More news – Page 1749
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Imperial War Museum proposals approved
£35m expansion and regeneration scheme wins council’s backing
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Barratt reports best spring for five years
Housebuilder downgrades debt prediction as reservations soar
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Comment
Contractors and the double-dip: We knew it was coming
Simon Rawlinson, head of strategic research at EC Harris considers how contractors are placed to rise up from the double-dip
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Balfour Beatty promotes McNaughton
Balfour Beatty’s operations boss has been appointed deputy chief executive in place of Anthony Rabin, who is retiring
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Housebuilders reject green homes proposal
Industry call on government to freeze energy performance targets until new testing standard has been developed
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EDF boss departs amid further nuclear doubt
Commercial director of French energy giant stands down amid continuing uncertainty over future of nuclear new build
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Green schools policy in limbo as launch date draws near
Draft design guidance reveals BREEAM for schools still ‘under review’ just weeks from launch of school building programme
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Walthamstow Stadium plan romps to victory
Council approves £50m Conran scheme to build on dog track
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Queen's Speech confirms Energy Bill
New legislative programme to bring forward electricity market reform to sure up nuclear new build programme
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The solution is construction, but not any old construction (Part II)
Ministers should cut VAT on housing repairs and maintenance and introduce a construction-centred form of QE, argues Brian Green
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Ground broken for new Shanghai financial centre
Construction starts on Bund business and entertainment hub
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The solution is construction, but not any old construction (Part I)
Brian Green argues that construction’s power to help the nation’s economy out of recession is being lost in the middle ground between corporate vested interests and ignorance on the part of politicians
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Byles poaches another schools director
Third former Partnership for Schools director joins Tim Byles new firm Cornerstone
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Galliford Try reports home-sales boost
Group sees contracted, reserved or completed sales up 43% on 2011
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Number of construction firms going bust rises
Rise in insolvencies prompts warning that more 'high profile' firms likely to go bust this year
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Balfour Beatty provides few clues on restructure
Contractor says market remains challenging in update to the City
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The State of Play: Views from the top on the contractor market
Building’s State of Play series kicks off with a look at the contractor market – here, three top bosses predict the future for UK contractors
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UBC Group goes into administration
277 jobs at risk as cash-flow problems hit construction firm
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HCA to put 112 housing sites on the market
Government departments and agencies promise to sell land for 102,000 homes
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Exclusive: Cameron in urgent bid to save Green Deal
Prime minister asks Cabinet Office for urgent briefing on how to rescue flagship energy efficiency scheme