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NewsSeptember mortgage approvals hit 18-month high
Loans to homebuyers are up 77% on last year but construction and property firms are borrowing less
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NewsEnergy standards for homes to fall short of Passivhaus
Proposed overhaul of Code for Sustainable Homes would set higher energy limit than German method
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NewsBalfour Beatty sells 97% of rights issue shares
Contractors says remaining shares will be acquired by underwriters if buyers are not found at issue price
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NewsCabe to cut director in pre-election restructure
Architectural watchdog to slash jobs amid concern over Tory ‘bonfire of quangos’
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NewsStride Treglown office awarded BREEAM Outstanding at design stage
Architect's new Cardiff office will use a biomass boiler, grey-water recycling and a natural ventilation approach
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NewsInterserve boss says worst of Middle East ‘behind us’
Construction services firm says payment times are falling as a string of major projects get into gear
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NewsDebenhams to restart store refurbishment programme
Retailer reveals it will resume capital spending next year, as profits and confidence return
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NewsDid your Building magazine get lost in the post?
Fear not: subscribers can still read Building by signing up for the digital edition that is emailed out on Fridays
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Comment
Falling construction helps hold UK in recession
An estimated fall of 1.1% in construction output in the third quarter of this year has helped to hold the UK economic growth in recessionary territory.Much to the surprise of many analysts the UK economy appears to have remained in recession, with GDP output falling 0.4% in the three months ...
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Comment
A common disaster
The Construction Confederation has gone bust, leaving a £20m deficit in its pension fund and hundreds of people who stand to lose up to 70% of their retirement income. The situation is extremely depressing for those affected, but it’s not a scandal. It’s not a tale of incompetence or deceit. ...
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CommentThe evil that men do
The government’s removal of empty property rate relief has been universally recognised as a wicked and ungodly act. Even Alistair Darling seems to have grasped this
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The OFT vs Tony Bingham
Tony Bingham’s article, “The cost of a phone call” (9 October, page 30), is based on a misunderstanding of the Office of Fair Trading’s position. The OFT has never claimed that unilaterally submitting a high price is illegal. Rather, as Mr Bingham says, the illegality arises where the price is ...
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Comment
Linnett vs the OFT
Tony Bingham was right “on the money”, so to speak, in his article exposing the obvious weakness of the OFT’s stance on cover pricing
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CommentSport: The real enemy
Don’t get the idea that I’m speaking from any sort of moral high ground, or even from a moral hillock, but Chris Wise’s comments about steel were interesting and I thought perhaps ought to be brought to their logical conclusion (9 October, page 28)
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Bad experience
New apprenticeships are very important to the future progress of the industry (“Gove: Conservatives to triple apprenticeships”, www.building.co.uk)
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Learn through laughter
I was thoroughly enjoying your 9 October publication until I wandered across David Westwood’s email regarding your health and safety blunders (page 27), which sent me into fits of laughter and disbelief
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FeaturesRopemaker or Watermark Place: The big square off
Two big hitters have emerged on the streets of the City: Ropemaker in the red corner (above left), Watermark Place in the blue (above right). But which will take the sustainability title and be crowned ultimate speculative office champ?
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Comment
When life gets complicated
Open mike: We sing the praises of whole-life costing but find it tricky to put into practice. The recently launched British Standard will do nothing to change this: we need a new approach