Kier

Kier chief executive Haydn Mursell has told Construction News the company is in talks with PwC about the possibility of completing some Carillion contracts.

Kier’s net debt has risen 31 per cent for the first six months of its financial year but its construction business has “maintained” its margins.

Contractors would be “daft” to take on Carillion’s contracts without securing changes to the terms and conditions, Kier’s boss has said.

Kier has taken on approximately 200 Carillion staff on HS2 and Highways England joint ventures.

Kier topped the contractor table for the second time in three months as the festive slowdown dragged overall wins to their second lowest total of 2017.

Jumping on at the Maritime Museum, my 188 bus takes me into the heart of Greenwich Peninsula.

Kier’s R7 development is just one of a number of live projects under way in the King’s Cross area.