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  • Glenigan Index – August 2016

    Brexit uncertainty weighs on project starts Starts in the three months to July were 12% lower than a year ago and 32% down on the previous three months. Residential starts were 10% lower than a year ago and 36% down on the preceding three months. Non-residential project starts were 9% down on a year ago […]

  • Bloor Holdings

      Last updated 25 January 2023 Bloor Holdings Derbyshire-based Bloor Holdings is one of the largest privately owned housebuilders in the UK with its headquarters at Swadlincote in Derbyshire. Formed over 50 years ago, it builds over 3,200 homes annually and is managed through seven regional companies, covering England and Wales.  As well as the […]

  • Hochtief (UK)

    Last updated 15 February 2023 Hochtief (UK) Construction Hochtief (UK) is the UK operation of the German construction and engineering giant, which is among the world’s top 10 contractors. The UK operation works mainly in the civil engineering arena on major structures, employs more than 200 people and turns over around £100 million a year […]

  • Morgan Sindall Group Plc

    Last updated 26th April 2023 Morgan Sindall Group plc London-based Morgan Sindall is one of the largest UK construction and regeneration groups with a turnover of £3.6 billion, around 6,700 employees and divisions covering: construction & infrastructure, property services, partnership housing, fit-out and urban regeneration. The group reported a strong performance for 2022 and a […]

  • Mace Group

    Last updated January 13th 2022 Mace Group Mace Group is a privately-owned international consultancy and construction company operating across the UK and worldwide and providing integrated services across the property lifecycle. Founded in 1990, the group is one of the industry’s success stories of recent years and its latest results show a turnover of £1.9 […]

  • Laing O”Rourke

    Last updated March 5th 2023 Laing O”Rourke plc Laing O’Rourke is the largest privately-owned contractor in the UK with total revenues of around £3 billion. The business began life as a specialist concrete subcontractor, R O”Rourke & Son Ltd in 1978, and through the acquisition of John Laing Construction in 2001, it joined the ranks […]

  • Lagan Specialist Contracting Group

    Last Updated 23rd February 2023 Lagan Specialist Contracting Group  Lagan Specialist Contracting Group is a leading privately-owned Belfast-based contractor with a wide range of contracts across the airport, roads and building sectors. The company has its origins in a business founded in 1962 by Peter Lagan and the company has grown through acquisitions. Today, Lagan […]

  • Kier Group plc

    Last updated 25th February 2023. Kier Group plc One of the leading UK contractors, Kier Group has struggled in recent years as heavy debts taken on to finance earlier acquisitions and weak cash generation have taken their toll. However after a series of asset sales and moves to exit non-core businesses under chief executive Andrew […]

  • Keller Group plc

     Last Updated May 16th 2023 Keller Group plc Keller Group is the world’s largest independent ground engineering contractor and a UK leader in geotechnical solutions. Listed in London, the group is a FTSE 250 company with an annual turnover of over £2 billion and has secured major piling contracts on the High Speed 2 rail […]

  • Murphy Group

      Last updated 14 June 2022 J Murphy & Sons J Murphy & Sons is a significant player in the London infrastructure markets and one of the UK’s largest privately-owned contractors. The firm’s core markets include rail, station upgrades, water & wastewater, power, tunnels, highways & streetworks, building & property development, utility connections on gas, […]

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