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Budget figures confirm the urgent need for new sources of investment in construction
As if in compensation for all the anticipation before and excitement during the Budget announcement, we are left with the dull thud back to reality afterwards.Certainly, for construction the Budget itself changed little of substance.Alright the first-time buyer stamp duty holiday was an eye-catching cheeky move. But we all know ...
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NewsBudget 2010: Chancellor vows to continue spending and help SMEs
Budget speech: £2bn of equity for government infrastructure investment bank; tax allowance for SMEs; stamp duty holiday
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NewsStamp duty: how the £250,000 threshold affects housing
What it means for first time buyers, housebuilders and government coffers
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London Festival of Architecture - until 4 July
The London Festival of Architecture plans to be a city-wide celebration of architecture in the capital.As the capital gears up for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games the festival looks at ways planners, architects and local communities play their part in the development of the city.For more visit the LFA.
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News2010 Budget: Infrastructure bank to boost off-shore wind
Chancellor sets out plans for £2bn Green Investment Bank fund which will focus initially on off-shore wind projects
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NewsBudget 2010: industry response
Responses to the budget from across the construction and property industry
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News2010 Budget as it happened
Live coverage of the chancellor's pre-election Budget and what it means for construction
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NewsBabcock's takeover could make VT boss £5m richer
Paul Lester could be in for a windfall after defence giant buys engineering support services firm for £1.33bn
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NewsSerious Fraud Office arrest three Alstom directors
Men arrested on suspicion of bribery and corruption, paying bribes and money laundering in connection with overseas contracts
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NewsHealey to reveal 'new deal' for housebuilders
Government will clamp down on councils that refuse to release land for housebuilding
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NewsMPs slam government stance on future energy supplies
Report says 'systemic weakness' of Department of Energy fails to clarify public liability
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NewsLink between poor housing and tuberculosis highlighted
Initiative aims to improve health by delivering better housing in London borough of Brent
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NewsTube Lines goes to court over £327m row with London Underground
PPP contractor files claim form at TCC after adjudicator dismissed its argument in January
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NewsMarco Polo Tower wins Mipim award
Fifty-five meter high apartement block in Germany by Behnisch Architekten scoops residential award at this year's Mipim
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Leicestershire firm fined £10k over safety at height breaches
Cobham Advanced Composites pleades guilty after three employees worked at height without adequate safety measures
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Stamp duty - a tax rise that looks set to win votes
There is obvious glee within the housing market about the prospects of a two-year period free of stamp duty for those first-time buyers who purchase properties worth less than £250,000.The £250,000 threshold captures practically all of them, with significantly less than 10% of exceptions that will be mainly resident in ...
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NewsCouncil backs West Ham's bid for Olympic stadium
Newham local authority to join forces with the football club to take on the 2012 venue after the London Games