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  • News

    Activity falls at slowest rate in two years

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    UK construction activity fell at its slowest rate for almost two years last month, according to the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

  • News

    Latest construction appointments: 05 February 2010

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Lafarge Plasterboard has appointed Adrian Forbes its sales and commercial manager to lead Lafarge’s western region sales team

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    BAM for Bucks

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    The first phase of Buckinghamshire New University’s campus has been completed by BAM Construct

  • News

    Aukett threatens to make Halabi legal row personal

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Architect will seek to make billionaire businessman liable if his companies fail to pay £500,000

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    Public sector bosses raise fears over infrastructure funding

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Almost three-quarters of public sector executives in the UK have said that a lack of funding and government ineffectiveness are the greatest obstacles facing infrastructure projects

  • News

    Putting the beds in Beds

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Anjulita Court care home in Bedford has just been completed for MHA in association with the Ibbett Trust

  • Comment

    Tube PPP: Mind the gaping hole

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    A £1.75bn chasm has emerged between what Transport for London is willing to pay to upgrade the Northern line and what Tube Lines is willing to do the work for. Could this be the end of the line for the tube PPP?

  • Features

    Lead times: July - September 2009

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    There’s good news for anybody waiting impatiently for structural steel – it’s arriving three weeks earlier. Other packages are pretty static, and once again none have increased

  • News

    Demolition firm Brown and Mason hit by 50% slump in profit

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Turnover and profit have fallen heavily at demolition firm Brown and Mason for the year ended 30 April 2009

  • News

    T Clarke bullish

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    M&E contractor T Clarke said it would beat its expected earnings in its final year results,expected in March

  • News

    McInerney struggles

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Irish housebuilder McInerney Holdings has announced that it completed just 756 homes in the UK and Ireland in 2009, compared with 1,359 units the previous year.

  • News

    Mitie’s ‘good start’

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Outsourcing specialist Mitie is confident it will hit expectations for full year results

  • News

    Benfield’s woes

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Benfield Construction has gone into administration and cut 20 jobs

  • News

    Bovis refinancing deal

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Bovis Homes has signed a four-year £150m deal to replace its previous debt facility

  • News

    EAGA’s 15% growth

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    EAGA, the green support services firm, has announced a 15.3% rise in turnover to £391.5m and a 10.3% jump in pre-tax profit to £23.9m for the six months to 30 November 2009.

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    Lakehouse doubles pre-tax profit to £2m

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Social housing specialist Lakehouse more than doubled pre-tax profit in 2009 and is hunting for acquisitions

  • News

    Skanska relief at £1bn school win

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Skanska has been chosen as preferred bidder for the £1bn Essex Building Schools for the Future programme

  • News

    Capita swoops on Inventures

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Capita Symonds has bought £7m-turnover healthcare specialist consultancy Inventures

  • News

    Waltzing in

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    AEG Europe and architect Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands have submitted proposals to Greenwich council for a 450-bed hotel with a triple-height reception pavilion next to the O2 dome

  • News

    Countryside loss hits £54m as details of debt deal emerge

    2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Turnover crashes by half as housebuilder is hit by falling market and exposure to mixed-tenure schemes