Monthly Archives: March, 2026

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A winding up of Interserve has taken a giant step forward following the resolution of a tax wrangle with Qatari authorities. Liquidators for Interserve plc, which collapsed in 2019, have now received the greenlight from Qatari officials to sell its shares in Al Binaa Contracting Company. Authorisation for their sale had eluded liquidators at EY

Bam claims it is owed nearly €1bn (£870m) by Ireland’s National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, despite running more than 40 months late in delivering a new national children’s hospital in Dublin. It was revealed last week that the €1.9bn (£1.6bn) facility would not be finished by its latest expected completion date of the end of

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One of the country’s largest builders merchants has been fined more than £2m after one of its workers was crushed to death by a 3 tonne pallet of timber. Paul Coulson, 56, was working at Herringswell Sawmills, in Bury St Edmonds, which was operated by Huws Gray Ltd, when the incident happened on 22 May

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Profit at Multiplex halved in 2025 due to a gap between large projects completing and new ones ramping up. In annual results for the year to 31 December 2025, Multiplex Construction Europe posted revenue of £973m, up a quarter from £780m in 2024, while pre-tax profit fell from £19.5m to £9.8m. This pushed pre-tax margin

The Sheffield contractor posted turnover of £71m for 2025, up from £50m the year before, while pre-tax profit swung to £1.24m from a £1.65m loss. Henry Boot sold its contracting arm to its management last year to concentrate on house building and land and property development. HBC issued the update after figures published in Henry