All Industry comments articles – Page 26
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NewsBehind the scenes at the Stirling prize party
Friday's awards ceremony was followed by an alcohol-fuelled evening of rumours, tittle-tattle and outspoken opinions
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NewsWaste of energy? The search for display energy certificates
The government spent £10m promoting the launch of display energy certificates last week. Michael Willoughby searched in vain for anyone who took a blind bit of notice
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How green is Dubai's Jumeira Gardens?
Meraas is proud of its scheme's green credentials, but how sustainable can development in a hostile desert climate ever really be?
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NewsHousebuilders' hopes rest with big hitter Beckett
Margaret Beckett must draw on experience to help housebuilders weather the financial storm
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NewsWhy Tony Douglas should be our next prime minister
The performance of Laing O’Rourke’s chief operating officer at the Conservative Party Conference proves he could go far in British politics
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NewsDubai's grand plans are how the West was won
Some Emirates schemes may be big, bold and bonkers, but it was vision like this that enabled the pioneers to transform America into the world's leading nation
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NewsHonestly, we're not that nasty anymore
Conservative delegates may mock Labour with their Miliband bananas but the top brass are attacking policies not personalities
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NewsThe Mets lost! (And the economy's in meltdown)
New Yorkers tut over the president's proposed solution to the financial crisis – and cancel dinner over a shock baseball result
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NewsWhat a day to be on Wall Street
'Will bank for food' reads the sign in New York's financial district, as our reporter watches the US economic meltdown at close quarters
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NewsTory Conference: Baby, It's Cold Outside
Delegates in Birmingham bask in the warm glow of public approval - shame about the frosty economic climate beyond the rotating doors
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NewsCredit crunch: reasons to be fearful
The crisis in the world’s financial system has left the construction industry facing its toughest challenges for a generation: salaries are falling, job cuts are predicted to reach 35,000 in the next two years in housebuilding alone, and all of a sudden nobody is talking about sustainability or partnering. Here, ...
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NewsSarah's present to Gordon is no party blockbuster
Sarah Brown's edited highlights of Gordon's achievements are sweet but probably won't woo the voter
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NewsGordon's rehearsal night
Last night the Prime Minister was welcomed like a hero, but can he win the crowd with his address to conference today?
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NewsOverseas PPP: cold comfort in the credit crunch
With PPP just taking off in central Asia, why aren't British firms racing over there?
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NewsLabour Party conference: Where is everyone?
A leadership challenge may not be imminent, but Gordon Brown has failed to attract the crowds to his party's conference this year
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NewsLabour Party conference: Party on!
Everybody at the conference seems to be having a whale of a time - except Gordon Brown, of course
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NewsExperts predict more pain for construction industry
Economists and industry leaders in gloomy mood at Building's Future Forecasting seminar
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NewsSun, sea and Irish country dancing
If life wasn't dangerous enough at sea at Little Britain, there was also the evening entertainment to contend with
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NewsMitie sails to victory at Little Britain
Watch Little Britain video highlights as nearly 250 yachts compete for the Challenge Cup at construction's annual sailing regatta
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NewsWhat Kazakhstan can teach the Thames Gateway planners
Despite Lord Foster's amazing architecture, Kazakhstan's new capital city lacks life - because people don't like artificially grown settlements