Kier Group

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Kier Group has been retained by public sector owned built environment specialist Scape Group as the sole contractor to deliver up to £1.5 billion of construction and maintenance work over the next four years. Scape Group is a local authority owned built environment specialist offering a full suite

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Prof David McClean outside the new Scott Sutherland School building Robert Gordon University (RGU) has completed the second phase of its £120 million Garthdee campus project in Aberdeen, with the new £16m Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment set to welcome its first studen

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Construction output rose by 0.2 per cent between the first and second quarters, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data. Year on year output in the second quarter was estimated to have increased by 2.4 per cent.

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Kier has sold off its fleet and passenger services (FPS) business through a management buy-out funded by Leeds-based private equity investor Endless for £17.9 million in cash. The sale includes the transfer of FPS’ finance lease debt of approximately £32m (as at 30 June 2015).

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Kier has revealed that it is in talks with a potential buyer for its mining operations at Greenburn in Scotland. In a trading update this morning, the group said the move is part of its “ongoing approach to capital discipline” and follows “significant year-on-year organic growth” in its cons

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Kier Group has completed its £265 million acquisition of infrastructure consultant Mouchel. In a statement issued this morning, Kier said “the rationale for the acquisition is compelling” and represents “an excellent opportunity to accelerate Kier's plans for growth in the infrastructure sect

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Grace McFarlane (4 years) and Gregor Boyd (5 years) looking at the plans for the new school campus A £12 million project to bring three East Kilbride establishments together under one roof on a purpose-built campus began in earnest yesterday.

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Kier Group has raised almost £312m from a share rights issue to help fund the acquisition of infrastructure consultant Mouchel. Nearly 92 per cent of the underwritten rights issue shares on offer were taken up raising £311m, with investment banks J.P. Morgan Securities and Numis Securities taking

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A group of young apprentices are to play a key role in a state-of-the-art new school campus development in the Garnock Valley. The new £40 million joint school, community and leisure campus will serve the Garnock Valley’s three main towns - Kilbirnie, Beith and Dalry - and bring together pupils w

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hub South West Scotland has announced the reaching of financial close on the £36 million Garnock Campus Project in Ayrshire. The campus, which will relocate and merge Garnock Academy and Glengarnock Primary school on a greenfield site in Glengarnock, will cater for 1,500 students – 1,200 secondar

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Kier Group has reached agreement to acquire infrastructure builder Mouchel for £265 million following months of negotiations. The contractor said the takeover, which is expected to deliver annual cost savings of £10m, will be financed by a £340m fully underwritten rights issue.

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