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One man鈥檚 junk ...
Last week I spotted one of your 鈥渓ittle gems of genius鈥� (5 January, page 12) about the online marketplace whatdoidowiththis.com.
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A journey without maps
We were, of course, being ironic on our cover, but it鈥檚 no understatement to say the drive to make new homes zero carbon by 2016 is a venture into the unknown.
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CommentLet鈥檚 make this interesting ...
Sure, anyone can fall off a scaffolding and break a couple of bones, but how many fall off and drown in a river?
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CommentTell us where it hurts
Open mike聽The government鈥檚 push for large framework deals is proving costly for smaller firms. So a new Strategic Forum survey aims to find out how bad it鈥檚 getting.
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WEB WATCH How to survive
... the aftermath of an office party. Every month Amaya Lopez provides us with a list of tips on how to survive perils at work on www.building4jobs.co.uk. Here鈥檚 the latest edition
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Start at home
The lack of impact of the RICS鈥� campaign against the government鈥檚 restrictions on QSs coming to work in Britain shouldn鈥檛 really come as a surprise (鈥淩ICS frustrated by failure of visa campaign鈥�, 5 January, page 14).
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CommentMind the GAAP
TAX TIPS聽- The ripple effect of the Enron scandal is affecting accountancy standards in the UK, and will result in some companies showing higher returns 鈥� and possibly paying more tax
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CommentHansom Twists of fate
Fortuna鈥檚 wheel continued to revolve this week, bringing some six-figure windfalls and ownership of the year 1856, throwing others into the law courts and leaving one firm at the mercy of newts
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Falling short
This was an appeal from a decision of the Inner House of the Scottish Court of Sessions that Robb was 50% to blame for an accident and that his employer, Salamis (M&I) Limited (鈥淪alamis鈥�), had not breached the Provision of Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Robb claimed damages against ...
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No move to east London
A postscript to the article 鈥淔oster consortium set to bid for Olympic media centre鈥� (5 January, page 11) implies that the proposal to move some key departments and channels to Salford may not happen.
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CommentA difference of emphasis
Letters of intent are paved with good intentions, but can trigger endless legal manoeuvres. A joyous time for lawyers but for nobody else. Here the couple to fall out were Skanska and supermarket chain Somerfield
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CommentCultural revolution II
The eco-city being planned by Arup outside Shanghai sounds like a publicity stunt. But it鈥檚 not. It鈥檚 an audacious attempt to change the world
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CommentCompetence is the key
Meeting different regulatory requirements is a nightmare for plumbers and a serious problem for everyone else in the construction industry. But there is a better way.
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CommentInto the swing
Industry manoeuvres gather pace this week as young men stride into the spotlight, old hands consider new work, architects fly to Tokyo to find mates and the BPF falls for Al Gore
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Taking it personally
This was an appeal by Abdullah Al-Anzi (鈥渢he Doctor鈥�) from a decision of the Central London County Court in December 2005, whereby the trial judge ordered that the Doctor was personally liable for a sum in respect of building and architectural work carried out by the respondents, Nasser Abadi (鈥淎badi鈥�) ...
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What REITS mean for you
REITs became a reality this month, and they are about to become a force in the property development world. But what do they mean for the firms that work with them?
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CommentLife less ordinary
This strange time of year, when our everyday existence pauses for a week, makes us look more closely at who we are, where we live and the work that we do
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Off with their hats
In the nineties I was marketing director of Watson Steel, then owned by Amec (鈥淎mec quits construction after 拢90m writedown鈥�, 15 December, page 9).