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Ice Ice Baby 鈥� Heavy Snow Returns to Scotland
Safety in the Snow- Essential guidance for employers, employees and those with responsibility for health and safety.After what has seemed to be the longest, coldest, snowiest winter on record; extreme weather is still causing problems all over Scotland. Roads are closed, houses are still without power and the everyday dangers ...
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Prepare for a double dip in construction growth 鈥� the implication of today鈥檚 GDP figures
The UK is coming out faster from recession than we thought. But the hole was deeper.That seems to be the message from the statisticians鈥� latest stab at the nation鈥檚 output.The increase in fourth quarter GPD was revised upward from 0.1% to 0.3%, which will cheer many not least the Chancellor.But ...
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Corporate manslaughter: When they read you your rights
The Corporate Manslaughter Act makes it likely that anyone involved in an investigation will find themselves being grilled in a police interview room. Here鈥檚 what they can expect
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Mangled by the machinery: notice provisions
Generally speaking, the courts are understanding if a party makes a smallish mistake with its notice provisions. But don鈥檛 rely on it
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CommentThe Wrekin ruby, episode 25: What鈥檚 it worth?
The astonishing tale of the Shropshire contractor and the stone worth somewhere between 拢11m and 拢100 has just taken another twist 鈥� Emily Wright talks to the man who has just bought it for 拢8,100
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Burning issue
That Viridor could be classed as green or incineration portrayed as renewable energy is laughable (Green energy firm to appeal Oxfordshire planning decision, 4 January, building.co.uk)
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Offering the world
While I read with interest your interview with Mr Shapps, the shadow housing minister (5 February, page 28), your choice of headline was unfortunate for a professional journal
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Scotland the brave 鈥�
The Scottish government鈥檚 recent consolidation of 17 planning policies into one document is to be commended
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Scotland the brittle
Recent alarming reports that Scotland鈥檚 unemployment rates outstrip the rest of the UK should prompt government at all levels to look afresh at their strategy for bringing this country out of recession
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CommentRobert Adam: The deadly sin of incompetence
Architects love chasing fame but the tiresome stuff of knowing how a building is put together seems beneath them. The sixth of Robert Adam鈥檚 seven deadly sins of architecture is incompetence
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Wonders & Blunders
Dickie Bird hits us for four, squeezing in three favourites 鈥撀爄ncluding, wouldn鈥檛 you know it, Lord鈥檚 cricket ground 鈥� and a now defunct baseball park that was getting on a bit
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CommentHansom true colours
As Brookfield and Cleveland Bridge are shown the yellow card, others strut the red carpet of fashion week and make good use of neon dancewear. It鈥檚 just Davis Langdon that is left feeling a bit blue
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Greg Verhoef: Get workers to think for themselves
If you want workers to be safe on site, you have to get them to think for themselves. So, we need less bureaucracy and more reliance on our natural sense of danger, says Greg Verhoef
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We are on a perilous road to the new normal 鈥� but at least it鈥檚 exciting
Yesterday I went to an excellent conference organised by the Council of Mortgage Lenders. I know it was good because I came away with a headache and a slightly befuddled mind, but invigorated nevertheless.What made it more interesting was that on the train into London I read Martin Wolf鈥檚 column ...
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Open Source Planning: naive, stupid or cynical?
If you think that the economy is posing a problem for house builders, you might want to consider the planning proposals put forward by the Conservatives.鈥淛aw dropping鈥� was one phrase that an expert on planning matters put to me. 鈥淐oncerning鈥� was the more sedate and political word chosen by the ...
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CommentWhy we need Charter 284
This week 星空传媒 is launching a campaign to argue for five policy goals that the winner of the general election should implement
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The confusion over public sector spending cuts
There has been much comment recently concerning the planned cuts in public sector investment, with a figure of 50% often mentioned. This relates to the planned reduction in public sector NET investment over the period 2009/10 鈥� 2012/13.However, GROSS investment is planned to fall by a lesser 30% over this ...