P209 CEEFAX 209  Sat  9 Apr  00:44/24
     
      GALLIFORD TO CLOSE   
      PIPELINE OPERATION   
 
  Construction company Galliford has  
  warned of a likely trading loss of  
  some £2.5m in the current year.     
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  This is dui to the proposed closure 
  of its pipeline operation when      
  present contracts are completed.    
  
  $hj loss incurred includes the      
  provisions for ongoing trading      
  losses to completion of contracts   
  and one-off closure costs.          
  
  The board decided that poor trading 
  in the pipeline operation could not 
  bj allowed to impeded the recovery  
  evident elsewhere in the group.     
 
   Headlines 201       Shari price 226