More (Reuters) - The directors of small British construction businesses are lending them more money to plug a funding gap as banks set tighter lending criteria and major contractors delay payments, a survey showed on Monday. Directors lent the companies 38 million pounds in 2015/16, up from 29.7 million pounds in 2013/14, said online finance market Funding Options, which surveyed electricians, plumbers, plasterers, carpenters, decorators, scaffolders and roofing businesses. Banks have taken a...

* Q2 revPAR up 1.5 pct vs 2.5 pct a year earlier * Seen no impact from London, France attacks -CFO * Expects midscale U.S. hotel brand to drive growth -CFO * Shares fall 4 pct (Adds CFO, investor comments, share movement) Aug 8 (Reuters) - InterContinental Hotels Group reported slower growth in revenue per room in the second quarter, sending its shares down 4 percent, as a later Easter weighed on its U.S. performance. The operator of brands such as Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and...

More (Reuters) - Balfour Beatty is focussing on winning British infrastructure contracts, its CEO said, as the group posted an almost 70 percent rise in half-year profit and said a two-year overhaul had restored its British construction unit to profit. The turnaround at the British construction group propelled its shares to the top of the Stoxx index <.STOXX> with a rise of 7 percent by 0917 GMT. Chief Executive Leo Quinn said Brexit uncertainty had led to a slowdown in the London...

(Reuters) - Balfour Beatty (BALF.L) is focussing on winning British infrastructure contracts, its CEO said, as the group posted an almost 70 percent rise in half-year profit and said a two-year overhaul had restored its British construction unit to profit. The turnaround at the British construction group propelled its shares to the top of the Stoxx index with a rise of 7 percent by 0917 GMT. Chief Executive Leo Quinn said Brexit uncertainty had led to a slowdown in the London construction...

LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese investment in London commercial property has more than trebled since before Britain voted to leave the European Union, most of it channeled through Hong Kong at a time of heightened political uncertainty in the former British colony. While others have pulled back from British property following last year's Brexit referendum, investors largely from Hong Kong are snapping up the British capital's best-known skyscrapers including the "Cheesegrater" and "Walkie...