All Comment articles 鈥� Page 520
-
Comment
If this is not recession - what is?
However much you may have been expecting it, the pace of bad news is overwhelming. Back to back, undiluted and dismal.The buyers body, CIPS, today reports on construction and unsurprisingly, given the current wave of shocking statistics, its Purchasing Managers Index for the industry plunged to unchartered depths - from ...
-
Comment
Workload and job prospects crash, confidence plummets - RICS
A dramatic reversal of fortunes saw confidence in the future of construction workload plunge in the second quarter of this year to the lowest level ever recorded by the chartered surveyors body RICS.The figures suggest that more than 11 years of almost uninterrupted growth has come to a shuddering halt, ...
-
Comment
House prices down 8%, but where is the bottom of the market?
The Nationwide's latest stats for June on house prices confirmed what everyone knew: house prices are still falling. The figures put the average house price down 0.9% on the month, 6.3% on the year and 8% down from the peak in October.If the current rate of fall continues for the ...
-
Comment
Rich ditch their homes as US plays celebrity foreclosures
Bored with the subprime homesick blues, the US press has turned to tracking down the rich who have handed back the keys on their multimillion dollar homes. It's "celebrity foreclosures" folks!That couldn't possibly happen here...
-
Comment
Poll shows confidence at new lows
More news to spoil your breakfast came in today. The latest consumer confidence barometer reading taken by GfK NOP shows consumers expectations of economic prospects in the coming 12 months at the lowest level since the pollster began asking the question in 1982.What does this mean for construction? Well what ...
-
Comment
First quarter national accounts figures provide cause for concern
The latest quarterly national accounts provide yet more worrying reading for the construction industry.Firstly, the revisions made by the statisticians have just made the pretty poor figures originally released look worse.GDP growth in the first quarter is now officially 0.3% compared with 0.4% (to put that in context 0.1% ...
-
Comment
Tests and Trials
Jackie Sadek might find our pronouncements on the grocery retail sector a little less Kafkaesque if she read them properly (6 June, page 56).
-
CommentThe power of speeches
Odd business, public speaking. This week it raised Boris Johnson to the zenith of glory and cast a Mail man into the abyss of ignimony, while Caroline Flint used her special powers to evade the press
-
CommentPick and mix
There are just too many delicious goodies at this year鈥檚 London Festival of Architecture to take in without drawing up some kind of menu.
-
CommentObstructed by justice
Don鈥檛 expect the law to protect you from unscrupulous clients, says small contractor Alan Danieli. The system just isn鈥檛 designed that way 鈥�
-
CommentLiving in sin: Haden Young vs Laing O'Rourke Midlands
The dangers of contractor and subcontractor co-habiting out of wedlock were highlighted when Hayden Young went to work for Laing O鈥橰ourke on Coventry City鈥檚 Ricoh arena
-
CommentThe flood plan
Amazingly, we鈥檝e got yet another challenge to contend with when we build, but this time it鈥檚 long overdue.
-
CommentFlash of inspiration
The recent flooding in the West Country brought the UK鈥檚 unpredictable weather onto the front pages again
-
-
Comment
Dilapidations: Repairing the damage
Some landlords have sneakily been asking tenants who have quit to pay for repairs they never intended to carry out. It鈥檚 in the hands of surveyors to stamp out the practice
-
CommentTime to plot a new course?
If the UK economy continues to stutter, maybe you should consider taking your skills to Europe鈥檚 emerging economies
-
Comment
星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for the London leaders
Judging from the drinks tally you might be wondering what鈥檚 happened to the 鈥淏uys a pint鈥� bit this week.
-
Comment
North of the border
Caroline Flint says England is a world leader in green building (13 June, page 62).
-
Comment
Griping back
In response to your article (Generation Gripe, 13 June, page 67), how disappointing that staying late at work is still viewed by some as the only sign of commitment.
-
CommentWebmaster review: London Festival of Architecture website
How easy does the London Festival of Architecture's website 鈥� www.lfa2008.org 鈥� make it for people to get involved in and find out about the activities?