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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for the Anyjob team
It has taken two-and-a-half pints, but we are finally off the subject of mackerel fishing in Cornwall. Cue a collective sigh of relief as, after a slow start, the chat hots up
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CommentMetamorphoses
We bring you tales of strange transformations this week as the industry tries alchemy, women turn into angels, rich people lose vast sums of money and 星空传媒鈥檚 front cover is vandalised by a reader
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Too little, too late
With reference to your article on the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) funding situation (3 April, page 24), it should also be pointed out that an aspect that contributed greatly to the overspend on many colleges was the LSC鈥檚 decision in the summer of 2004 to not approve funding for ...
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CommentWe fight the law 鈥�
Reading the story in 星空传媒 on 9 April (BDP faces 拢4.6m claim over Wimbledon media centre), I was disappointed, but sadly not surprised, to see yet another high-profile court case involving latent defects
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We fight the law and the law wins
I was pleased to read James Bessey鈥檚 article (How to look good in public, 9 April, page 47)
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Foul-weather friends
Working as a senior procurement manager for a national housebuilder, I wholeheartedly concur with the frustration felt at how those offering trade insurance are reacting in these straitened times (17 April, page 28)
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Emirates united
Your article of 鈥淲hy we are not Dubai鈥� (17 April, page 32) took many of my comments out of context.
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Tools for the job
Tony Bingham, in his column on 3 April (page 56), made reference to 鈥渢hat wonderful book 鈥� A Dummies鈥� Guide to Risk and Shafting鈥� to help contractors survive the recession.
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Terminological imbroglios
Robert Adam (17 April, page 22) must move in very eccentric 鈥� and exclusive 鈥� circles
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CommentWe need better politicians
Surely efficiency savings have to be made by working with the supply chain: after all, the government has been saying just this for 10 years
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CommentL is for limitation rules
A-Z of construction law聽Our beginner鈥檚 guide to legal basics covers L this week 鈥� the limitation on the time a party can claim damages
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CommentToo much information
It has become common for clients to send bidders so much data that nobody has the time to produce tenders properly. Now there鈥檚 a campaign to change all that
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Further clues on house price movements from Land Registry
The latest Land Registry figures for house prices show a further fall in March of 0.4%.These figures appear consistent with the general picture emerging from the various surveys of falling prices, but an easing in the rate of decline.
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Home prices slide but rate of decline has eased, says Nationwide
The latest Nationwide data on house prices is yet another pointer to suggst the slide in house prices is far from over.The April figure saw the average price fall by 0.4% in April after the upward blip of 0.9% a month earlier.The optimists may suggest this is a bottoming out ...
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Is Mrs Pidgley missing her horses?
Earlier this week the wife of Berkeley boss Tony Pidgley sold 250,000 shares in the company. It leaves her with just over half a million but at 拢9.60 a pop she netted 拢2.4m from the deal.The wife of FD and Pidgley protege Rob Perrins offloaded the same amount and director ...
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Little to stop the slide in house prices, says Hometrack
Two weeks ago there was growing optimism within the housing market. One budget later and there is every sign that we may re-enter a period of deepening pessimism with commentary to suit.I'd be surprised if the latest British Bankers' Association figures showing mortgage lending slowing isn't seized on and thrown ...
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Output figures signal more bad news
The ONS released preliminary estimates of GDP for the first quarter of 2009 and it wasn't pretty. Estimates from macroeconomic forecasters had suggested that GDP would fall 1.5%-1.6% in Q1 compared to the previous quarter. In fact, it was 1.9%. Within the GDP fall in the first quarter, construction fell ...
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Construction collapse was faster than first thought, say ONS statisticians
Construction output fell a further 2.4% in the first quarter of this year, according to estimates plugged into the official data used to calculate the UK gross domestic product.The figures for total output of the UK economy in the first quarter show a disturbing fall of 1.9%, with construction a ...
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It's an ill wind...
There will be some positive outcomes from this global recession. The office market is a case in point and I believe that the economic climate will lead, and is already leading, to higher quality, better functioning buildings
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Just plane wrong
It鈥檚 easy to portray Tamsin Omond as childish (27 March, page 42), but setting her against an ageing politician (whose age I noted wasn鈥檛 published) just doesn鈥檛 work