Mowlem's order book is now at a record £2.65bn, swelled by Private Finance Initiative-type work. But Sir John, knighted last June, warns that this rich seam of work could be undermined - by red tape.

THE Teesside operations of John Mowlem and company have helped the business to a 30 per cent rise in interim profits. The company saw pre-tax profits rise to £11.8m in the six months to June 30 ...

JOHN Mowlem, the son of a struggling Purbeck quarryman, encapsulated the classic rags to riches story - so it is quite apt that his legacy was the… Newsletters Jobs ...

Ex-Mowlem boss Sir John Gains this week defended his record as chief executive of the ailing contractor. Since Gains resigned towards the end of last year the contractor has endured troubled times, ...

UPBEAT messages came from two construction companies yesterday, with Amec boasting a record #3.3bn global order book and John Mowlem saying its performance will be transformed. Amec increased pre ...

Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf's trade request is dominating the headlines, but it isn't the only thing on General Manager John Schneider's plate right now. Linebacker Ernest Jones's future ...

CONSTRUCTION and support services group John Mowlem thanked an overhaul of its business for a spark in full-year profits. The company has restructured in recent years in an attempt to boost ...

CONSTRUCTION group Mowlem plunged into the red last year after taking account of a £12m accounting black hole. The company said that although underlying performance was broadly in line with the ...

"It's been a landmark year" says Carillion's director of corporate affairs John Denning. The big event was the acquisition of Mowlem in February, which has delivered more cost savings than initially ...

Mowlem issued four profit warnings in 2005 and fell £73.4 million into the red after its new chief executive Simon Vivian, who started at the company in January, replacing John Gains, carried out a ...

In May, John Cherry, 73, who worked with Jim Varney to co-create the Ernest character, died after years living with Parkinson's disease.Cherry was executive vice president of Nashville advertising ...