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NewsRok debt brings down Wolverhampton kitchen company
Midlands eco-furnishings company goes into administration after being owed 拢200,000 by failed builder
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NewsKier warns of social housing "hiatus"
Contractor warns of transition period between funding models but welcomes 鈥済ood start鈥� to financial year
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NewsPickles: Localism Bill to be introduced "within days"
Secretary of state says that the bill will be introduced to parliament within 鈥渄ays鈥�
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Timber frame loses popularity
Timber frame鈥檚 share of the new build housing market dropped from 75% to 68% in Scotland during 2009
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NewsPrivate sector steps in to fill gap left by public work
Business barometer:聽Willmott Dixon tops the chart buoyed by 拢41m public sector contract
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Costain shores up pensions
Costain will sink six PFI contracts into the firm鈥檚 pension scheme in a bid to reduce its pension deficit by 拢22m.
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NewsContractors wrestle for Rok
Source close to sale says 10-15 firms are in talks; Collapse leaves 拢100m owing to supply chain
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NewsConstruction firms spared squeeze on government jobs
Cabinet Office will demand efficiency savings not price cuts from building contractors
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NewsInsurance giants left in the lurch by Rok collapse
Axa, Tesco and Aegas eye alternative suppliers; Sale of social housing division speeded up
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NewsISG targets US retail clients
ISG is targeting high-profile retail and commercial clients in the US for the first time as part of a new strategy to win work with America-based businesses across the globe
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What went wrong at Rok? The City view
鈥淗indsight is a wonderful thing,鈥� says Andrew Brown, an analyst at Panmure Gordon, 鈥渂ut Rok鈥檚 first major profit warning was two years ago, related to the slowdown in their regional contracting business.鈥�
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Regional plans ruling will not be challenged
The government will not appeal a High Court ruling this week that the communities secretary Eric Pickles acted unlawfully in scrapping the regional plans which set housing targets across councils in England
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Capita restructure
Capita Symonds has restructured its business, cutting its divisions from four to three and rebranding seven recent acquisitions.
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NewsCameron's trade visit helps UK firms land China work
Benoy, Arup and David Lock win lucrative contracts following prime minister鈥檚 mission
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Bovis warns of uncertainty
Housebuilder Bovis Homes has seen a rise in profit margins but has warned of 鈥渦ncertainty concerning the near term direction of house prices鈥�.
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Potters Bar firms prosecuted
Jarvis and Network Rail will be prosecuted over the Potters Bar rail disaster, which killed seven people in 2002 after a train derailed.
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NewsLandSecs eyes distressed assets to increase work
Developer Land Securities aims to increase the value of its development pipeline by up to 拢500m over the next three years by targeting distressed properties across the UK
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NewsGlen Howells Architects: In the Lime light
Glenn Howells Architects has redesigned the public square outside Liverpool Lime Street Station
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NewsAbu Dhabi eco city may rely on non-renewable power sources
Abu Dhabi eco-city Masdar may not be fully powered by renewable energy as budget constraints hit the scope of the project