All articles by David Matthews – Page 20
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NewsMears buys ailing social housing firm
Social housing company buys loss-making maintenance business Jackson Lloyd
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FeaturesThe master strategy: Can a QS be a management consultants
Davis Langdon wants to compete with McKinsey. But can it really find a place at the top table of global management consultancies? And will the rest of the quantity surveying industry follow it
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NewsCITB hatches post-privatisation survival plan
CITB-ConstructionSkills is drafting survival plans after a leaked government list revealed that the industry training body might be privatised, writes David Matthews.
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Bad debt in Middle East pushes Make into £900k loss
UK revenue plummets in 2009 as private sector dries up but growth in China boosts future prospects
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NewsSaint Gobain fined £16,000 after worker loses fingers
HSE found that waster extractor safety guards could be removed by workers
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NewsArchial sold to Canadian consultant
Toronto-based Ingenium buys stricken architect for undisclosed sum
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NewsBreedon posts £387,000 first-half loss
Breedon Aggregates reveals loss but says prospects for growth had improved since takeover by Marwyn Materials
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NewsBreedon Aggregates wins Scottish Water contract
Multi-million pound contract will see Breedon supply construction materials for four years
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NewsMajority of Connaught deals will not transfer to Lovell
Research by Building shows most councils will re-tender contracts with failed social housing firm
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NewsDavis Langdon aims to become ‘the next McKinsey’
QS to move into high-level management consultancy to offset lack of new construction work
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NewsISG wins 130,000 sq ft Finsbury Circus fit out
Law firm Stephenson Harwood has awarded the contract for its new offices at 1 Finsbury Circus to the fit-out and construction firm.
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NewsRedhall makes £16m offer for Mount Engineering
Redhall says aquisition will boost its presence in global oil and gas markets
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NewsMany injured in Delhi bridge collapse at Commonwealth Games
At least 19 are injured as bridge deck separates from supporting arch and crashes to the ground
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NewsHCA signals support for larger affordable homes
Scheme launched by HCA and London mayor aims to deliver 1,000 famliy-sized new homes in London within three years
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NewsTransport Scotland extends road contracts till March 2012
Body bids to save money by lengthening contracts as it starts procurement process for next wave
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Grontmij made green consultant on 1,123-acre Scottish site
Motherwell brownfield site will house over 10,000 people and college campus
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Balfour Beatty picked for £250m Irish road PPP
Work on 57km stretch of motorway will start early next year
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NewsTrent Concrete enters administration
Nottingham precast specialist a victim of uncertainties over public sector work
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News300 more Connaught workers made redundant in Norwich
Council fails to find buyer for ’abnormally’ cheap Connaught social housing contract