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CommentMind the GAAP
TAX TIPS聽- The ripple effect of the Enron scandal is affecting accountancy standards in the UK, and will result in some companies showing higher returns 鈥� and possibly paying more tax
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CommentTell us where it hurts
Open mike聽The government鈥檚 push for large framework deals is proving costly for smaller firms. So a new Strategic Forum survey aims to find out how bad it鈥檚 getting.
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Start at home
The lack of impact of the RICS鈥� campaign against the government鈥檚 restrictions on QSs coming to work in Britain shouldn鈥檛 really come as a surprise (鈥淩ICS frustrated by failure of visa campaign鈥�, 5 January, page 14).
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No move to east London
A postscript to the article 鈥淔oster consortium set to bid for Olympic media centre鈥� (5 January, page 11) implies that the proposal to move some key departments and channels to Salford may not happen.
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Stick to what you know
Tony Bingham鈥檚 hope that 2007 will be the year when architects do drawings, engineers do engineering and so on (5 January, page 54) is music to the ears of indemnity brokers and insurers.
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One man鈥檚 junk ...
Last week I spotted one of your 鈥渓ittle gems of genius鈥� (5 January, page 12) about the online marketplace whatdoidowiththis.com.
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CommentLet鈥檚 make this interesting ...
Sure, anyone can fall off a scaffolding and break a couple of bones, but how many fall off and drown in a river?
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CommentInto the swing
Industry manoeuvres gather pace this week as young men stride into the spotlight, old hands consider new work, architects fly to Tokyo to find mates and the BPF falls for Al Gore
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CommentJames Brown
WEB WATCH - Your spirit lives on, as Alex Smith gets down to a dance video about low-energy light bulbs, then jumps up, turns around and offers some sage legal advice from Fenwick Elliott. Oh baby ...
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CommentLife less ordinary
This strange time of year, when our everyday existence pauses for a week, makes us look more closely at who we are, where we live and the work that we do
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Taking it personally
This was an appeal by Abdullah Al-Anzi (鈥渢he Doctor鈥�) from a decision of the Central London County Court in December 2005, whereby the trial judge ordered that the Doctor was personally liable for a sum in respect of building and architectural work carried out by the respondents, Nasser Abadi (鈥淎badi鈥�) ...
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CommentAbout that Olympic stadium deal ...
According to J Parrish, the director of sport at Arup, creating a large stadium is like putting together a giant jigsaw puzzle.
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CommentWhat鈥檚 YOUR anti-bullying policy?
SECURITY ALERT 鈥斅燘ullying is not limited to the playground, it is alive and well in the workplace, too. Part of the problem, says Angus Darroch-Warren, is that managers often fail to spot the signs
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What REITS mean for you
REITs became a reality this month, and they are about to become a force in the property development world. But what do they mean for the firms that work with them?
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CommentHuman life is cheap in Dorking
Thanks to Philip Sears of Philip Sears Designs for this shot of genteel, leafy Surrey at its most deadly ...
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Off with their hats
In the nineties I was marketing director of Watson Steel, then owned by Amec (鈥淎mec quits construction after 拢90m writedown鈥�, 15 December, page 9).
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A kink in the chain
I refer to the column 鈥淎n offer you can鈥檛 accept鈥� by Rudi Klein (1 December, page 45).