OFT sets out reasons behind its £129.2m of fines
The Office of Fair Trading has published a full breakdown of the reasons behind its £129.2 million of fines handed out to 103 construction firms following its investigation in cover pricing.
The 1,945 page document sets out the legal framework against which each of the infringements was considered by the OFT.
It then assesses the conduct of the accused contractors and then includes a section where it sets out the OFT’s conclusions together with representations from the contractors.
To see the full document click here.
OFT Bid-rigging: The full list of companies & fines
The table below lists the 103 construction companies fined by the OFT, and sets out the fines imposed, after all discounts including for leniency.
Note that some fines apply to two or more companies that formed part of the same infringing undertaking. In those circumstances, all named companies will in general be jointly and severally liable for the full amount of the penalty but where this is not the case, the division of liability is set out under the total penalty.
| Company | Fine |
|---|---|
| A. H. Willis Sons Limited | £120,018 |
| ARG (Mansfield) Limited (40% leniency) | £12,128 |
| Ackroyd Abbott Limited together with its subsidiary Ackroyd Abbott Construction Limited | £49,581 |
| Adam Eastwood Sons Limited together with its controlling party the Sir John Eastwood Foundation (40% leniency) | £2,006 |
| Admiral Construction Limited (Admiral) together with (for infringements from 31 October 2003) its ultimate parent company A C Holdings Limited (A C Holdings) (45% leniency) | £17,406 Admiral only: £17,406 Admiral and A C Holdings: £0 |
| Allenbuild Limited (Allenbuild) and Bullock Construction Limited (Bullock) together with the current ultimate parent company of Allenbuild and the former ultimate parent company of Bullock, Renew Holdings plc (Renew) | £3,547,931 Bullock and Renew: £3,052,687 Allenbuild and Renew: £495,245 |
| Apollo Property Services Group Limited formerly known as Apollo London Limited together with its former ultimate parent company Apollo Holdco Limited formerly known as Apollo Group Holdings Limited | £2,150,536 |
| Arthur M. Griffiths Sons Limited (35% leniency) | £203,592 |
| B A Construction (Leicester) Limited | £18,224 |
| Baggaley Jenkins Limited | £144,153 |
| Balfour Beatty Construction Limited and Balfour Beatty Refurbishment Limited (for infringements from 2000 onwards) and Mansell Construction Services Limited (for infringements from 19 December 2003), together with their current ultimate parent company Balfour Beatty plc. For infringements involving Mansell prior to 19 December 2003, Mansell and its former ultimate parent company Mansell plc (50% leniency) | £5,197,004 Mansell and Mansell plc are jointly and severally liable for the entire penalty |
| Ballast Nedam N.V. as the ultimate parent company of its dissolved subsidiary Ballast plc | £8,333,116 |
| Beaufort Construction (S-in-A) Limited together with its ultimate parent company Beaufort Holdings U.K. Limited | £83,703 |
| Bodill Sons (Contractors) Limited (50% leniency) | £54,848 |
| Bowmer Kirkland Limited (Bowmer Kirkland) together with its subsidiary B K Property Services Limited (BKPS) | £7,574,736 Bowmer Kirkland only: £951,317 Bowmer Kirkland and BKPS: £6,623,420 |
| Bramall Construction Limited (Bramall) and Frank Haslam Milan Company Limited (Frank Haslam Milan) together with their ultimate parent company Keepmoat Limited formerly known as Keepmoat plc (Keepmoat) (40% leniency) | £455,235 Bramall and Keepmoat: £455,235 Frank Haslam Milan and Keepmoat: £0 |
| C. J. Ellmore Company Limited | £295,979 |
| Caddick Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Caddick Group plc | £391,323 |
| Carillion JM Limited (45% leniency) | £5,375,689 |
| Clegg Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Clegg Group Limited formerly known as D E Clegg Holdings Limited (45% leniency) | £359,967 |
| Connaught Partnerships Limited together with its ultimate parent company Connaught plc | £5,568,868 |
| Crown Point Maintenance Group Limited as the ultimate parent company of its dissolved subsidiary Greenwood Building Contractors (Mansfield) Limited for Greenwood's infringements after 11 June 2002 | £3,571 |
| Davlyn Construction Limited (35% leniency) | £72,916 |
| Derwent Valley Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Chevin Holdings Limited (45% leniency) | £24,517 |
| Dukeries Building Company Limited | £99,773 |
