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Explanations on why the jobs figures and output figures don鈥檛 seem to match
The Office of National Statistics has released an article that throws some light on the figures for construction jobs.I for one have been rather confounded by the construction jobs figures which seem to have understated the devastation on the ground, particularly in the wake of the collapse in house building.Indeed ...
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Joy deferred as CIPS shows construction activity grows for first time in two years
So the construction activity indicator produced by the buyers鈥� body CIPS finally points to growth after two years of measuring falling workloads. But this seemingly uplifting moment appears to have brought little joy.The March figure popped its head above the 50 no-change mark on the back of rising activity in ...
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Bleak and tortured: Kapoor's Orbit is hardly an Olympic ideal
London鈥檚 newly unveiled Olympic sculpture has been lambsated by a wave of criticsm and bad publicity. Does it deserve it?
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Vote with your trolleys
Starting tomorrow morning, my usual trip to Tesco will now be to one of their competitors (鈥淭esco sends design and QS work to India鈥�, 12 March, page 13)
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CommentWhat politicians really think
It is in a government鈥檚 nature to cut capital spending before public revenue. But the Charter 284 cause can be served by appealing to politicians鈥� worst instincts
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Missing Scotland
We are disappointed that the Scottish government鈥檚 call for a programme of accelerated capital spending of some 拢350m in the Budget has not been answered
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Nobody was left
Complaining about Tesco鈥檚 outsourcing of its suppliers, architects and surveyors reminds me of the poem by the German pastor Martin Niem枚ller, First They Came, in which he tells how he failed to speak up when the Nazis took away communists, then trade unionists, and then Jews because he was none ...
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CommentOther Jarvises
You may have noted in the press that the rail maintenance company Jarvis Plc has announced that it is going into administration. We wish to make it known that Jarvis Group Limited has no connections, business or otherwise, with the above named company
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CommentElectronic disclosure: Paying lawyers to look at porn
Because they get into a court case and have to disclose all kinds of electronic documents, no matter how embarrassing. And the cost of doing that can be spectacular. David Rogers and Debika Ray report on a growing problem
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Loyalty discarded
A bit short-sighted from Tesco. Most of its current business is in UK and it does place a strong emphasis on its loyalty cards so presumably it believes in loyalty 鈥� or am I a bit naive? I will go somewhere else for my shopping in future.George Smith
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CommentA new form of pest control
If you鈥檙e peeved with an adjudicator鈥檚 decision and start playing silly games rather than comply with it, the likelihood is that you will get clobbered in the courts
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Keep it clean
As someone who swears too much and is not proud of it, I agree with Chris Winks鈥� letter (5 March, page 27) about unnecessary swear words being printed in 星空传媒
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CommentWonders & blunders
Richard Steer is staggered by an extraordinary structure built for the last Olympics, but is worried that London鈥檚 efforts will be blighted by its industrial past
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Budget blues
Two years ago they removed the tax relief available for building factories, roads, railways, airports 鈥� that is, industrial building allowances
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Small is beautiful
I have noticed the adverts in 星空传媒 for the Good Employer Guide you will be publishing in October. I think it鈥檚 a real shame you limit entry to firms employing at least 30 UK-based professional staff, and I feel you are missing a trick here
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CommentComing back to haunt us
Bouygues vs Dahl-Jensen, one of the most controversial adjudication cases ever, has just risen from the dead. And it鈥檚 put the willies up a lot of lawyers
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CommentQuentin Shears: academy@grimston
鈥淭he secret to a healthy team spirit, I have discovered, is a shared vested interest鈥