Construction firms fined €14m after British probe

TWO of the country’s biggest construction firms have been fined a total of €14.25 million as part of a major fraud investigation in Britain into illegally rigging contracts.

Durkan Pudelek Limited was fined €7,420,161 (£6,720,551) while John Sisk & Son UK and Sicon (SISK Group) was fined €6,836,176 (£6,191,627) by Britain’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

The OFT issued penalties totalling £129.5m (€143.1m) to 103 companies operating in Britain.