The UK's widening north-south divide is laid bare by a host of City updates from building firms whose fortunes increasingly hinge on more buoyant South East markets... more
Housebuilder Galliford Try unveil a clutch of new contracts across the capital as housing associations bid to get to grips with London's affordable housing shortfall... more
Galliford Try flags up annual profits well ahead of City hopes after a buoyant spring selling season, sending the housebuilder's shares rocketing more than 8%... more
London's leading landlord for entrepreneurs has struck a development deal that will bring a new business park and 209 flats to spruce up a rundown area of Wandsworth... more
When the former Midland Grand Hotel officially reopens its doors as the St Pancras Renaissance in May, some of the biggest names in construction will shout about their work on its £150 million transformation... more
Segro chief executive Ian Coull kicks off a succession battle at one of Europe's biggest industrial landlords after announcing that he intends to step down from the position next year... more
Housebuilder Galliford Try said its full-year results were set to come in at the upper end of expectations due to firmer house prices and a strong order book... more
Shares rallied from opening falls after several billion pounds' worth of takeovers were dangled in front of City speculators in order to whet their appetites ... more
Mining giant Rio Tinto rallied from an opening fall to trade 41½p dearer at 2101½p today after 12% shareholder Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) indicated that it will be taking up its entitlement to the group’s £8 billion 21-for-40 rights issue at 1400p... more
Construction: The restoration of the Gothic masterpiece fronting St Pancras rail station should be arriving by the end of next year — three years late... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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