Kier sells PFI stake in Scottish hospital
Kier has sold its 50 per cent PFI stake in Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride to Innisfree M&G PPP fund for £13.8 million in cash.
View ArticleKier reservations down 35pc
Kier said today that deterioration in the housing market over the last two months has seen its reservation levels drop 35 per cent compared against the same period last year.
View ArticleKier remains on track due to public sector expenditure
Housebuilder and contractor Kier has reported first quarter trading in line with expectations, saying that although private sector expenditure was slowing in the commercial property market it was...
View ArticleKier profit drops 41 per cent to £26.4m
Kier today reported a 41 per cent drop in pre-tax profit for the last six months of 2008 as the house builder and contractor was hit by £18.7 million of landbank writedowns.
View ArticleKier appoints National Grid man
Kier Group today announced the appointment of Nicholas Paul Winser as a non-executive director with effect from 1 March 2009.
View ArticleConstruction giants accused of blacklisting workers
Information Commissioner’s Office swoops on Midlands private investigator and plans to prosecute
View ArticleKier annual profits on target
Kier Group has said it will deliver annual underlying pre-tax profits in line with expectations - despite challenging housing and property development markets.
View ArticleKier buys Trillium's Kent BSF interests
Kier has bought Telereal Trillium’s investment in Kent’s £1.8 billion Building Schools for the Future contract for £4.2 million.
View ArticleKier pre-tax profit drops 61pc
Profits at Kier dropped 61 per cent in the year ended 30 June 2009 after being hit by writedowns of £49.8 million, the firm revealed today.
View ArticleKier missed the boat to plead leniency in OFT investigation
Kier has today claimed that it was unaware of the Office of Fair Trading’s investigation into contractor price fixing meaning it missed the boat to plead leniency.
View ArticleKier trading in line with expectations
Kier has made a good start to the financial year with first quarter trading in line with its expectations with cash balances at healthy levels, the firm announced today.
View ArticlePaul Sheffield to succeed John Dodds as Kier chief executive
Kier has appointed its head of construction Paul Sheffield to succeed John Dodds as group chief executive.
View ArticleSheffield to swot up for top Kier job
Kier chief executive-in-waiting Paul Sheffield has told Construction News he will spend the next four months immersing himself in parts of the business he is not currently involved in.
View ArticleKier preferred on two education jobs worth £90m
Kier has announced it has been named preferred bidder for two education schemes with a combined value in excess of £90 million.
View ArticleKier profit up 21pc in chief executive John Dodd's last results
Kier today reported a 21 per cent rise in underlying half year pre-tax profit, despite turnover falling 9 per cent, in the last set of results before chief executive John Dodds’ retirement.
View ArticleJohn Dodds to sign off with Kier boasting increased margins
Kier has boosted its half-year profits despite a slip in turnover, aided by increased margins across both its construction and support services divisions.
View ArticleKier and Rok eye £28m retrofit market
Regional giants Kier Group and Rok are taking aim at the emerging £28 billion sector to retrofit the UK’s housing stock.
View ArticleFive confirmed as £750m framework winners
Kier, Morgan Ashurst, Laing O’Rourke, Bovis Lend Lease and Wates have won places on the £750 million North-west Construction Hub framework as revealed by Construction News two weeks ago.
View ArticleKier consortium wins £40m Gloucestershire fire station scheme
A Kier led consortium has been named preferred bidder for Gloucestershire’s £40 million fire station scheme.
View ArticleKier trading in line with expectations as completes £7m waste acquisition
Kier is trading well with a healthy cash balance, the firm said today, as it announced an acquisition in the waste sector valued at up to £7.1 million.
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