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Annual orders figures reveal extent of construction freefall – a £17 billion drop in two years
The recession has ripped away from construction roughly £17 billion in annual new orders, despite £ billions more public sector sponsored work.That’s the clear message to me from the annual tot up of the new orders won by contractors released today.Forget the niceties of which sector is doing how well ...
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NewsStarting Your Own Business, part 12: Making the selection
Hiring the right person is crucial, as is making sure the client is happy for you to delegate his commission to your new recruit
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APC video: Risk management competence (T077)
Dean Mills puts another candidate through his APC paces
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NewsDevelopers hail levy exemption on affordable housing
Community Infrastructure Levy regulations out this week give councils power to exempt individual developments
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NewsBAA faces fresh legal action to force airports sell-off
Competition Commission is heading to the Court of Appeal over a ruling in favour of airport operator last year
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NewsCountryside picked for £560m Ealing estate regeneration
Scheme will include 2,000 homes, office and retail space
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NewsGovernment to close illness claim loophole
Thousands of injured or sick workers who cannot trace employer insurance records could win compensation under proposals
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NewsVisitors trapped 124 storeys up the Burj
Lift in world's tallest building strands 15 people after 'crash from the shaft' is heard
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NewsGrainger sales up by 42%
Property investor sells 321 homes, up from 173 last year but remains cautious
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NewsHundreds of trainees left stranded as training provider goes bust
Students who paid up to £10k for home inspection training may lose money
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NewsMusical building will 'perform' at arts festival
Sunlight Symphony will be created as light hits sensors on University of Plymouth building later this month
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NewsMears to acquire health firm Supporta
Majority of £27m health services provider's shareholders green light acquisition
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NewsISG bags £12m Croydon College contract
Six-storey rotunda project is scheduled for completion in Ferbruary 2011
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APC video: Sustainability optional competence
Matthew Barrington answers questions from Dean Mills on the criteria for measuring sustainability in completed buildings
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NewsWas it just the cold or is it a relapse?
Brickonomics takes an in-depth look at the RICS' latest housing market survey and what it means
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NewsA man's reach exceeds his grasp
This chap must have been doing a fair bit of clambering, judging by his paint trail …
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NewsHighways wins strengthen Mouchel's hand in VT takeover battle
Two contract wins worth £405m by Enterprisemouchel will be a blow to VT Group's takeover ambitions
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NewsBritish Land boosted by rising property values
Property group says portfolio value rose by 8.2% in last three months of 2009
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NewsCost of 2012 Olympics increases by £21m
Drop in expected land receipts raises costs, but figure is well within £1.25bn contingency for the games
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NewsLSC pledges £34m compensation for college fiasco
Cash will be shared between 41 institutions that halted building work after funding fell through