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RICS figures suggest commercial building market is heading for a beating
The release of some pretty nasty survey results on the commercial property market from the surveyors body RICS is far from the sort of fare one would have served up just before heading off on holiday, but there it is. Bleak, with spiky curves heading in just the directions you ...
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What makes the latest Rightmove figures significant
Let's face it predicting house price movements is like trying to forecast the British weather. You can have a vague clue from the available data, but you are likely to be onto a loser more often than not if you try to pin down how things will turn out in ...
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CommentHansom: curiouser and curiouser
As the economic world disappears down the rabbit hole, we find ourselves in a strange land where no email is quite as it seems, consultants befriend barn owls and masked builders roam the Orient
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And now for the good news - Treasury set to widen the goalposts
I am not really sure why I was surprised to hear Nick Robinson on the BBC news last night confirming an FT story due to run today about the Treasury changing the borrowing rule set by Gordon Brown when he was Chancellor.It seemed clear that Government debt was set ...
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CommentData protection: The prying game
The monitoring of individuals is accepted practice today, but be careful how you use the data, as those being watched still have a right to privacy, says Angus Darroch-Warren聽
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CommentOur digital lives - Stef & Stelio Stefanou
Stef and Stelio Stefanou鈥檚 real lives look similar on paper. So Charlotte Matheson is surprised to discover that the brothers鈥� online habits are as different as 鈥� WA Mozart and Amy Winehouse
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CommentThese are all mistakes
After superb journalistic sleuthing (and a case of Scotch in the right hands) we have a draft of the next report to shake up construction. Chris Addison runs through the main points
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for John Doyle
Chosen watering hole: Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese聽Ambience: Rambling spit鈥檔鈥檚awdust joint for the not-quite-in-the-City worker聽Topics of conversation: Yorkshire, the Moseley trial, the housing market, the rest of the market聽Drinks drunk: 10 pints bitter, 4 pints lager, 2 glasses red wine, 6 glasses white wine, 3 cokes
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Doesn't measure up
I criticised the RICS for years and wrote several times seeking changes in favour of its members, particularly a review of its budget so that the annual subscription fees could be reduced.
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Bad start for Boris
I see Boris Johnson, the London mayor, plans to reinstate Parker Morris space standards in London鈥檚 new housing (27 June, page 12).
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CommentChinese whispers
Li Shirong, from the Chongqing Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Commission, has a mission to promote development and investment in her city.
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Fast track to the future
The government鈥檚 announcement on 23 June about speeding up the 星空传媒 Schools For the Future programme is very welcome.
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Let鈥檚 start at the very beginning
Your article 鈥淕overnment failing on sustainable procurement鈥� (4 June, www.building.co.uk) emphasised the importance of sustainable procurement practices in the construction industry.
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CommentThe path to happiness
Happiness, there鈥檚 not too much of it around in construction at the moment.
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CommentWhen will they ever learn?
Despite the abundance of evidence that good clients get cheaper projects, many still insist on lowest price and highest cost. Councils, for example. Sir Michael Latham asks, why?
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CommentWebmaster review: Gleeds website
The website of QS Gleeds 鈥� www.gleeds.com 鈥� is under the microscope this week, as is its television channel, www.gleeds.tv
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CommentDispute escalation clauses: Ardentia Ltd vs British Telecommunications Plc
The CaseArdentia and BT entered into a project agreement on 18 February 2004. It related to the provision of information technology to the NHS. A dispute arose between Ardentia and BT in respect of licence fees. Ardentia also believed that BT was intending to engage third parties to develop new ...
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Government needs to lay firm foundations for its housing policy
I admit it, my response to Caroline Flint's housing rescue plan Part II, "Facing the housing challenge - Action today, innovation tomorrow", was borne out of frustration.I admit that lapsing into frustration is a huge fault in my character, one that frankly frustrates me.I admit that there are some elements ...
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Nero comes to mind
On a day that Wolseley has announced 6,000 job cuts and when the employment figures are looking decidedly shaky, even without the effects of the recent cull by house builders, the latest efforts by Caroline Flint to ease pain in the market seem rather puny.I could go into a detailed ...