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NewsOsborne set to confirm crackdown on bogus self-employment
Move to come as part of clampdown on tax avoidance, despite lobbying from industry to delay measures
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NewsUnite wins planning for £93m student digs
Property in Islington north London will provide 900 student beds
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NewsFour contractors picked for £1.5bn Heathrow work
Exclusive: Four firms make the cut for massive programme of works, but Laing O’Rourke, Skanska and Vinci are among those that miss out
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NewsFreedom of Information law to cover private contractors
Ministers says Freedom of Information law will be extended to private companies carrying out public contracts
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NewsCarillion wins £37m Birmingham uni library job
Exclusive: Contractor sees off competition from five rivals including Sir Robert McAlpine to win Associated Architects-designed library
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CommentPickles' hypocrisy in scrapping local energy standards
The communities secretary is a poodle of the big housing developers
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CommentConstruction is now on the front foot
Tomorrow’s Budget is likely to be positive for construction, but in any case things are looking up
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NewsHaydon sale hits profit at Mears
But social housing provider reports rise in profit from continuing operations
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CommentWhy Higgins' HS2 gamble may just pay off
By refusing to back cost-cutting, Higgins has confidently raised the stakes over the high-speed link
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NewsInterserve completes £250m deal to buy Rentokil’s FM arm
Contractor’s shareholders approve deal to create one of the UK’s top three FM firms by turnover
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NewsEFA announces bidders' day for £120m Pf2 schools
Bidders’ day for final batch of prviately financed schools announced
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NewsT Clarke reports 41% rise in profit
Chief executive warns there will be no ‘meaningful recovery’ in the UK construction market until 2015
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CommentWe can do more for unemployed youngsters
Construction needs to think seriously about how to get more of the UK’s huge number of unemployed young people into the industry. A recent report has some simple suggestions
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CommentHas homebuying suddenly trumped private rent?
Construction inflation, Help to Buy and customer sentiment all restrict growth of new build rented homes
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NewsWSP grows over 50% in first full year after Genivar merger
Engineering group posts strong results and UK growth, as it announces £199m Canadian oil and gas acquisition
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CommentWill Sir David Higgins' HS2 report mark a turning point?
Even if the government accepts this report’s recommendations, the Hybrid Bill’s passage through parliament will be a long one
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NewsHS2 to plan further Northern rail upgrades
The transport secretary has asked HS2 and Network Rail to plan east-west rail links