Carillion preferred for Liverpool FC stand – but contract could be less than Luis Suarez transfer July 2, 2014 Support services and construction firm Carillion has been appointed as the preferred bidder for the expansion of Liverpool Football Club's main stand – for around the price the club hopes to receive from selling disgraced striker Luis Suarez. The project, which is subject to planning consent, is estimated to be worth in the region of [...]
Carillion joint venture selected for Midlands highway contract June 9, 2014 LONDON-LISTED construction services firm Carillion yesterday said its joint venture with Lafarge Tarmac has been named as one of five contractors to work on the £260m roadworks contract in the Midlands. The agreement is worth around £100m to the joint venture over the three-year period and could be extended for an extra year. Carillion and [...]
Babcock and Carillion win Network Rail work May 12, 2014 NETWORK Rail yesterday announced its preferred bidders for lucrative contracts to run its conventional track renewals and improvement work for the next five years. Babcock International won work over three of the seven geographic lots to deliver plain line tracks for Network Rail. The lots are made up of Western, Wales and Wessex; Scotland and [...]
Why one analyst loves construction firm Carillion April 9, 2014 Construction services firm Carillion’s share price has soared over five per cent today, after an upgrade from Cantor Fitzgerald. The research note put a “buy” recommendation on the FTSE 250 firm and increased its target price to 420p from 350p, in part due to a strengthened order book and downsizing of the struggling UK construction [...]
Carillion lands £200m hospital deal March 31, 2014 London-listed support services firm Carillion has been chosen as the preferred bidder for a £200m support services contract by Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust. The trust is one of the largest in the country and includes Queen's Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital. Carillion chief executive, Richard Howson, commented: We look forward to working [...]
Hard Rock Hotel drums up more work for Carillion in Abu Dhabi February 12, 2014 CARILLION has been hired to build a 40-storey Hard Rock Hotel in Abu Dhabi in a contract worth £110m. The FTSE 250 firm, which recently finished work on the Oman Parliament building, will start work on the five star hotel later this month. In the latest sign that construction is recovering in the United Arab [...]