All News articles – Page 1598
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Taylor Wimpey seeks debt restructuring
Taylor Wimpey is attempting to renegotiate its debt arrangements and free up cash in order to take advantage of returning demand in the housing sector
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Threat of of double-dip slump grows by the day
Commercial development re-enters decline, Spending cuts hit contractor confidence, Job losses could reach 100,000 this year
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Kier dodges schools cutbacks
Kier chief executive Paul Sheffield has predicted that his firm will be unaffected by cuts to the government’s investment in schools and predicted the firm’s outgoing financial director would be “swamped” with opportunities
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Crossrail 'contingency options' could cut cost
ǿմý has obtained Transport Secretary letter that casts fresh doubts over whether Crossrail will be scaled down
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Rada Contact touch-activated tap
The Contact from Rada is a touch-activated tap aimed at commercial premises such as hotels and leisure centres
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Mayor set to claim greater power over London housing
GLA officials in talks with communities department to devolve decisions on £1bn of public funding
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Connaught chief Tincknell steps down
Connaught chief Mark Tincknell has stepped down following a profit warning three weeks ago that sent the social housing maintenance specialist’s share price crashing by almost two-thirds
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InterfaceFLOR carpets
Three InterfaceFLOR carpet products have been used in an office space in More London next to Tower Bridge for education charity Teach First
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Sector buoyed by last-minute social housing scramble
Business barometer: Value of work tumbles but housing repairs put Apollo and Mulalley on top
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Wireless coverage in buildings: Only connect
iPhones, iPads, BlackBerrys, Notebooks - the list of wireless gadgets is growing all the time. Which is putting greater demands on our buildings and those who design them
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Carillion axes student sponsorship
Nearly 100 construction students have been left short of funds and some have been unable to graduate after Carillion scrapped its sponsorship scheme
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Atkins bids for Saudi high-speed stations
Atkins is a member of one of the six consortiums that have submitted bids to build four stations on Saudi Arabia’s new rail link between the cities of Mecca and Medina
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Mace agrees deal for Shard neighbour
Sellar Group has finalised a £130m deal with Mace for the second phase of the London Bridge Quarter project which includes Renzo Piano’s Shard
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Green light for £93m Cumbrian hospital
Laing O’Rourke has been given the go-ahead for a £93m hospital in Cumbria by the health secretary
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Industry distress falls 26%
The number of construction firms experiencing distress fell by 26% between the first quarter and the second quarter of 2010
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Housing stats planning applications in June 2010
More projects at detailed planning than a year ago, except in Scotland; Morgan Sindall tops client list
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Latest construction appointments: 16 July 2010
Birmingham council has recruited a strategic director of development. Mark Barrow was chief executive of Newcastle-under-Lyme council since 2007, and replaces former regeneration director Clive Dutton
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ǿմý's Supermarket Conference: Bryan Roberts
Video: Planet Retail’s global research director talks about the rise of the convenience store
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Capita proposes pilot tidal energy scheme
The £150m Welsh test bed facility for turbine designers and manufacturers could get the go ahead
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