All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 40
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CommentPFI alternatives: A change of route
The damning National Audit Office report on the M25 widening scheme is the latest sign that PFI might be nearing the end of the road. But what are the alternatives?
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NewsBalfour eyes new-build social housing after £7m Rok buy
Deal for collapsed firm’s work comes as administrator confirms Mears snapped up key Bristol contracts
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NewsHCA boss: social housing funds on ice till 2012
There will be almost no new funding for social housing for 18 months, the new chief executive of the Homes and Communities Agency has admitted in her first major interview.
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Bob Neill unveils £500m Olympics regeneration fund
Minister says package includes £217m of new money for the Olympic legacy
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Shapps scraps proposed new housing regs
Housing minister announces overhaul and asks builders to suggest other red tape to cut
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NewsDunster plans zero-carbon homes built out of straw
Eco-housing guru claims compressed straw boards knock £20,000 off price of code level 6 home
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NewsDfT green lights £3bn Thameslink upgrade
London Bridge upgrade will go ahead with two-year delay
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NewsInterserve buys US reseller for $35m
Construction and services giant launches bid to break American market
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NewsVinci and Sir Robert nab £33m hospital gig
Joint venture will build new wing for the Royal Oldham Hospital
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NewsBSS profits up by a third
Supplier posts strong half year results as merger with Travis Perkins enters home straight
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NewsM25 PFI deal 'not value for money'
Highways agency could have saved £1.1bn by considering alternatives
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FeaturesThe breaking of Rok
Commentators who remained unmoved by Rok’s dizzying rise must now be feeling vindicated, says Joey Gardiner. But was the contractor a victim of its own management strategy, or brought down by market jitters?
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Rok administrators in last push to sell contracts
Hopes of selling whole business gone as divisions shut down and potential buyers back away
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NewsTaylor Wimpey clinches £950m credit deal
A refinancing by Taylor Wimpey was the highlight among respectable interim statements to the City by three of the biggest housebuilders this week, despite a no-show from the traditional boost in autumn sales
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NewsLife after death for Cabe arm as housing rating tool revived
Design watchdog to set up Community Interest Company to take on Building for Life business
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NewsGovernment U-turn on planning levy
Coalition pledges to stick with Labour planning tariff after all
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NewsBarratt sees forward sales drop on 'weak' autumn
Housebuilder sees future private reservations drop by 24% on last year