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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint for KBC Peel Hunt
Chosen watering hole: The Gallery pub in the CityAmbience: The handful of stockbrokers not on a foreign beach ...
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CommentCubitt 星空传媒 and Interiors Ltd vs Richardson Roofing (Industrial) Ltd
The CaseThe Claimant, as main contractor, engaged the Defendant as a roofing sub-contractor at a building site at Hampton Wick Riverside.The Claimant sought declaratory relief that its terms and conditions were incorporated into the sub-contract between the parties and injunctions that the Defendant should be restrained from continuing with arbitration ...
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Insurance policies: Fill your boots
Sales of some insurance policies have surged. This means, of course, that insurers will soon be taking them off the market. So buy now before it鈥檚 too late
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CommentHansom: things can only get bitter
Disappointment all round this week as Christmas parties are called off, summer parties downgraded, guests turn up to wait in endless queues and some escape to Mongolia in whatever they can afford
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CommentRecord keeping: The art of self-defence
Conscientious record-keeping can give you invaluable ammunition should you want to blame others when things go wrong. Worth every dull moment
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CommentIt鈥� s like deja vu all over again
The recent glut of bad news has made every headline going and sent the industry into blind panic. But we鈥檝e been here many times before, says Richard Steer, so what did we expect 鈥�
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CommentInnocence abroad
Schools are out, summer is here and the mind naturally turns to jetting off (or, for the more environmentally squeamish, catching a train) to foreign climes
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Why money matters
I read this Money Week article on how British firms are running out of money and thought it may be of interest in the light of estimates I made on the money owed by and to construction firms.It's a bit on the scary side, but no less interesting for that.
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Is the sharp drop in the Nationwide house price index good or bad news?
There have always been paradoxes in the housing market. For instance, while people want the price of all other essentials items to fall homeowners want the value of their home - and by implication all homes - to rise, even if it would be to their disadvantage in cash terms ...
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Construction firms owe 拢30 billion to trade creditors
I am in the midst of putting together data for the Contract Journal Construction Top 100 and there were a couple of figures I thought worth sharing that have come out of some analysis on trade debt and credit.From the number crunching I am doing I have estimated that construction ...
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A 25% jump in house prices - is that scientific or finger licking bad
I can tell you the price of a house in 2020. I'll even let you into the secret of how I do it. What I do is lick my finger and stick it into the wind. Works every time, especially on those with no memory and little understanding, and I ...
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Official figures show construction output dropping in second quarter
So there it is, construction output slumped sharply in the second quarter of this year, according to the first take by the national statisticians of economic activity.The statisticians put the 0.7% drop in construction activity down to the sharp drop in house building work. The 0.7% drop in construction output ...
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CommentA slippery slope
A recent order by a judge for a party to reveal its insurance details has sparked concern that claimants will now be able to request this information all the time
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CommentWebmaster review: Rafael Vi帽oly website
The website of Rafael Vi帽oly boasts the benefits of pure Flash, but that has drawbacks too
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CommentPublic madness
Not another one! That is the initial reaction to the news that the Rafael Vi帽oly-designed visual arts centre in Colchester languishes unfinished while its contractor and client squabble over the escalating budget.
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CommentA question of loyalty
State your case -聽An expert witness鈥� duty is to the court, but Barry Milton has encountered many who wouldn鈥檛 dream of contradicting their clients
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CommentVictorious losers
EU rules insist that public contracts be run in a fair and open way. So, if you miss out, and you think the client wasn鈥檛 fair, you can ask a court for damages. A lot of damages 鈥�
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CommentLet鈥檚 get going
The select committee鈥檚 Construction Matters report is a fine piece of work, but that won鈥檛 mean much if its recommendations aren鈥檛 acted on.
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CommentMy digital life - Raymond Wong
With an eagle eye for a bargain, Raymond Wong uses the internet to seek out the cheapest deals. And like his film superhero, Jackie Chan, he always comes out on top
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