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NewsRob Annable at Sustainability Now
Phil Clark interviews Rob Annable about Axis Design Architects' Ecoterrace project
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Why nobody wants to buy
Tumbling fees, dwindling workloads and payment periods stretching beyond the horizon. In the last recession this led to a frenzy of mergers and acquisitions. This time, it's different.According to a report by researcher Corpfin, corporate activity in the first quarter of this year has ground to a virtual halt. There ...
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Top five reader comments: 29 May
Today, Tom blames the end-user, and Beamfloat knocks new-build housing
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NewsThe more, the merrier
Our thanks, and a large drink or two, are owed to Ian Harris from Middlesex, who sent in this photo of overmanning in the construction industry
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Short and tweet: Bob Leung
Dispatches from the Twitter social networking site: Bob Leung is the co-founder of Woobius, the collaboration hub for architects and engineers and a partner at Make Architects
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Penson Group
“I’m claustrophobic ,” announces Lee Penson, founder of architectural practice Penson Group
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CommentUnequal combat
Small Scottish firm vs Zaha, local resident vs Nick Candy, pensioner vs planners, man vs wife: this week proves that sometimes, just sometimes, the underdog comes out on top
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NewsEmpty shelves
Greg Fitzgerald explains why the chances to buy other firms are few and far between
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NewsBPF urges councils to be creative in regeneration funding
Councils should look at building homes or shops above schools to make regeneration schemes viable, a property lobby group has said
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Mortgage snub
Banks will turn away £1bn of mortgage applications for shared ownership homes as they regard them as sub-prime
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House starts rise
The communities department says house starts for the first quarter of the year rose 13% on the previous quarter
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Lovell’s £5m score
Lovell is to build 37 homes for rent and shared ownership for Merthyr Tydfil Housing Association
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A matter of consequence
The idea of improving the existing housing stock has been debated and analysed for many years now, especially in the information, advice and guidance for Part L (15 May, page 9)
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CommentThe conservatory con
It’s good news that the regulations are becoming more onerous in England. However, in Scotland we have had minimum U-values for conservatories for some time
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Answering Mr Arrowsmith
As stated in your recent article “Betrayal of trust” (15 May, page 34), NICEIC does have some sympathy with Mr Arrowsmith’s situation
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The key to the code
“The problem is that we are making it up as we go along” (leader, 22 May, page 3)
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But they won’t do VAT
I completely agree with your leader on 13 March that the government should have taken the cue from the EU and cut VAT on maintenance and refurbishment to 5% in the last budget
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FeaturesSupersize me: HKS' Dallas Cowboys stadium
The sheer scale of HKS’ stadium for the Dallas Cowboys kicks Wembley’s arch and Wimbledon’s retractable roof into touch
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FeaturesStone Alone: Crest Nicholson's boss on surviving a crisis
Crest Nicholson was knocked sideways by the disintegration of the housing market and the failure of the global banking system, and for 10 months chief executive Stephen Stone shouldered the weight of a collapsing company. Tom Bill found out what it took to keep smiling