Company News Roundup: 21 October 2014

Last Updated:

17th October 2014

Record profit for Robertson Group as turnover grow

Robertson Group has reported record profit and a 13 per cent rise in turnover, with its construction division posting growth of 21 per cent.

Company page: Robertson Group

Hyder shares suspended ahead of Arcadis acquisition

Shares in Hyder Consulting has been suspended on the London Stock Exchange, ahead of the expected acquisition of the firm by Arcadis.

Company page: Hyder

Balfour Beatty welcomes back graduate as group CEO

Breaking: Balfour Beatty has appointed QinetiQ chief executive Leo Quinn as its group CEO, 35 years after he started his career with the contractor.

Company page: Balfour Beatty

Carillion wins £30m Norfolk wind farm cable deal

Carillion has been awarded the £30m contract to design and build the UK’s longest onshore high voltage connection for an offshore wind farm in Norfolk.

The contractor will design, supply, install and test a twin circuit onshore 132 kV cable for Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm.

It will run for a distance of 47 km from landfall near Weybourne to Necton in Norfolk and connect the subsea cable, which will take the power from the offshore wind turbines, to a new National Grid substation.

Company page: Carillion