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CommentCut out the cowboys
Simple solutions, cut the rate of VAT payable on building repairs and improvements to 5%
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CommentInvest in local SMEs
Contribution to the local economy will be greater if the contractors and tradesman are local SMEs
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CommentThe latest construction forecasts may be more optimistic, but the risks haven鈥檛 gone away
Forecasters have tweaked their figures upwards but uncertainty remains over how much the private sector will boost construction output
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CommentInterview: Peter Lauener - the man with the answers
If it takes 20 years and 拢55bn to renew every secondary school in England, what can the government do to address the crumbling school estate with an annual budget of just 拢4bn? The man trying to work this one out is Peter Lauener, head of the newly formed Education Funding ...
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CommentAverage house prices may be stable, but the figures hide trouble
Like icebergs, the housing market鈥檚 bulkier threats could be obscured from view, argues Brian Green
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CommentDouble fault
What happens when you can鈥檛 find a hammer? You use a digger instead if you鈥檙e on this site
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CommentA quick guide to provisional liquidation
A quick guide on the corporate insolvency procedure of provisional liquidation
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CommentThe FIT is is still regressive, even after Supreme Court victory
The linking of the feed-in tariff to a home鈥檚 energy rating is just one of a series of blunders made by the government contributing to a missed opportunity
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CommentAll aboard the fair pay express!
Network Rail hnas鈥檛 had to bully firms into signing its payment charter, for the simple reason that it鈥檚 in their interest too
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Inbox: The benefit of foresight
Readers discuss how changes to Part L could mean a rise in cowboy builders, whether housebuilders might regret welcoming the NewBuy scheme and why the best bidder doesn鈥檛 always win the job
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CommentOsborne's Budget: The sound of silence
On Budget day our industry waited to hear the chancellor announce bold moves to unblock the pipeline of sorely needed social infrastructure projects. It鈥檚 still waiting, says Steve Beechey
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CommentMy digital life ... David Symons
WSP Environment & Energy director 鈥榝esses up to a 鈥榯ap app鈥� addiction
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CommentHansom: Seize the day
Whether you鈥檙e playing on your phone during a conference, making the best of a political crisis, stalking a stranger to their home or cycling to Manchester, this is a week for throwing caution to the wind
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CommentWonders & blunders with Simon Campbell
The Titanic Belfast embodies the history and ambition of Simon Campbell鈥檚 city, while the Obel Tower across the river simply looms over it
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CommentGuarantees emails enforceability: Golden Ocean Group Ltd vs (1) Salgaocar Mining Industries PVT Ltd (2) Mr Anil V Salgaocar
This case showed that even informal communications such as a string of emails can constitute binding obligations
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CommentA little light reading 鈥�
New tomes on construction law and Scottish arbitration are well worth picking up 鈥� if your back can take it
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CommentMy digital life: Julian Vickery
The Core director scoffs at Twitter but always make time for cricket score updates