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NewsGoggle-box: Ron Arad's shopping centre in Belgium
Ron Arad Associates’ Médiacité shopping and entertainment centre in Liège, Belgium, has opened to the public
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Pidgley: Housebuilders don’t know what the elderly need
Tony Pidgley, chair of Berkeley Homes, delivered a damning critique this week of the quality of retirement housing in the UK and lent his support to the idea of councils building the homes as part of section 106 agreements
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NewsCitywatch: Crossing the red sea
Trading screens became a sea of red last Thursday when the news first broke that Dubai was going wobbly on its £35bn debt pile
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CommentParty politics: Gus Alexander on overpriced party wall surveyors
Gus Alexander doesn’t like to get involved in spats over party walls. Scumbag neighbours he can deal with, but overpriced surveyors who think they’re auditioning for Boston Legal? Never
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Bellway bosses rake in £240k in bonuses despite protests
Three Bellway bosses have taken home a total of £240,099 in bonuses in 2009, despite a shareholder revolt over their awards last year
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Microsoft hotshot joins Morgan
Patrick De Smedt, former chair of Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Asia, has joined Morgan Sindall as a non-executive director
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Turnover drop of 44% puts Jarvis £5.8m in the red
Turnover at rail specialist Jarvis fell 44% from £203m to £115m in the six months to 16 October, with the company plunging to a £5.8m loss
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NewsNG Bailey will trawl market for new boss in 2010
NG Bailey will begin the hunt for a permanent replacement for former chief executive Mark Andrews in the new year
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FeaturesSunderland university student union: All bar none
There’s no room for slackers at Sunderland university’s dazzling new student union, which packs its impressively generous spaces with sports halls and exercise areas. You can’t even get a pint around here
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Trading Standards drawn into Berkeley ‘mis-selling’ row
Former customers file complaint after developer demands damages for failed sales completions
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Eco-towns round two begins
The government has unveiled a list of nine potential eco-towns for the second wave of the scheme, and has released £5m to councils to work up plans for the developments
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NewsStreet’s ahead
Cabe has called Lime Tree Square in Street, Somerset, “among the best housing designed this century.” The development, by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, was among 36 presented with a Building for Life 2009 award by the design watchdog and the Home Builders Federation
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NewsHAPPI thoughts: a radical rethink of homes for older people
A panel of housing experts that goes by the name of HAPPI has come up with a radical rethink of this country’s approach to providing homes for older people. Martin Spring takes a look at its findings
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G&T: Toughest 12 months in our 169-year history
Despite 7% rise in turnover, profit drops 15% at consultant after fee freefall in late 2008
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Telford glimpses upturn in east London housing market
Andrew Wiseman, chief executive of Telford Homes, has reported a “positive shift in sentiment” in the east London housing market
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NewsMcLaren wins first job under £300m Royal Mail framework
Contractor to start work on £1.5m refurbishment of a sorting office in Cheshire later this month
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NewsBarratt unveils plans for £250m Kincardineshire development
Housebuilder and Drum Property Group reveal 1,500-home scheme for coastal town of Stonehaven
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NewsLeeds given more power over regeneration
Pilot programme brings together 11 councils, regional partners and central government to create devolved housing and regeneration board
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NewsDubai companies labelled “junk” by credit agency
Standard & Poor’s assigned rating lower than investment grade to Emaar and five other companies, and four Dubai banks