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NewsBouygues prepares to swoop for struggling Haymills
French construction giant in talks to agree final terms for £181m-turnover contractor
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NewsBellway reports trading ahead of expectations
Housebuilder's update shows 33% fall in sales over the year but debt is reduced beyond its target
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NewsJohn Sisk wins £30m contract to rebuild Weston pier
New pier will replace structure destroyed by fire last year
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NewsBellway raises £45m to buy land
Housebuilder takes advantage of strong recent share performance to raise cash in rights issue
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NewsOrders drop to lowest level since downturn hit
June figure of £2.13bn is 15% down on the £2.49bn recorded in May
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NewsTurnover up 12% at John Rowan as profit falls 14%
Consultant attributes profit drop to weak state of wider economy, but says social housing market will help company weather the storm
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NewsCarillion wins £116m contract for Scottish green prison
Contractor will design and build Low Moss prison in East Dunbartonshire to BREEAM 'excellent' standard
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NewsWales waives planning for micro-renewables
Permission not needed for homeowners to install solar panels and similar green technology
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Comment
Ignore those saying new construction orders are on the rise
I feel sure there will be someone penning near euphoric words about the 18% rise in orders in the second quarter, which is the opening line of the statistical bulletin released today.Ignore it.The new orders figures bounce about like a drugged kangaroo at a rave party, only it's tougher to ...
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ConstructionSkills' three-card trick
Has anybody out in the real world actually spotted the three-card trick that the CITB is pulling on the industry that is taxed by government to pay its staff wages?We all pay a building-industry-only tax. The only two sure things in life are death and taxes, and since in the ...
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RICS: Housing market remains fragile, despite recent improvement
The message from the latest update on the housing market from the surveyors' body RICS is that while the market may have found a clearing it is not out of the woods yet.There has been a torrent of better news on the housing market with both the Nationwide and the ...
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The blame game
Here we go again. This week has seen a fresh round of HBOS-bashing after Lloyds revealed a £13.4bn hit due to bad loans – 80% of which came from HBOS.Most of that 80% would have been the responsibility/fault of former head of corporate banking Peter Cummings, the man no journalist ...
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Tender of the day: £1.5m Stockport school
Bid deadline is 17 August for project involving extension, alteration and conversion
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NewsBuild Moore cycle diary: Broken neck a minor setback
Showing off in front of the kids almost leads to disaster, with training for the London-to-Paris bike ride hardly begun
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NewsHigh-speed rail details to be published by end of year
Transport minister promises to include framework to extend line as far as Scotland
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NewsTrak goes into administration
Administrator says a buyer is not likely to be found for Hemel Hempstead contractor
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NewsNetwork Rail picks 14 firms for £1bn framework
Amey, Balfour Beatty, Bovis, Carillion, Jarvis and Kier all said to be included in new 'one-stop shop' framework
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NewsTaylor Wimpey posts £682m first-half loss
Writedowns of £604m drive loss but housebuilder says market has improved 'significantly'
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NewsHouse prices rose 1.1% in July
Hopes of recovery sparked as Halifax reports confirms first quarterly price rise since October 2007