US construction giant KBR has completed the acquisition of Carillion’s interests in Aspire Defence. Through the Aspire Defence joint venture KBR has supported the Ministry of Defence on Project Allenby Connaught since 2006, under one of the largest infrastructure PFIs. Aspire provides design, construction and base support services to the British Army for living and
Top tips for commuting to work by bike There’s been a revolution in the number of people cycling to work in Britain over the past decade. The benefits of riding into work rather than driving or using public transport are numerous, the most obvious being the cost-saving and health benefits. However, commuting to work also presents questions
10 Job Interview Questions You Should Ask Many job seekers focus so hard on answering interview questions well that they forget something very important: You are there to ask questions, too. Asking the right questions at an interview is important for two reasons: First, when done correctly, the questions you ask confirm your qualifications as a candidate for the
DTZ, a rapidly growing commercial-real-estate-services firm backed by private-equity giant TPG, has cut a deal to buy Cushman & Wakefield Inc. for $2 bi The deal will alter the global commercial-real-estate-services landscape by creating a clear challenger to the two firms that have been dominating the business until now, CBRE Group Inc. and JLL. Numerous
Shares in the troubled private security company Serco rose sharply on Friday after the company hired a respected FTSE 100 boss to lead its turnaround. Rupert Soames has been at the helm of Aggreko, the world’s largest temporary power generation and temperature control services business, since 2003. Soames, a grandson of Winston Churchill, will take
In a statement, Interserve’s board says the combined group will become one of the largest providers of support services in the UK, and that it will be ranked within the top three UK providers in terms of revenue. The statement also extols the benefits to be gained from the group’s increased scale, which it says
