Template:Did you know nominations/Joseph Anthony Dwyer
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:44, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
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Joseph Anthony Dwyer
- ... that George Wimpey CEO Joe Dwyer thought general contracting was a "mug's game" and converted the firm into a housebuilder? "He was also group chairman and chief executive of George Wimpey, masterminding a 1996 asset swap with Tarmac that converted the business from contracting to house building." (Construction News) "Dwyer had reached the conclusion that contracting was a mug’s game" (Building Magazine)
- ALT1:... that George Wimpey CEO Joe Dwyer swapped his firm's general contracting division for Tarmac's housebuilding arm? He was also group chairman and chief executive of George Wimpey, masterminding a 1996 asset swap with Tarmac that converted the business from contracting to house building. The former Wimpey contracting operations taken on by Tarmac became Carillion in 1999" (Construction News)
- ALT2:... that Joe Dwyer was knighted for his work to regenerate Liverpool? "Sir Joe is knighted for his work on regeneration project Liverpool Vision" (Construction News)
- ALT3:... that Joe Dwyer's cancellation of the Fourth Grace development led to Joe Anderson's resignation from the board of Liverpool Vision? "The URC chose Alsop’s Cloud design for the Fourth Grace from a four-strong shortlist, despite it being the one the public liked least. That scheme was pulled last summer, a decision that led to the temporary resignation of Vision board member Joe Anderson. Anderson blamed the influence of the city council for the scrapping of Alsop’s designs. In fact, it is understood that it was Dwyer who ended the project on the grounds that the costs were spiralling out of control." (Building Magazine)
- ALT4:.'. that Joe Dwyer opposed the construction of a new Everton F.C. stadium at King's Dock? "Liverpool Vision had been in negotiations with Everton Football Club to build a Premiership-standard stadium as part of the redevelopment collapsed. Dwyer says: “The originator of that scheme was Paul Gregg, a director of Everton Football Club. I wanted something owned and operated by the public sector – they would have been the tenant. They didn’t want that. I think they missed an opportunity. Why should football clubs lock money into fixed assets when they should be investing in players? We then had to question Everton’s ability to raise investment of £30-50m. It came to a point where it just wasn’t going to happen.” That point came at the same day in December 2003 that Alsop was announced as the winner of the Fourth Grace competition. It was by that date that Everton had to demonstrate that it could raise funds in order to be granted preferred bidder status. They asked for an extra three months to get the money, but by that stage the project had run out of steam. A 9000-seat arena replaces the stadium, housing minority sports and musical events." (Building Magazine)
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 23:05, 12 October 2019 (UTC).
This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, and any of them could be used apart from ALT3, which I think lacks interest for the general reader. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright or plagiarism issues. A QPQ has been done. It is a pleasure to review a well-written, non-promotional article about a businessman, as compared to one written by his PR department. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:32, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
