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  • News

    Citywatch: Croissants and carbonara

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    As all good Europeans know, most Americans don’t see our continent as a mixture of individual countries and cultures

  • News

    Broadway Malyan hit by £809k of bad debt

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Profits at architect Broadway Malyan have plunged 83% as a result of bad debt in the Middle East and redundancy costs

  • News

    Insolvencies rise 33% in 2009

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Nearly 3,000 construction firms entered insolvency in 2009, according to figures from accountant Pricewaterhouse Coopers

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    Keepmoat buys Milnerbuild

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Social housing firm Keepmoat has bought Milnerbuild, a Leeds-based specialist with a £10m turnover

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    Wolseley’s European boss loses job in boardroom shake-up

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Materials firm Wolseley has made its European chief executive redundant in a boardroom shake-up

  • Features

    Market forecast: Another tough year

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Now that 2009 has come into focus, we can clearly see what a disastrous year it was. Unfortunately, the process of recovering from it will not be quick, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon

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    Leicester trust brings £9m claim against Laing

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    The University Hospitals of Leicestershire NHS trust has launched a £9m counter-claim against a John Laing-led consortium that is suing it for wasted bid costs on a cancelled project

  • News

    Masdar developer to refinance

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Mubadala Development Company is seeking to refinance a $2bn (£1.2bn) loan

  • News

    Creditors reject Yorkshire firm Redworth’s repayment offer

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Redworth Construction looks set to become the latest victim of the recession, after a company voluntary arrangement was rejected by creditors

  • News

    The Grimdex - 01/10

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    The recession has officially ended – just – but construction output was as flat as the Fens in the final quarter of 09 and the mood of our Gloomwatch panel is gloomy

  • News

    In the round

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    The Parabola Arts Centre is a performing arts centre providing a state-of-the-art 325-seat theatre for The Cheltenham Ladies College

  • News

    Sweett wins TfL deal

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Cyril Sweett has been appointed to Transport for London’s engineering and project management framework

  • News

    Pochin slides into red

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Listed builder and developer Pochin’s has reported a half-year loss of £4.4m on turnover of £47.5m

  • News

    Laing names chair

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    PFI investment firm John Laing has appointed Phil Nolan independent non-executive chairman

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    TfL advisory body

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Transport for London is calling for individual consultants and project managers to form an independent panel to advise on its entire investment programme

  • News

    US slump continues

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Spending on construction in the US fell for the seventh month in November

  • News

    Deloitte deal ‘will start feeding frenzy’

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Deloitte’s acquisition of Drivers Jonas could mark the beginning of a round of takeovers in the consultancy sector that could remove “up to 30% of firms”

  • News

    560,000 affordable homes at risk

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    The National Housing Federation has warned that plans to build more than half a million affordable homes over the next decade could be axed because of government spending cuts

  • News

    More Malling

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Killby & Gayford has completed a £750,000 infirmary and refectory at Malling abbey in Kent. The job involved extending a Benedictine abbey that was founded in 1090. The design was by Thomas Ford & Partners, the QS was Sawyer & Fisher and the M&E engineer was MCA Consulting.Send your project ...

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    Williams leaves F+A

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Williams has left Franklin + Andrews, the cost consultancy owned by Mott MacDonald, where he was development director