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NewsDubai government to slash business charges 30%
Plan to stimulate economy will aim to reduce effects of downturn
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NewsPersimmon appoints Fairburn as executive director
Housebuilder appoints northern chief executive to the board
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NewsMergers and acquisitions fall 96% on 2007
The mergers and acquisitions market ground to a virtual halt in the first quarter of 2009, according to data from researcher Corpfin
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NewsThree pre-qualify for £500m Glasgow hospital redevelopment
Contractors Balfour Beatty, Brookfield Europe and Laing O’Rourke are all in the running for the £500m job to redevelop the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow
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NewsSustainability Now: Battle and Siantonas on embodied energy
Tony Siantonas and Guy Battle of carbon and sustainability consultants decarbon8 discuss the increasing importance of embodied energy at Sustainability Now
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Portsmouth council set to found its own housebuilder
Trailblazing scheme aims to capitalise on assets, including bomb shelters, to construct 2,000 homes
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News£50m Glasgow shortlist revealed
Seven architect teams have been shortlisted for the new £50m Glasgow School of Art building, perhaps the most eagerly awaited design contest this year
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NewsRogers’ Chelsea Barracks design on thin ice
The future of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ designs for Chelsea Barracks was hanging in the balance as Building went to press on Wednesday
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NewsAlsop steps into Puddle
A £250m Alsop Architects-designed hotel development at No 2 Puddle Dock in Blackfriars, central London, has gone in for planning
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NewsM25 upgrade to provide work pipeline worth millions
Roads contractors will get millions of pounds of work from the 30-year £6.2bn deal to upgrade the M25, the chief of the group completing the project has said
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NewsODA plans could exclude small firms
SMEs hoping to secure a slice of outstanding Olympic work could be disappointed by proposals to tack small packages onto existing 2012 contracts
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NewsInquiry into union blacklist link
Members of the Unite union are calling for an investigation into allegations that officials handed information to the operator of a construction blacklist
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NewsBDP blames subcontractor in Wimbledon media centre row
Architect Building Design Partnership has launched an attack against fellow defendant FB Ellmer in the legal row over the Wimbledon media centre
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NewsLiverpool bids for rail independence
Liverpool’s public transport body, Merseytravel, is petitioning the government for control over commissioning track and signalling for its Merseyrail Electrics network, which is currently under the control of Network Rail
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NewsTelford looks on the bright side
Telford Homes has posted a 35% fall in pre-tax profit and scrapped its dividend but has given a bullish assessment of future prospects
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NewsJohn Doyle turnover up 43%
John Doyle Construction, the Doyle Group’s concrete contractor, has posted a £1.7m profit from a turnover of £64.5m for 2008
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NewsThe full Nelson
The winner of the Pennine Lancashire Squared competition in the town of Nelson has been announced
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NewsBrompton Crystal by Make: A flat above the shop
Make Architects has received planning permission for the “Brompton Crystal”, a luxury apartment scheme in Kensington & Chelsea
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NewsMet cuts spending by £400m
London’s police force is to slash planned capital spending by almost £400m over the next seven years as a result of market pressures
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NewsTeam effort
3D Reid has unveiled designs for a 16-storey headquarters in Manchester for the Co-operative Group.