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Mott Macdonald's Keith Howells: 'It's a bit like star wars'

2012-02-17T00:00:00Z

How should the UK’s largest independent consultant respond to the ‘evil Empire’ of consolidated corporations taking over the market? Mott MacDonald chairman Keith Howells tells ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ about the company’s plans to strike back. Tom Campbell photography

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Charles McBeath on Ramboll growth: Why stop now?

2012-01-27T00:00:00Z

For Charles McBeath, head of Ramboll UK, the secret to growth is acquisition and last year he doubled the size of his company by acquiring engineering firm Gifford, boosting turnover from £35m to £58m. But that, he tells ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ, was just for starters

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Donald Lawson: Bigger and better

2011-11-25T00:00:00Z

Faithful + Gould boss Donald Lawson knows a thing or two about consolidation thanks to Atkins’ takeover 15 years ago. He tells ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ how it got the firm to where it is today

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Sean Tompkins: Setting it straight

2011-10-28T00:00:00Z

The RICS has faced a lot of criticism lately, with its global expansion drive and proposal to drop its top level qualification under fire. Iain Withers finds out how chief executive Sean Tompkins plans to reconcile ambitious plans abroad with winning back support at home

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John Moore: Looking for Moore

2011-10-14T00:00:00Z

What do you do when your main revenue stream is reduced? If you’re John Moore and the head of Balfour Beatty Engineering Services, you turn to your other divisions - and boost them with acquisitions

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Hold very tight, please: Mike Carroll interview

2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

How do you put a consultancy firm in prime position for growth in the next few years? Mike Carroll, chief executive of Arcadis, tells Emily Wright why flexibility and change are essential to future success

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Steve Morriss interview: when opportunity knocks

2011-08-26T00:00:00Z

At just 44 Steve Morriss was headhunted to take on one of the most high profile roles in consultancy - heading up Aecom Europe. Emily Wright talks to him about his plans to grow the business and how the merger with Davis Langdon is working out

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Buro Happold's new leaders: ‘We try to engineer better lives’

2011-06-10T00:00:00Z

Buro Happold’s new leaders say that its mission is to improve the world. But can it really put ethics above profits as it expands globally? Here we ask the difficult questions

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Jeremy Horner: We will stay true to our values

2011-06-03T00:00:00Z

When Davis Langdon merged with Aecom last August, many clients worried that the British institution would lose its identity. But for Jeremy Horner, the group’s global chief executive, things had to change in order to stay the same - and besides, it was never all that British anyway. Portrait by ...

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Andrew Wyllie: Yes, we can

2011-03-18T00:00:00Z

With Costain’s much publicised bid for Mouchel rebuffed no fewer than four times, and huge infrastructure plans dependent on funding, how come chief executive Andrew Wyllie is so upbeat?

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Madani Sow: Why it’s great to be in Britain

2011-01-21T00:00:00Z

Innovation in business practice and access to wider markets make Britain a good place for a French contractor to be, says the boss of Bouygues UK. And then there is the opportunity for more acquisitions

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Robert Deatker: High flyer

2011-01-14T00:00:00Z

Turner & Townsend’s Robert Deatker is the man responsible for ensuring the smooth delivery of one of the UK’s most mind-bogglingly complex schemes - the 2 million ft2 London Bridge Quarter, which includes the 310m Shard. And he’s determined to pull it off

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Jonathan Goring: The incredible jumping man

2010-12-03T00:00:00Z

It’s not many firms that think government cuts are a good thing for their business, but Capita Symonds boss Jonathan Goring wants the outsourcing that comes with them to help him leapfrog his competitors

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Interview with WSP's Paul Dollin: Cheer leader

2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

Paul Dollin, WSP’s enthusiastic new UK boss, has no intention of ’waking up American’. So the former Atkins man intends to grow the UK business by pushing even harder into infrastructure, particularly rail and nuclear. Just don’t expect to see any more Shards going up

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Back for seconds: David Nurser

2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

David Nurser has a voracious appetite for risk-taking. First he set up the surveying firm CNP in a recession. And now he’s a year into his second venture, Paragon (more great timing)

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Andrew Chisholm: Career break and back

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

One year ago, Andrew Chisholm shut the surveying firm he had spent 15 years building up, then took a seven-month break. But now he’s back with a new company – and a lot of his old staff

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Philip Youell interview: ‘We read the market right’

2009-09-19T00:00:00Z

No new major schemes in the UK or Europe, a global recession and the collapse of business in Dubai. So why is EC Harris so bullish? Chief executive Philip Youell explains how his re-engineering of the (former) cost consultant has been vindicated

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Turner & Townsend's unseasonal success: Vince Clancy interview

2009-07-10T00:00:00Z

There aren’t many companies that are hiring senior staff, opening offices and preparing themselves for the stock market. But then there aren’t many chief executives like Turner & Townsend’s all-conquering Vince Clancy

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International salary guide 2009: Where in the world is the best pay?

2009-07-10T00:00:00Z

As the recession turns sought-after consultants into international jobseekers, where can you go for some relief? Roxane McMeeken met one victim of the cuts, and Hays Construction tallied average pay packets from across the globe

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'Bomb disposal is very like risk management'

2009-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Afghan desert is a long way from Cyril Sweett’s London office, but for Captain Louise Greenhalgh it’s just another day staying one step ahead of local hazards