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NewsLondon's social housing powers to be passed to councils
The Greater London Authority has written to councils explaining their new social housing responsibilities
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NewsConstruction output forecast to hit new low in 2011
The construction sector will reach its nadir in 2011 as public sector money dries up, according to new data
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CommentAbolition of regional planning strategies: NIMBYism at work?
Abolition of regional housing targets risks putting planning decision in hands of reluctant locals
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NewsWeston Homes snaps up two sites and plans 250 homes
Sites in Uxbridge and Grays have a potential development value of £38m
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NewsBalfour Beatty profit jumps 32% to £141m
Better than expected results helped by Parsons Brinkerhoff acquisition
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Rok suspends finance chief
’Serious failings’ in financial controls leads to profit warning and suspension
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Secrets to doing business abroad
As the downturn in the UK prompts more of us to look for work further afield, working overseas presents a wholenew set of challenges. Charles Rich on to how to tackle them through cross-cultural training
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NewsMcInerney looks for €40m rescue
Troubled housebuilder turns to US private equity group for cash injection
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Mukund Patel: How free schools will work
Why BSF had to end and the new opportunities for construction in the next round of school delivery
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NewsWYG opens in South Africa and Croatia
Engineering consultant also reorganises business around four skill areas
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Bank of England slashes growth forecast
Mervyn King has reduced the UK’s growth forecast for 2011 to 2.5%.
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APC extras: M006 – Conflict avoidance, management and dispute resolution procedures
A mandatory competency to level 1, M006 also features as an optional competency on a range of different pathways
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M&S's Steve Fuller on collaboration
M&S’s head of construction and architecture says there should be more collaboration in the supermarket supply chain
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Mark Underwood: 'How local sourcing can secure planning for supermarkets'
Sourcing and recruiting locally can be a key tool in gaining planning approval for supermarkets says Mark Underwood, director of town planning at Drivers Jonas Deloitte
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John Lewis' Tony Jacobs on partnering versus tendering
It’s difficult to keep a partnering ethos in the supermarket supply chain when tendering always delivers better value, says Tony Jacob, head of construction and maintenance at John Lewis.
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NewsAbolition of regional strategies 'unlawful'
Cala Homes pushes for Judicial Review of scrapping of plans containing housing targets
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NewsPidgley receives £1.5m bonus for Berkeley profits
Group chairman gets full bonus after group stays in profit in 2009
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NewsProfits fall by a third at Interserve
Outsourcing group points to government spend after expected reduction in half-year profits
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NewsICI develops paint-checking laser beam
Veri-Tag paint additive allows a laser to check that contractors are following designers’ specifications
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NewsEnergy generating window panes could be on market in five years
Nanotechnology could allow solar cells to be sprayed onto window panes according to Norwegian inventors