European Union

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The need to satisfy shareholders is behind the drive of Aukett Associate managing director John Thake to take his company into Europe and expand into a cross-border enterprise. Aukett Associate produced pre-tax profits of 1 million pounds sterling in 1999, with the company planning to increase its capitalization to 50 million pounds sterling from just 5 million pounds sterling by 2005.

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Swaying bridge is 'engineering tragedy'

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The quality and professionalism of British engineering has been called into question after an 18 million pounds sterling bridge over the River Thames in London has been temporarily closed due to excessive swaying.

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Putting our troubles behind us

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The demand for construction work in Northern Ireland is variable, with many projects waiting to be started once the political situation has been resolved.

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