Re-negotiating a £188m infrastructure agreement has helped lift troubled house builder Taylor Wimpey. The agreement between the troubled firm and Swindon Council to end the joint work and finance deal over the Wichelstowe development helped lift its share price in the City. Taylor Wimpey had agreed in 2005 to work with the council to provide roads, canals and community facilities, but the property market's collapse pushed the company to the brink of bankruptcy. It has been re-shaped into a new co-operation agreement which reversed a land transfer with both parties now operating independently to finish the development. Ending a commitment with heavy costs, and Taylor Wimpey's confirmation that its £1.57bn refinancing agreement is virtually a done deal, resulted to