Balfour Beatty, Carillion and a tale of two football projects: It's a funny old game for giant contractors

A review by KPMG in January of that year found a propensity to tender for “very low margin” contracts. In the months that followed, Balfour racked up its sixth and seventh profit warnings within the space of two years. But it was all smiles yesterday for Quinn. The chase for revenue growth has been ...

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