All articles by Michael Glackin – Page 5
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NewsFormer owners to buy back £300m Edinburgh scheme
Caltongate development may be revived as two former directors reclaim site from administrators
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NewsMortgage lending hits eight-year low
Net lending fell by 21% to £2.7bn between March and April, although the number of approvals rose
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NewsHopes of house price recovery dashed
JLL forecast of 14% price fall this year and further fall next defies recent signs of market improvement
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NewsBlacklist victims to help draft anti-discrimination rules
Workers set to tell government to ban firms that used the blacklist from public projects
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NewsFrustration mounts over Scottish replacement for PFI
Procurement method’s credibility is hit by funding problems on £300m Aberdeen bypass scheme
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NewsFirms that used workers blacklist face prosecution
Information Commissioner’s Office does not rule out legal action against 40 contractors
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NewsConstruction faces worst year on record
Report predicts recovery will not start until 2012 and warns of further job losses
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NewsApprentice redundancies top 3,500 in past six months
Scale of job losses emerges as service is launched to match young people with placements
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CommentThe blacklist: how, why and what now?
So construction’s shameful secret is out. But how did the information watchdog track down the firm that was keeping the blacklist? And what action will be taken against it and its 40 clients?
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NewsWatchdog to probe role of contractors in setting up blacklist
Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate 40 firms as Unite looks into claims that union officials informed on their own members
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FeaturesEurope's top 100 contractors and materials firms
It may be a global downturn but some countries are doing better than others. Our annual table of Europe’s top 300 contractors and materials firms begins with a look at the winners and losers.
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NewsEconomic crime hits 40% of firms working overseas
PricewaterhouseCoopers report reveals eastern Europe is a hotspot for corruption in construction
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NewsGovernment resists extending gangmaster law to construction
DBERR ignores trade unions' calls to extend gangmaster regulation despite Labour commitment to examine the issue
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Industry hits 18-year low as prices rise and demand cools
Effect of the market downturn is spreading beyond housebuilders as industry activity goes into reverse
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Social housing proved welcome refuge from the crunch in June
Business barometer - Laing O’Rourke takes top spot, followed by two affordable housing firms
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NewsSlump in residential land prices hits St Modwen
Regeneration group posts £20m pre-tax loss for first half of year
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NewsWashington intervenes to help rescue mortgage giants
US Federal Reserve and US Treasury unveil a series of measures to prop up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as shares fall 40% last week
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Hanson closes two brickworks as demand slumps further
The impact of the crunch on brick makers intensified this week as Hanson, the sector’s largest firm, axed 149 jobs and announced that it is to close two plants.
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Credit crunch claims two more housebuilding firms
Capricorn Homes and Dalesmoor Homes go into administration as future darkens for small companies