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A matter of life and death
I found your article 鈥淢anslaughter rules could 鈥榮ignal end鈥� for small firms鈥� (30 October, page 11) fascinating
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A valueless tax
I was somewhat surprised to read your article on false self-employment in construction (2 October, page 15)
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The war on time
In the field of time management the construction industry is now in the same position as it was with quantity surveying at the start of the 20th century: we have no standards to work to, no training and no qualifications for those who do it. It should be no surprise, ...
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Cut out the middle man
I鈥檓 writing in reference to the recruitment agencies fined for price fixing (2 October, page 10)
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H & S Blunders
Last week, in the wake of two letters questioning the appropriateness of our pictures of health and safety blunders, we ran a web poll asking if the series should continue
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CommentThey know how to use the sky box
That鈥檚 just one of the benefits of having children. But the struggle to combine work and reproduction is rewarding, exhausting and different for everybody
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint: The interiors group
鈥淒o you watch Little Britain?鈥� Adrian demands as I sit down. 鈥淲ho does he look like? Go on, guess!鈥�
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Orders figures continue to point to a rougher road ahead
For those poring over the latest new orders figures released today to find guidance on the future of construction activity I suspect there is something for the optimists, but rather more for the pessimists.It must be said that trying to discern sensible insight from examining the orders figures month by ...
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Growing evidence of double dip collapse for construction
The latest round of trade survey data points to an ugly acceleration in the rate of collapse of workloads.Persistent sightings of green shoots over the late spring and summer now look to have been little more than a mirage.The construction trade survey compiled by the Construction Products Association says the ...
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CommentAfter the goldrush
The head of one British consultant in Dubai confessed that he will be using Indian QSs in the near future, many of whom will operate from the Subcontinent
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Bingham bites back
The Office of Fair Trading鈥檚 response to my column (23 October, page 30) condemns the OFT
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Get over it
What is all the fuss about over these OFT fines (Hays fumes 2 October, page 10)?
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She who laughs first 鈥�
I always find it interesting to read articles about women in construction (23 October, page 36)
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With friends like these 鈥�
Gillian Birkby (16 October, page 50) hits the nail on the head in berating public bodies for their unreasonably onerous appointment terms
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No laughing matter
For some time I have been uneasy about the direction of your health and safety blunders
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Back at you
You have really rattled my cage now! I complained that 星空传媒 should not publish health and safety photos when it could do something positive, like report the matter to the Health and Safety Executive. Then you published Charles Johnston鈥檚 letter (23 October, page 31) suggesting my view was a 鈥渕inority ...
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How do I... draft a letter of intent?
In the latest of our series on tackling your own legal affairs, Deborah Primett explains how to draft the ever popular, ever problematic letter of intent
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CommentHansom: Epic tales
Construction folk fight the good fight this week; they clash with an A-list celeb, stagger through hurricanes, take on insane safety regs and eat all the pies