Professional Services News

Transport for London (TfL) has announced that the main contract for the upgrade work to Bond Street underground station is now up for grabs.

Local councillors have given the green light to expansion plans for Birmingham airport, making the international airport a closer rival to London's own top-class airports.

The latest breed of managers and executives are more than happy to tackle the recession, it has been reported, countering perceptions that those who have not dealt with a recession before will be unhappy to do so.

Managers looking to gain the competitive edge over the next 12 months should aggressively pursue mergers and acquisitions, it has been suggested.

House builders received further bad news regarding the cost of construction on Friday (November 28th) as three brickmakers announced they may have to increase the price of their bricks in 2009.

Pettifer Construction has found no buyer since administrators have been called in, and so will now be wound down, it has been reported.

Senior managers will need to begin thinking twice about their choice of travel as the double squeeze of high travel costs and shrinking budgets mean that gratuitous flights may be a thing of the past.

Plans for 5,000 new homes on the Kent Thameside Waterfront will be outlined today (November 26th) in the Kent Thameside Forum, it has been reported.

Housebuilder David McLean has been sold to a company run by its former finance director, it has been reported.

Managers and executives who experienced the previous recession in 1992 should be highly valued by business owners as 2009 looks set to bring about another shrinking economy, it has been suggested.