Balfour Beatty plc
Balfour Beatty: 2005 results
Construction company Balfour Beatty reported pre-tax profits of £141m for the year to December 2005, compared to £120m the previous year. The company’s US business, the only real underperformer in the recent past, has made a welcome return to profit.
The company operates on a global scale and earnings are not overly dependent on a single […]
Balfour Beatty: trading statement
Balfour Beatty is set to report another year of steady growth, according to the latest trading update released by the company. The company’s order book grew by 13% to around £7.7bn, with a further £1.2bn more work at preferred bidder stage, including, the £520m Birmingham Hospital PFI project. Operating cash flow is said to have […]
Balfour Beatty : H1 Results
Balfour Beatty reported that pre-tax profits (before exceptional items) from continuing operations rose by 18% in the half year to July 2005. Profit before tax from continuing operations before exceptional items was £52m compared to £44m the previous year. Post exceptional items, the company reported a profit of £67m for the half year (H1 2004:£49m).
An […]
Balfour Beatty : Contracts
Balfour Beatty has been winning a steady stream of contracts this year, with a total of eight being awarded since January 2005.
Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty, the UK’s second largest construction company, reported moderate results for the year to Decmeber 2004. Operating profits rose by 7.4% (before exceptional items) to £173m. Sales were helped by government contracts for schools, hospitals, roads and railways. Exceptional profits of £135 boosted pre-tax profits to £292m - a growth of 116%. The […]
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