{
  "id": 641374,
  "title": "Balfour Beatty ups profit forecasts as it defies construction gloom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/balfour-beatty-ups-profit-forecasts-as-it-defies-construction-gloom",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T06:48:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "City AM",
    "slug": "city-am",
    "url": "https://www.cityam.com/balfour-beatty-lifts-outlook-to-defy-construction-gloom/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Balfour Beatty has boosted its earnings and cash flow targets, as the construction firm’s “real momentum” defies wider gloom facing the sector. The group, which works with the government on major infrastructure projects, has seen the value of its order book jump by 17 per cent to £22.9bn in the six months to June, as [...]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}