| Durkan Pudelek Limited now trading as Concentra Limited (Concentra) and Durkan Limited (Durkan Limited), together with the former ultimate parent company of Durkan and the current ultimate parent company of Durkan Limited, Durkan Holdings Limited (Durkan Holdings) | £6,720,551 Concentra and Durkan Holdings: £3,283,884 Durkan Holdings alone: £141,952 Durkan Limited and Durkan Holdings: £3,294,715 |
| E. Manton Limited | £226,096 |
| E. Taylor Sons (Southwell) Limited, trading as Carmalor Construction | £59,261 |
| F. Parkinson Limited together with its ultimate parent company Mowbray Holdings Limited | £174,110 |
| Francis Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Barrett Estates Services Limited | £530,238 |
| Frudd Construction Limited (40% leniency) | £65,876 |
| GAJ Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company GAJ (Holdings) Limited | £109,683 |
| G Carter Construction Limited | £91,466 |
| G. F. Tomlinson Building Limited together with its ultimate parent company G. F. Tomlinson Group Limited | £1,269,270 |
| G G Middleton and Sons Limited | £0 |
| G. J. Seddon Limited together with its ultimate parent company Seddon Group Limited | £1,516,646 |
| GMI Construction Group plc (GMI) together with (for infringements after 6 February 2005) its current ultimate parent company GMI Construction Holdings plc (GMI Construction Holdings) | £1,752,584 GMI only: £1,749,824 GMI and GMI Construction Holdings: £2,760 |
| Geo Houlton Sons Limited together with its ultimate parent company Geo Houlton Sons (Holdings) Limited | £265,492 |
| Greswolde Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Mantisson Limited | £168,559 |
| Hall Construction Group Limited | £269,634 |
| Harlow Milner Limited (45% leniency) | £23,170 |
| Harold Adkin Sons (Sutton-In-Ashfield) Limited | £5,936 |
| Haymills (Contractors) Limited now trading as Straw Realisations (No1) Limited (Haymills) together with (for infringements prior to 26 May 2004) its former ultimate parent company Corringway Conclusions plc (Corringway) and (for infringements after 26 May 2004) its current ultimate parent company Haymills Group Limited (Haymills Group) | £781,440 Haymills and Corringway: £769,593 Haymills and Haymills Group: £11,848 |
| Henry Boot Construction (UK) Limited together with its ultimate parent company Henry Boot plc (45% leniency) | £1,074,441 |
| Herbert Baggaley Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Baggaley Group Limited (45% leniency) | £198,043 |
| Hill Bros. (Nottingham) Limited | £5,808 |
| Hobson Porter Limited (45% leniency) | £574,507 |
| Holroyd Construction Limited (Holroyd) together with (for infringements prior to 30 March 2005) its former ultimate parent company Holderness Investments Limited (Holderness) and (for infringements after 30 March 2005) its current ultimate parent company Holroyd Construction Group Limited (Holroyd Group) | £200,784 Holroyd and Holderness: £179,026 Holroyd and Holroyd Group: £21,759 |
| Interclass Public Limited Company together with its ultimate parent company Interclass Holdings Limited | £464,406 |
| Interserve Project Services Limited together with its ultimate parent company Interserve plc | £11,634,750 |
| Irwins Limited (Irwins) and Jack Lunn (Construction) Limited (Jack Lunn) together with their ultimate parent company Jack Lunn (Holdings) Limited (Jack Lunn Holdings) (45% leniency) | £314,933 Jack Lunn and Jack Lunn Holdings: £294,252 Irwins and Jack Lunn Holdings: £20,681 |
| J. Harper Sons (Leominster) Limited together with its ultimate parent company Harper Group plc | £713 |
| JH Hallam (Contracts) Limited together with its ultimate parent company JH Hallam (R J) Limited (45% leniency) | £359,588 |
| J. J. A. R. Jackson Limited | £28,963 |
| J. J. McGinley Limited (J J McGinley), together with its former ultimate parent company McGinley Holdings Limited (McGinley Holdings) | £732,901 J J McGinley and McGinley Holdings: £225,990 J J McGinley alone: £506,911 |
| John Cawley Limited (65% leniency) | £5,476 |
| John Sisk Son Limited together with its ultimate parent company Sicon Limited | £6,191,627 |
| K. J. Bryan (Builders) Limited | £23,930 |
| Kier Regional Limited together with its ultimate parent company Kier Group plc | £17,894,438 |
| Lemmeleg Limited together with its ultimate parent company Rok plc | £1,387 |
| Lindum Construction Co. Limited (Lindum) together with its ultimate parent company Lindum Group Limited (Lindum Group) | £496,017 Lindum Group only: £464,900 Lindum and Lindum Group: £31,117 |
| Linford Group Limited together with its ultimate parent company F. E. V. Linford Limited | £359,714 |
| Loach Construction Development Limited (40% leniency) | £46,923 |
