All Analysis articles – Page 17
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FeaturesGovernment cuts: Find out where the money is currently spent
Here we show government spending by department, including capital funding, and where it’s expected they’ll be forced to make savings
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FeaturesComprehensive spending review: George's marvellous medicine
The construction industry will need more than a spoonful of sugar to help the chancellor’s medicine go down. Here we sum up where we are now and our panel of experts tell us what they’re expecting on Wednesday
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NewsQuestion time for Cameron
The Tory conference is going to be subjected to minute scrutiny in the hope that ministers will fill in some of the many blanks in policy. Sarah Richardson and Roxane McMeeken list the most important
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FeaturesThe collapse of Connaught
The Sidmouth concrete specialist that morphed into a £600m social housing contractor was one of the greatest success stories of the past 30 years, and one of the landmarks of the industry. Andrew Hankinson reports on why it fell - and if the banks should have saved it
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CommentRichard Steer on Aecom's takeover of Davis Langdon
What does the takeover mean for the UK cost consultants who value their independence?
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CommentWhat the death of the regional strategy means for housebuilding
In the absence of a new planning package from the government, the revocation of the RS could slow housebuilding yet further
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NewsJoin our live Budget Q&A this Wednesday, 12 noon
Find out more about how the Budget affects you in our question and answer session with an expert panel on Wednesday 30 June
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CommentOlympic Park landscaping begins with planting 6,000 trees
Building got a sneak preview of the landscaping underway at Stratford, which includes 300,000 plants, flood management technology and a fish refuge
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CommentTaxing times for construction
While increased VAT is a blow, other tax measures will benefit the industry
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CommentThe end of garden grabbing: what it really means
Housebuilders shouldn’t fear anti-garden grabbing measures – there are worse planning changes afoot
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CommentThe HCA must survive
We’re living in anxious times. And if you’re in the social housing world, it’s as nerve-jangling as it gets
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FeaturesMeddles all round: Prince Charles, Boris and Cabe ...
Planning has always been a national regatta for those with oars to stick in, but Charles’ Chelsea fiasco took it to a new level. Sarah Richardson compares him with the other rowers
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FeaturesElection 2010: Dear prime minister...
Sarah Richardson collects the industry’s messages to the new occupant of Number 10 and we reveal the final choices of our panel of floating voters
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FeaturesBill’s battle
Bill Rawcliffe is one of the many victims left by the collapse of Jarvis. So he started a campaign for justice, and failed to make progress. So, next stop the House of Commons
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FeaturesElection 2010: Invitation to a hanging
On this page Sarah Richardson and Roxane McMeeken look at what would happen to construction if nobody won the election, and overleaf we catch up with our floating voters, receive a letter from David Cameron and meet the former Jarvis man who founded his own political party
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FeaturesBuilding buys a pint … for CB Richard Ellis
“Your shoes look like pork pies.” Charles Ingram-Evans was pointing at my Clarks loafers. Apparently they contravened the “never wear brown in town” City dress code, which also applies to the property industry
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FeaturesOpen letter to readers of building magazine from David Cameron
‘Construction has suffered more than any other industry during the recession and its revival is crucial to Britain’s overall economic recovery. It must continue to provide the jobs and opportunities that will underpin the economic growth that Britain needs’
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FeaturesOpen letter to readers of Building magazine from Gordon Brown
Unlike the Conservatives, who have said they would cut the school building programme and won’t even guarantee existing projects unless they have reached financial close, Labour is committed to seeing BSF through
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Election 2010: Are they listening?
Roxane McMeeken went to a Derbyshire constituency where construction has a big say, and a bigger stake, in the result. So how much do the candidates know and care about their voters’ fears?
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FeaturesOpen letter to readers of Building magazine from Nick Clegg
Leader of the Liberal Democrats responds to Building's Charter 284 campaign for investment in infrastructure