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CommentThe 2010 星空传媒 Awards: Projects shortlist showcase
Hard not to have a wiggle in your walk when you see the cornucopia of building projects shortlisted for the 2010 星空传媒 Awards
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Croudace profit hits 拢16m as it plans for 22% rise in output
South-east housebuilder Croudace Homes has announced a pre-tax profit of 拢15.7m for 2009 and expects to raise production for 2010 by 22%
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Wolseley turnover drops 15%
星空传媒 materials giant Wolseley has reported a 15% drop in turnover to 拢6.3bn for the six months to 31 January
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Budget figures confirm the urgent need for new sources of investment in construction
As if in compensation for all the anticipation before and excitement during the Budget announcement, we are left with the dull thud back to reality afterwards.Certainly, for construction the Budget itself changed little of substance.Alright the first-time buyer stamp duty holiday was an eye-catching cheeky move. But we all know ...
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Stamp duty - a tax rise that looks set to win votes
There is obvious glee within the housing market about the prospects of a two-year period free of stamp duty for those first-time buyers who purchase properties worth less than 拢250,000.The 拢250,000 threshold captures practically all of them, with significantly less than 10% of exceptions that will be mainly resident in ...
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Comforting data ahead of the budget
As the Chancellor Alistair Darling puts his final touches to the Budget he will be relieved by the recent spate of comforting data.Last Wednesday we had employment statistics showing that the unemployment was falling.On Thursday the figures on public finances were far healthier than expected, with the Institute for Fiscal ...
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Focus on the here and now Mr Darling
With the sound of warnings from the European Commission ringing in Alistair Darling鈥檚 ears that his plans to halve the UK鈥檚 拢178 billion deficit in four years 鈥渓acks ambition鈥�, just what should be announced in Wednesday鈥檚 Budget?What is likely is that it won鈥檛 contain as much detail as many, including ...
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Tax, tax, tax and more tax 鈥� a rallying cry for construction
This is a rant.Why? Because I can't help myself. I tried to hold back.I read the first three chapters of the Low Carbon Construction Innovation & Growth Team emerging findings and I am now deeply saddened.I didn鈥檛 bother with the remaining chapters, but did eyeball the recommendations.I was not saddened ...
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Unspoken risks
Managing the issue of violence in the workplace can begin with simple steps to identify and managing policy
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Mipim 2010: More business, less champagne
Sitting on the terrace at the Villa Francia, waiting for the airport transfer, I wonder - what to make of the 2010 vintage? Well, for one thing it has been the coldest Mipim I have been to for a long time.Anyone sitting on the Riviera seafront in the sunshine for ...
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Third party pooper
The Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act empowers third parties to enforce contractual terms. Yet in the 10 years it鈥檚 been around, it has had hardly any effect
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Safe as houses
May I add to the comments made in Geoff Arnold鈥檚 letter on behalf of the UK Timber Frame Association (12 March, page 26)?
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Tendering: Everyone get your trainers on
Employment and skills strategies are being implemented across the construction industry but care needs to be taken when inviting tenders and drawing up the contract
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CommentHansom: Dog eat dog
The law of the jungle rules this week, whether you are competing for the affections of a French firm, or in a talent-contest-style selection process 鈥� or just acting like a guerrilla
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CommentHow the defence went up in smoke
Here鈥檚 a case where the employer claimed his withholding notices had been burned in a lightning strike and stolen. How was an adjudicator to deal with such matters?
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How do I鈥β爉anage my litigation costs?
Litigation is an expensive business, but there are steps you can take to reduce the final bill
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Too much capital
Good to see proposed infrastructure projects (鈥淗igh-speed rail network proposals revealed鈥�, 11 March, building.co.uk), but I notice that the emphasis is on improving transport to and from London. There are high-speed rail networks to and from London already in existence
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The true cost of installing a boiler
Some people have asked why I said the cost of replacing a boiler was likely to be nearer 拢5,000 than the 拢1,367 you suggested (22 January, page 24) or the retail cost of about 拢750
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星空传媒's bloomer
I read with interest your article on the BBC鈥檚 attack on UK construction (5 March, page 9)