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A statement from our Chairman, Sir John Parker GBE FREng

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After five decades at the helm of Laing O’Rourke’s global operations, our founder and Group Chief Executive Officer Ray O’Rourke KBE has informed the Board of Directors of his decision to step down from his position lay. Ray, who founded the company in 1977 as a regionally based formwork and concrete specialist, has been at … Read more

Dame Sharon White: ‘John Lewis is back on track’

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“Over the last five years we’ve had events happen every once in a while,” she says, sipping tea in the restaurant of Peter Jones, the John Lewis department store that invites the well-heeled shoppers of Sloane Square, Chelsea, to reflect on some middle class household items. “We’ve had the pandemic and we’ve had inflation at … Read more