Newsmaker: Horrific Clarendon massacre, 5.3 quake terrified nation
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Newsmaker: Horrific Clarendon massacre, 5.3 quake terrified nation

Top Stories Tamfitronics This week's featured developments as Newsmakers of the Week are last Sunday's cold-bloodied massacre of eight persons and wounding of nine others in Cherry Tree Lane, Four Paths, Clarendon, and Friday morning's 5.3 magnitude earthquake that shock the country. The nation woke up on Monday morning to the shocking news that 17 people had been indiscriminately shot, eight fatally, in a gun attack which the police have since said was linked to a longstanding feud between Jamaican criminals, and was sparked by a dispute over ill-gotten gains with roots in six previous violent incidents in Clarendon.The attack, described as one of the deadliest in recent memory, sent shockwaves across the country.Among the deceased were seven-year-old Aiden Bartley, a student of Four Paths Primary and Infant School, and three women, two of whom...
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Three in race for new phase of A9 dualling
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Three in race for new phase of A9 dualling

Top Stories Tamfitronics CGI of the Tomatin to Moy section of duallingThe Scottish government has shortlisted three firms for the latest slice of the £3.7bn A9 dualling – one of the country’s biggest infrastructure projects.Balfour Beatty is joined by Wills Bros and John Graham on the shortlist for the Tay Crossing to Ballinluig section in central Scotland, which was first advertised in May. The £155m contract will be awarded next summer.The winning firm will be tasked with designing, constructing and maintaining the 8.2km section of road. As well as widening the existing carriageway, the contractor will build seven junctions, two bridges, a roundabout and access roads.Last month, Balfour Beatty won a £185m contract to deliver the Tomatin to Moy section. Scotland’s cabinet secretary for transport, Fiona Hyslop, said she met the firm last...
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Bam Construction reports £31.4m loss
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Bam Construction reports £31.4m loss

Top Stories Tamfitronics Bam Construction has reported a £31.4m pre-tax loss after struggling with high inflation and supply chain insolvency.The contractor lost money on revenue of £897.6m in the year to 31 December 2023 – representing a small reduction from the £900.9m it turned over in 2022, according to newly published financial accounts.“Profitability has been impacted by high inflation conditions within the UK and impact of unprecedented levels of supply chain liquidations,” said Bam Construction executive director Kim Sides in a strategic report.Bam’s revenue increased throughout 2023 as projects that were paused during the Covid-19 pandemic were finally built out. But the firm’s forward-order book stood at just £606m at year end, 38 per cent lower than the £971.6m total it posted a year earlier.“Work in hand has reduced in the year as Bam...
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