All Comment articles 鈥� Page 499
-
CommentBite the bullet or fire it?: Terminating a contract
The only thing an employer can be certain of when it gets rid of a contractor is that it will be in for endless headaches and hassle. Here鈥檚 why鈥�
-
CommentShall I stay or shall I go?: Bad payment
A case of bad paying has to be very severe for you to justify packing your bags. Have faith 鈥� here鈥檚 an example of a client having to remedy its wrongdoings
-
Comment
Asking the impossible
I read with some interest your article (17 October, page 24) on making owners improve property before letting it out or selling it.
-
Comment
Monkeying around
The OFT has found some recruitment companies guilty of price fixing. Why is it that nothing surprises me any more?
-
CommentMy digital life: David Appel
Mr A鈥檚 digital life is a pretty normal round of social networking, reading friends鈥� blogs, watching sport, learning French 鈥� and wanting to buy a Batmobile
-
Comment
Permission to appeal
The CaseThis case concerns an application by the claimant, Majorboom, for permission to appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 on several questions of law arising from an arbitrator's award.Majorboom developed a property in Manchester by converting it into flats. Following completion of the flats a company, Stonebridge ...
-
CommentWe鈥檝e got the answers!
To such questions as 鈥楬ow do you survive the recession using only baked beans and window cleaning fluid?鈥�, 鈥楧oes a large prison sound less scary than a Titan prison?鈥� and 鈥淲here do all the leaves go?鈥�
-
CommentThe uses of adversity
No two ways about it: the downturn is depressing for everybody, except perhaps the bankers who kept their bonuses. But, says Gus Alexander, there are crumbs of comfort if you search hard
-
Comment
It's been emotional
It can't be easy being the boss of a housebuilder at the moment. The incessant flow of bad news must take its toll.But while some are proving they have the hides of elephants, others appear to be wilting under the pressure.If rumours in the square mile are to be believed, ...
-
Comment
Construction redundancies hit 10-year high and job vacancies drop by a third
The rapidly worsening headline figures for UK jobs are worrying enough for us all. It is a sobering thought to contemplate the pain of 100,000 fewer in fulltime employment and a leap of 140,000 in the number of unemployed over the three months to September.The latest figures for the third ...
-
Comment
Why bigger contractors were slower to see the oncoming recession
Something that has been puzzling me for some while is why bigger contractors were so slow to accept their may be a recession coming.Up to about springtime in various conversations with fairly senior folk and in notes I'd read from main contractors I noted an air of confidence and talk ...
-
Comment
House sales plunge further but surveyors see brighter future
The RICS has put an extremely upbeat spin on its latest monthly housing market survey despite the continued collapse in sales.The survey highlights the clear 20% majority of optimists over pessimists among the surveyors quizzed in October about future prospects for sales.This +20 balance in favour of sales increasing in ...
-
Comment
Fancy a 40% discount on a house? Then just wait, says the futures market
The futures market has downgraded it expectations for house prices which now points to a fall in cash terms of more than 40% from the peak in August last year to the bottom of the market in 2011.According to Tradition Future HPI an average house measured by the Halifax index ...
-
Comment
IMF sees major decline in UK economic prospects
The prospects for the global economy are declining so fast that it has prompted the updating of an IMF forecast released just last month.The prospects for the UK now look decidedly gloomier to the IMF, which has revised its forecast of 0.1% fall in GDP to a fall of 1.3% ...
-
Comment
Company collapses add to construction industry woes
The financial stress within construction firms caused by the credit crunch is made stark in the latest official insolvency figures. And the problems facing the sector are being increased as property firms collapse in massively swelling numbers.Between July and September this year there was an increase of almost two thirds ...
-
CommentThe vision thing
鈥淭he road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. The challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime.鈥� So said Barack Obama as he became president-elect of the United States of America on Wednesday.
-
CommentA no-brainer
So you want to build your project for less money, risk, stress, hassle and time? Well, there鈥檚 a simple way to do everyone a favour, says Peter Kilby
-
CommentRomania: land of opportunity
Europe鈥檚 fastest growing economy is an excellent place to seek refuge from Britain鈥檚 wintery economy. So, here鈥檚 a quick guide to the legal landscape
-
Comment
Lebanese labour
The first time I picked up 星空传媒 magazine in Dubai, I was extremely impressed 鈥� until I came across this comment (星空传媒 Gulf supplement, October, page 32): 鈥淯nless you employ cheaper labourers from India, Asia and the Lebanon, you won鈥檛 be competitive in the marketplace.鈥�
-
CommentUAE legal series: A few peculiarities
A contract is a contract pretty much wherever you are, but in Dubai there are one or two little points to bear in mind before you sign one, says Elise Gillians