction giant which has just started work on some major disruption of the M25, admitted trading in the past six months had been a case of swings and roundabouts ... more

Children go for gold at London's 'mini-Olympics'

03.07.09
Hundreds of young athletes will compete for the crown of top sports borough this weekend at the finals of the year-long London Youth Games... more

Balfour Beatty gets a boost from public sector

05.03.09
The Government's plan to kick-start the economy by throwing money at construction projects is proving to be a bonanza for Balfour Beatty... more

Second day of chaos on £9bn West Coast railway line

06.01.09
The West Coast Main Line - just reopened with new timetables after a £9 billion rebuild - is in chaos for the second successive day... more

Market report: Tate & Lyle turns sour as sweetener battle hots up

05.01.09
The David and Goliath struggle in the market for artificial sweeteners is leaving a sour taste in the mouth of Tate & Lyle shareholders... more

£400m road project win for Balfour Beatty

23.12.08
The Government's Keynesian response to the financial crisis has seen Britain's biggest road construction group Balfour Beatty get a £400 million Christmas present... more

New nuclear plants create 15,000 jobs

04.12.08
Up to 15,000 jobs were being lined up as two of Britain's major industrial companies were brought in to help the French build Britain's new fleet of nuclear power stations... more

Balfour Beatty hit by £2m fine

06.10.08
Construction: A corruption investigation into Britain’s biggest construction company led to Balfour Beatty paying out £2.25 million for obtaining property by unlawful conduct... more

Shortlisted bidders vie for plum work on Crossrail

22.08.08
Balfour Beatty, Capita Group and Laing O'Rourke have made it on to the shortlist for Europe's biggest construction job, the £15.9billion Crossrail project... more

TfL: Near-miss was our fault

15.08.08
Tube bosses and their contractors have admitted full responsibility for dropping half a ton of concrete in front of a mainline commuter train... more

Balfour is buoyant after its leap of 25%

13.08.08
Construction group brushed off economic slowdown and reported good progress on the building of the 2012 Aquatics Centre... more

Laing O'Rourke shakes off UK gloom with Gulf jewels

15.07.08
Laing O'Rourke says it is seeing off the current slump in the British and European construction industries through contracts to work on some of the most opulent residential developments in the Gulf... more

Progress report on the site

14.07.08
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Rail bosses blame Tube chiefs for bridge collapse

30.05.08
Rail and Tube chiefs have clashed over the bridge which collapsed across the tracks just outside Liverpool Street station... more

Balfour amid airports action

06.05.08
Controversial construction giant Balfour Beatty could be limbering up for a piece of the action should Gatwick and Stansted airports come on to the market... more

OFT probe targets 112 builders in 'bid scam'

17.04.08
112 construction firms accused by OFT of colluding to rip-off taxpayers in £3bn bid-rigging scandal... more

Olympic pools could be heated by solar power

14.03.08
London Olympic chiefs are looking into powering the Games with the help of a solar-powered roof on the aquatics centre... more

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