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Encyclopedia > John Laing

John Laing plc is a British construction company headquartered in central London. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ... The FTSE 250 Index is a capitalisation weighted index of 250 companies on the London Stock Exchange. ...


John Laing is a developer and operator of privately financed, public sector infrastructure projects such as roads, railways, hospitals and schools through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and Private Finance Initiative (PFI) arrangements. It has three divisions: Public-private partnership (PPP) is a variation of privatization in which elements of a service previously run solely by the public sector are provided through a partnership between the government and one or more private sector companies. ... The Private Finance Initiative specifies a method, developed initially by the United Kingdom government, to provide financial support for Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) between the public and private sectors. ...

  • Laing Roads
  • Laing Rail
  • Equion: for projects in healthcare, defence, education, social housing, policing and criminal justice.

John Laing's turnover for the year ended 31 December 2004 was £250.1 million and profits were £25.1 million before tax. It was formerly a considerably larger company, with turnover of over £1 billion in 2001, but in that year it decided to dispose of its contracting, house-building and property divisions to concentrate on public sector projects.


External links

  • Official site
  • Yahoo profile

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