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...For more insights, read FT columnist Stephen Bush’s Inside Politics. As well as the Union, the Westminster government has to worry about the unions....
...Stephen Rawlinson, analyst at Applied Value, estimated that the business could be valued at around £700m....
...Closing quote — essential comment before you go Philip Stephens Never mind tariffs and quotas....
...Other illustrations include comparatively trivial incidents — the 2017 Academy Awards fiasco, when Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty announced the wrong winner for Best Picture — and genuine disasters such...
...Brooks Managing Director, Tatton Properties Warren Bennett Managing Director, James Places & Bowland Brewery Tom Bouchier Managing Director, FANUC UK Dean Banks Regional Managing Director, Balfour Beatty...
...Mr Mursell, previously group finance director at Balfour Beatty, joined Kier as finance director in 2010....
...call for business leaders, including representatives from Amazon, BP, Balfour Beatty, EY, Tesco and Siemens — plus heads of the CBI, British Chambers of Commerce and EEF manufacturers’ body....
...the government’s Brexit deal: After the government’s Brexit deal was defeated in Parliament by an unprecedented 230 votes, chancellor Philip Hammond, business secretary Greg Clark and Brexit secretary Stephen...
...The couple made their on-screen debut in Rules Don’t Apply, a Warren Beatty period piece released this month....
...Kabila — David Pilling In rural India, Modi’s good days may be over — Henny Sender May’s retreat exposes a zombie premiership — Robert Shrimsley Theresa May’s last path to an orderly Brexit — Philip Stephens...
...But Stephen Rawlinson, analyst at Applied Value, said he viewed a rights issue as “extremely unlikely”. “Why would any investor put money into Carillion when the trustees would have first call on it?...
...Stephen Rawlinson, an analyst at Applied Value, said it was a “race against time” for the business but believed it would get through its current difficulties....
...Balfour Beatty has returned to profit after a torrid two years and is poised to take advantage of US president Donald Trump’s pledge to boost infrastructure spending....
...Stephen Rawlinson, analyst at Applied Value, said the contract wins were good news for Carillion but would not solve the company’s financial crisis....
...Carillion’s bigger construction rival, Balfour Beatty, and the outsourcing group, Serco, struggled after running up debt and taking on lossmaking contracts....
...Sandip Mahajan, former group finance director of builder Balfour Beatty, started as chief financial officer in February....
...Mr Cullinan, chairman of PwC’s US board, handed award presenter Warren Beatty the wrong envelope in the best film category....
...Stephen Rawlinson, analyst at Applied Value, said the fact that the company was on track to achieve industry level margins this year demonstrated the “medicine is working”....
...“We believe that Balfour Beatty is through the worst,” said Olivia Peters, analyst at RBC. Stephen Rawlinson, analyst at Whitman Howard, agreed....
...Stephen Pusey, a fellow non-executive, also bought into Arm Holdings for the first time having joined the board a fortnight ago....
...Stephen Rawlinson, analyst at Whitman Howard, said: “We might be tempted to raise forecasts if we were not so cautious.”...
...Stephen Rawlinson, an analyst at Whitman Howard, said that finding a chief executive “is the start of the transformation process,” not the end....
...Stephen Williams, an analyst at Brewin Dolphin, said the profit warning showed Carillion’s failed approach was more of a lucky escape than a missed opportunity....
...“There is no evidence of a Plan B for Balfour Beatty if Parsons cannot be sold for an acceptable figure,” says Stephen Rawlinson, analyst at Whitman Howard....
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