so ..... basically they're bust - - - continued

[Giles]

My money would be the railhead is what's killed the tippers, finance company likely isn't willing to fund the entire outfit but the railhead is seen as a reasonably good bet.

I'd also say he is the face for some money I would find unsavoury but thats speculation..... It's surprising how many fingers are in how many pies to the level that some of the wealthy construction mougles must be so inbred there hands have multiples of 20 fingers.

The race for the bottom is always going to be won by the man spending someone else's money.

FYI the answer is hugely punitive taxation of personal assets/savings over a certain amount (we are talking millions) and similar for companies on there annual profits dictated by number of employees..... I.e a one man band shouldn't be talked on anything under £250,000 per year, but a firm doing turnover of 5 million with 10 employees gets nailed.

Likewise asset guard land and estate holdings like other countries do..... If your not a citizen and don't pay tax you can't buy land.

We should also gun down the Tsar come October.....

Majority of London is either owned by 1 man the Duke of Lancashire is it or foreigners. We welcomed the Russians and Arabs in to buy up our property and drive prices up. Not a great situation to be in. Think it’s a Belgium or Flemish guy own a 1/3 of the highlands in Scotland is it?

 

[JD450A]

Majority of London is either owned by 1 man the Duke of Lancashire is it or foreigners. We welcomed the Russians and Arabs in to buy up our property and drive prices up. Not a great situation to be in. Think it’s a Belgium or Flemish guy own a 1/3 of the highlands in Scotland is it?

Yep, just take it back

 

[V8Druid]

Potential £50m cost of cladding claims helped send insulation specialist under, administrator says

More than 20 parties had been in contact with Sto Ltd about helping foot bill for repairs

www.building.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

not great news here then - but probably one of those 'too big to allow to fail' jobs

Profit slips at Balfour Beatty as firm faces £83m building safety bill

Firm also books £52m charge on US road job

www.building.co.uk

 

[Stroppymonkey]

Majority of London is either owned by 1 man the Duke of Lancashire is it or foreigners. We welcomed the Russians and Arabs in to buy up our property and drive prices up. Not a great situation to be in. Think it’s a Belgium or Flemish guy own a 1/3 of the highlands in Scotland is it?

 

[Vinpetrol]

Majority of London is either owned by 1 man the Duke of Lancashire is it or foreigners. We welcomed the Russians and Arabs in to buy up our property and drive prices up. Not a great situation to be in. Think it’s a Belgium or Flemish guy own a 1/3 of the highlands in Scotland is it?

I think he’s Dutch

 

[craig]

Majority of London is either owned by 1 man the Duke of Lancashire is it or foreigners.

The Duke of Westminster (Grosvenor Estate Chester) owns a big chunk of central London

 

[Lancs Lad]

The Duke of Westminster (Grosvenor Estate Chester) owns a big chunk of central London

So is loads of the forest of bowland ...and it's mint and well kept. Never has wildfires etc.

Where as... the United utilities and other public access areas look a tip and are left "wild" or in other words unkept and always end having burns.

 

[Giles]

So is loads of the forest of bowland ...and it's mint and well kept. Never has wildfires etc.

Where as... the United utilities and other public access areas look a tip and are left "wild" or in other words unkept and always end having burns.

Burns are part of nature though? The rejuvenating properties of them are well noted, where as human manicured woodland etc is a garden basically

 

[Lancs Lad]

Burns are part of nature though? The rejuvenating properties of them are well noted, where as human manicured woodland etc is a garden basically

As in unintended/arson burns as so much fuel as it's not managed and takes up a lot of F&R resource.
The estates do have planned burns etc

 

[Smiffy]

Burns are part of nature though? The rejuvenating properties of them are well noted, where as human manicured woodland etc is a garden basically

It's a bit more complicated than that in this country due to how long we have managed woodland. Essential we have managed woodland in this country for so long that that the native flora/ fauna and wildlife have adapted to thrive in a traditionally managed woodland. Therefore just stopping management over a short period like we have done, doesn't allow everything to adapt back to how it was before. Oliver rackam has some very interesting books about how to manage woodland to promote biodiversity.

 

[LKSF]

Property firm fined £100k for chopping down tree collapses

Carmarthenshire-based Enzo's Homes has been put into liquidation. It was building homes in Swansea when it was found to have chopped down the giant redwood

www.walesonline.co.uk

 

[LKSF]

Burns are part of nature though? The rejuvenating properties of them are well noted, where as human manicured woodland etc is a garden basically

I think all fires are caused by mankind one way or another, but here in the UK forests don't burn, moors do. That's because the former are always wet, but the latter is often dry.

Controlled burns of moorland are known as 'cool burns' and are done very carefully. They need the right conditions which include dry top growth and a certain amount of wind blowing in the right direction. They set fire to the grass and heather and it flashes across an area very quickly before being stopped.
This means it kills off the top growth, but nothing more. It then regrows (because the roots are still alive ) meaning lots of green shoots for the Grouse to eat so they can multiply to be shot by posh people.
The alleged advantage here is that it helps other species to thrive too which won't be shot.

 

[V8Druid]

Property firm fined £100k for chopping down tree collapses

Carmarthenshire-based Enzo's Homes has been put into liquidation. It was building homes in Swansea when it was found to have chopped down the giant redwood

www.walesonline.co.uk

so the tree was a historic job - not the headline grabber it's made out to be

 

[LKSF]

so the tree was a historic job - not the headline grabber it's made out to be

Sorry, I don't follow?

 

[Powerfab]

Sorry, I don't follow?

The issue with the tree happened a good few years ago.
Its not the cause of the present downfall of the company which is what the headline would lead you to believe.

 

[LKSF]

The issue with the tree happened a good few years ago.
Its not the cause of the present downfall of the company which is what the headline would lead you to believe.

I see, I think also there may be a law to prevent that kind of thing (folding of LTD company when caught red handed to avoid fines or court action), but not totally sure.

 

[V8Druid]

tell us something that isn't bloody obvious .......

Report warns of rise in insolvencies without payment reform

A government-backed report warns that recovery in the construction sector is likely to have more losers than winners without payment reform.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

 

[V8Druid]

and this should simply not be allowed - in any shape/form/universe ...... should be languishing in debtor's prison, not strutting about like he's done no wrong ....... ***t

" The former boss of ISG’s Agility fit out division is setting up a new company with the ex-managing director of BW "

Former ISG boss teams up with BW director to set up new fit out firm

Pair planning for start-up to hit £10m turnover mark in first year

www.building.co.uk

ISG auditors investigated

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has opened an investigation into the audit of the last accounts filed by collapsed construction company ISG Ltd.

www.theconstructionindex.co.uk

" ISG collapsed with debts of around £1bn in September 2024. It 2023 accounts were overdue and never published. .... The decision to investigate the audit of ISG’s 2022 accounts was made at a meeting of the FRC’s conduct committee on 21st January 2025 but was only made public yesterday. "

 

[V8Druid]

" Trade creditors owed £11.5m after JS Wright & Co collapsed last month "

Rising costs of fixed price schemes and delayed jobs helped sink Birmingham M&E contractor, administrator says

Trade creditors owed £11.5m after JS Wright & Co collapsed last month

www.building.co.uk