| Lotus Construction Limited | £791,062 |
| Milward Construction (Belper) Limited | £68,766 |
| Morgan Ashurst plc formerly known as Bluestone plc together with its ultimate parent company Morgan Sindall plc (45% leniency) | £286,593 |
| North Midland Construction plc | £1,543,813 |
| P D H Developments Limited (formerly trading as G. Hurst Sons (Contractors) Limited) together with its ultimate parent company G. Hurst Sons Limited | £1,289 |
| P. Casey Co. Limited (P Casey) together with its current ultimate parent company The Casey Group Limited (The Casey Group) | £287,197 P Casey and The Casey Group: £242,537 P Casey alone: £44,660 |
| P. Waller Limited (40% leniency) | £56,889 |
| Pearce Construction (Midlands) Limited (Pearce), together with its parent ISG Pearce Limited (formerly Pearce Group Limited, formerly Pearce Group plc) (Pearce Group) and their former ultimate parent company Crest Nicholson plc (Crest Nicholson) | £5,188,846 Pearce, Pearce Group and Crest Nicholson: £4,369,555 Pearce and Pearce Group: £819,291 |
| Peter Baines Limited | £31,119 |
| Phoenix Contracts (Leicester) Limited (40% leniency) | £91,053 |
| Propencity Group Limited (Propencity) together with its wholly owned subsidiary companies, ISG Jackson Limited (Jackson), ISG Regions Limited formerly known as Totty Construction Group Limited (Totty), ISG Regions Building Limited formerly known as Totty Building Services Limited (Totty Building) and Propencity Limited (50% leniency) | £98,042 Totty Building: £98,042 Jackson: £0 Propencity: £0 |
| Quarmby Construction Company Limited together with its ultimate parent company St James Securities Holdings Limited | £881,749 |
| Quarmby Construction (Special Projects) Limited together with its ultimate parent company Justgrade Limited | £114,679 |
| R Durtnell Sons Limited together with its ultimate parent company R Durtnell Sons (Holdings) Limited | £711,115 |
| R. G. Carter Limited (R G Carter) and R. G. Carter Building Limited (R G Building) together with their ultimate parent company R. G. Carter Holdings Limited (R G Holdings) | £2,981,580 R G Carter and R G Holdings: £677,778 R G Building and R G Holdings: £2,303,802 |
| Richardson Projects Limited | £595,747 |
| Robert Woodhead Limited together with its ultimate parent company Robert Woodhead Holdings Limited | £411,595 |
| Robinson Sawdon Limited | £172,661 |
| Shaylor Construction Limited | £318,580 |
| Simons Construction Limited (Simons) and Wrights Construction (Lincoln) Limited (Wrights (Lincoln)) together with their ultimate parent company Simons Group Limited (Simons Group) (40% leniency) | £838,685 Simons and Simons Group: £724,689 Wrights (Lincoln) and Simons Group: £113,996 |
| Sol Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Barkbury Limited (45% leniency) | £1,835,702 |
| Speller-Metcalfe Malvern Limited | £389,758 |
| Stainforth Construction Limited | £156,737 |
| Strata Construction Limited (formerly trading as Weaver) (45% leniency) | £692,285 |
| T. C. Williams (Builders) Limited (40% leniency) | £87,966 |
| T. Denman Sons (Melton Mowbray) Limited | £90,521 |
| Thomas Fish Sons Limited now trading as TF Realisations Limited together with its ultimate parent company Fish Holdings Limited (40% leniency) | £170,131 |
| Thomas Long Sons Limited together with its ultimate parent company Radford Holdings Limited | £210,095 |
| Thomas Vale Construction plc together with its ultimate parent company Thomas Vale Holdings Limited (50% leniency) | £1,020,473 |
| Thorndyke Limited | £173,560 |
| Try Accord Limited (Try Accord) and Galliford Try Construction Limited (Galliford Construction) together with their ultimate parent company Galliford Try plc (Galliford Try) | £8,333,329 Try Accord and Galliford Try: £7,812,563 Galliford Construction and Galliford Try: £520,768 |
| W. R. Bloodworth Sons Limited (35% leniency) | £10,854 |
| Wiggett Bros Co Limited | £15,923 |
| Wildgoose Construction Limited (50% leniency) | £309,204 |
| William Sapcote and Sons Limited together with its ultimate parent company Sapcote Holdings Limited | £342,601 |
| William Woodsend Limited | £53,970 |
| Willmott Dixon Construction Limited together with its ultimate parent company Willmott Dixon Limited now trading as Willmott Dixon Holdings Limited | £4,534,760 |
| Wright (Hull) Limited together with its ultimate parent company T. Wright Son (Holdings) Limited | £529,923 |
| Wygar Construction Co Limited together with its ultimate parent company Wygar (Holdings) Limited | £67,877 |
| York House Construction Limited (45% leniency) | £239,525 |