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Is there a contract in writing?: T & T Fabrications vs Hubbard Architectural Metalwork
The Claimant applied for summary judgment under Part 24 of the Civil Procedure Rules for immediate enforcement of an Adjudicator鈥檚 Decision. There was a contract between the Second Claimant and Hubbard, the Defendant. It related to atrium bridges, staircases and metalwork items for a development in London in ...
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CommentMy digital life Andrew Best
The Buro Happold partner鈥檚 digital life is 007-heaven, with international poker, gadgets, MI5 and private members鈥� clubs. He doesn鈥檛 care to discuss it online, though 鈥� Very hush-hush, you see
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CommentCome again: Energy Performance of 星空传媒s Directive
The EU Energy Performance of 星空传媒s Directive hasn鈥檛 had much of an impact so far. So now the EU is rushing out a more ambitious successor 鈥�
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CommentThe accidental criminal
New trading regulations that target misleading marketing are there to catch the rogues. But their remit is so broad you could inadvertently commit an offence, too
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When housing market crash meets dot.bomb
For anyone keen to explore the deeper reaches of the effects caused by a slowdown in the housing market here is one for the files.Moneysupermarket.com appears to be seeking to quell investor fears about the impact of "extremely challenging" conditions in its mortgages and loans business.
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We still need 3 million homes by 2020, says official adviser
The National Housing and Planning Advice Unit (NHPAU) set up to provide advice on making homes affordable today released its latest advice on how many homes England needs by 2020.The range of extra homes the unit says are needed by 2020 is between 2,957,000 and 3,475,900. That means an addition ...
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Why so gloomy?
There is a lot of economic gloom about at the moment.Here, Merryn Somerset Webb, editor of Money Week, puts forward a very good case in defence of being gloomy.Anyone care to put a counter argument?
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Myths that provide comfort No 1: House prices and unemployment
It is popularly thought and much asserted that the trigger for the house price crash of the early 1990s was rising unemployment.Indeed, the Government, although with decreasing vigour of late, likes to point to the strong UK employment figures and suggest that these will help sustain residential property prices.The ...
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US house prices down 18% from the peak
What happens in the US housing market is becoming increasingly of interest this side of the Atlantic, as confused pundits scratch around for any clues as to what might be in store for the UK.No longer is there a broad sense of confidence that we are immune to what was ...
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"There is no housing market"
It is always a worthwhile experience chatting to Hometrack's Richard Donnell, there are always ideas and sparks of ideas.Having tracked him down this morning we talked, unsurprisingly, about the weirdness of the housing market. He made one particular comment that caught my ear."There is no housing market," he threw in ...
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House sales drop a third as credit crunch bites
The latest transaction figures from HM Revenue & Customs underline the industry fears of a collapse in home sales.They show that sales of property worth more than 拢40,000 have fallen by more than a third since the credit crunch hit. This May's figure of 98,000 transactions compares with 155,000 last ...
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CommentFirst impressions: Projects by Foster + Partners and Hadid
Another First Impression panellist, this time James Procter from the School of Architecture at Westminster University, comments on new projects on the 星空传媒 website
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Housing market gets tougher says Rightmove
The housing market is getting tougher with 15 homes on sale to every buyer, according to the latest research by the website Rightmove. And although asking prices dipped this month they remain at about the same level as last year.Set this against the usually conservative predictions from the HBOS, which ...
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The wealth effect and the death of builders' tea
Each morning I walk past a large Sir Robert McAlpine site. I'm impressed by the speed of build, the cleanliness, the apparent high safety standards and a general feel of efficiency.This morning I missed breakfast so I stopped at a cafe to buy a snack to eat on the hoof.A ...
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Slowdown won't stop us
In response to the article regarding Wienerberger UK鈥檚 mothballing of factories (6 June, page 9), the slowdown in the UK building materials sector was the sharpest the industry has ever seen and was without precedent in the UK.
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CommentPulling the trigger
The liability triggers for compensation for asbestos victims may depend on exact policy wording, but a current case may clarify whether the insurers are playing fair
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CommentYoghurt in a pea soup
Guess what? We鈥檝e got another case in which the parties started work on the basis of a letter of intent. The slight difference in this case is that it concerns M眉ller twin pots
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CommentYou're Mr Pink
Congratulations to Bovis Lend Lease chief executive Murray 鈥淟ance Armstrong鈥� Coleman who joined 84 colleagues to ride the 54 miles from London to Brighton last weekend to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.
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CommentTake the LEED
Thank you for your recent article entitled 鈥淯S to revise LEED assessment system鈥� (16 May, page 14).
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CommentDo you remember the last time?
From the depths of the last recession came Egan, Latham and the seeds of a truly integrated industry. This time around, we must not let that message fall by the wayside, says Colin Harding