Kier Group has sought to put clear blue water between itself and collapsed peer Carillion after reporting rising profits and a healthy order book.
The FTSE 250 construction firm picked up 250 workers from its failed rival earlier this year and took over its share of the High Speed 2 rail design contract that the companies had run as a joint venture.
Haydn Mursell, chief executive, said the integration of the team had gone well and its client, the Government, was “very pleased with the smoothness – it all went according to plan”.
