All Comment articles – Page 69
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NewsStarting your own business, part 11: Adding to the team
Work is coming in - too much, in fact - and it's time to face the facts: you need help
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NewsThe green school movement
Sustainability has gone from being an optional extra to a central priority of Building Schools for the Future - and it’s an area of technology that’s getting more exciting
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NewsWe're still in recession says CIPS …
… despite official figures showing construction output growth
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NewsWill we see the return of mobile classrooms?
How will the construction industry deal with the potential cuts to the school building programme?
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NewsStarting your own business, part 10: Dealing with your first bad debt
Late payments are bound to occur, especially in a recession, but you must keep a tight rein or it could leave a large hole in your profits
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NewsFeed-in tariffs are a small step in the right direction
The government's announcement yesterday is welcome, but it's limited to small-scale renewables. To meet UK emissions targets we need to think big...
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NewsA tribute to Alan Cherry
I am very proud to have known Alan, to have called him a friend and to have been associated with one of his finest developments
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NewsBrighter outlook from forecasters, but severe risks remain
The forecasts from Hewes & Associates and Leading Edge sit interestingly against the other winter forecasts for construction output released over the past couple of weeks
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CommentGovernment intern system: Slow learners
Have you ever logged on to graduatetalentpool.direct.gov.uk?
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NewsWe’ll be getting off lightly if the workforce drops 400,000
The latest forecast from the Construction Skills Network (CSN) suggests that the current recession in construction will have led to a drop of about 400,000 in the number employed by the industry once job shedding ends in early 2011.This would mean a drop of about 15% in the workforce. That ...
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NewsThe end is nigh?
If two consecutive quarters of declining GDP is most economists’ definition of a recession; how come only one quarter’s growth at 0.1% seems good enough to mark the end of it?
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NewsMum: Are we out of recession yet?
Officially the statistics say the UK economy has returned to growth, but remember these figures are only an estimate...
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NewsDeloitte and Drivers Jonas: A toast to the happy couple
Congratulations are in order for this visionary merger that could benefit the whole sector
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NewsHaiti: This time we must 'build better'
Poor quality buildings are responsible for the widespread death and devastation in Haiti, so the rebuilding effort must learn from other countries where a proactive approach has been taken
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CommentStuck in the middle
The general purpose contractor that turns over £70-200m and bases its success on good relations with local councils and health authorities in a particular region has long been the backbone of Britain’s building industry
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NewsBrickonomics: December's higher that expected inflation
Consumer Price Inflation at 2.9% in December and up from 1.9% a month earlier… mmm… that’s not what the experts expected. Not by a long way.
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NewsHaiti and its neighbours
Working as a QS in the Caribbean Andrew Hemsley is well placed to observe the reaction in the region to Haiti's plight since the earthquake
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NewsStarting up your own business, part nine: Is the time right to grow the business?
At first you won work through your original contacts list, but as your ambitions increase you need to find ways to up your profile to reach more potential clients
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NewsWhat's 'normal' in 2010?
Davis Langdon makes some bold predictions about the year ahead and pinpoints 10 factors that will shape the economy and decide the fate of construction
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Comment2010: The year of the deal
WYG decided to go into Ireland shortly before its economy imploded; worse decisions were possible (a Reykjavik office?) but only justGrowth and success are not the same thing. Unless expansion is carried out by a skilled management team working to a plan as shrewd as it is lucky, opening overseas ...