• Staff stunned as engineering consultancy Clarkebond closes

    Staff stunned as engineering consultancy Clarkebond closes
    Engineering consultant Clarkebond (UK) Ltd has ceased trading just three months after being acquired by a rival.
    Clarkebond has been in business for more than 75 years and was acquired by temporary works specialist Independent Design House Group (IDHG) in September.
    But Clarkebond staff were stunned in the week before Christmas when the company suddenly went into liquidation.One said: “The news came as a shock to most of us and has left many reeling.”
    The September deal saw 90 Clarke
  • Vistry issues third profit warning in three months

    Vistry issues third profit warning in three months
    Vistry has issued a third profit warning in three months warning that adjusted profit before tax for the year will be around £250m, some £50m below its previous guidance.
    The partnerships house builder blamed delays to expected year-end transactions and completions for the shortfall.
    In the firm’s year-end trading update, Greg Fitzgerald, executive chairman and chief executive, said that a number of agreements with its partners expected to complete this year had taken longer to

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