Guy Hands buys Kier’s housebuilding arm Kier Living in £110m deal

Government contractor Kier has sold off its housebuilding arm to private equity baron Guy Hands in a cash deal worth £110million.   The construction company announced the deal on Friday, saying it had agreed to sell its Keir Living business to a newly formed company called Foster BidCo owned by the billionaire investor. Hands, the founder and … Read more

Labour MPs prepare to defy Kier Starmer’s call to vote for Boris’s deal

Labour MPs claim ‘we don’t want Brexit blood on our hands’ as they prepare to defy Kier Starmer’s call to vote for Boris’s deal Labour MPs set to defy leader Sir Keir Starmer’s call to vote for the Brexit deal  Around 20 expected to embarrass leader by ignoring abstain or vote against call  Comes despite … Read more

Labour MPs prepare to defy Kier Starmer’s call to vote for Boris’s deal

Labour MPs claim ‘we don’t want Brexit blood on our hands’ as they prepare to defy Kier Starmer’s call to vote for Boris’s deal Labour MPs set to defy leader Sir Keir Starmer’s call to vote for the Brexit deal  Around 20 expected to embarrass leader by ignoring abstain or vote against call  Comes despite … Read more

Kier Group’s share price booms on school infrastructure pledges

Builder Kier Group sees its share price jump as the government reveals billion pound school rebuilding programme Kier Group has been beset with financial problems for a couple of years The government is due to announce a task force called ‘Project Speed’ tomorrow Schools in the North and the Midlands are set to receive ‘substantial investment’  … Read more

Boris Johnson and Kier Starmer clash over 10,000 care home deaths

Sir Keir Starmer tonight accused Boris Johnson of misleading MPs over advice that claimed coronavirus outbreaks in care homes were ‘very unlikely’.  The Labour leader took aim at the Prime Minister over official guidance from health chiefs in February which he said advised ‘it remains very unlikely that people receiving care in a care home will become … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Kier Starmer bids Boris Johnson swift recovery

‘I wish him to overcome this ordeal quickly’: French president Emmanuel Macron leads international wave of goodwill for Boris Johnson as his coronavirus condition worsens Prime Minister transferred to ICU at St Thomas’ Hospital in London at 7pm He remains conscious with No 10 stressing the move was made ‘as a precaution’ Labour Leader Sir … Read more