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NewsMaterials firm reports improvement
Trading conditions up and greater stability in sales during latest quarter for Low & Bonar
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NewsTake talk of green shoots with a pinch of weedkiller
The latest data from purchasing managers confirms that construction has been one of the worst affected economy areas
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NewsCampaign group slams HSE safety drive
Families Against Corporate Killers says strategy, launched yesterday, offers 'mostly empty words'
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NewsPeer blasts 'waste' of 2012 shooting venue
Lord Lucas calls for cheaper permanent facility at Surrey guns centre instead of temporary venue at Woolwich
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Comment
The disaster area
The latest CIPS/Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data shows that global forces continue unremittingly to batter all UK industries, with the ailing construction industry the sick man of the economy.Indeed, construction firms’ purchasing managers say the slight improvement in operating conditions in the past month only reaffirms how bad things ...
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NewsTop five reader comments: 3 June
The RICS fails to impress one reader, while another's equally teed off at government schemes to aid homebuyers
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NewsHazel Blears stands down as communities secretary
Salford MP becomes latest Cabinet victim of expenses furore
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NewsStroll in the sky
This chap looks remarkably chilled, given that he's atop the roof ridge of a three-storey house with no visible means of support
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NewsScott Wilson set to win £10m Farringdon Crossrail design contract
Station will feature new ticket halls and two 210m-long platforms
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NewsAmec buys 11th environmental consultant
Canadian firm Journeax Bédard & Associates bought for £2m as Amec continues expansion of its environmental division
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NewsSeverfield-Rowen steels itself for cost reductions
Steel firm forecasts profit ahead of expectations for this year but warns of declining demand
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NewsSpending chiefs to speak at healthcare conference
Industry leaders will discuss delivery, best practice and tendering at Building event on 17 and 18 June
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NewsManchester seeks architects for £165m town hall complex
First design tenders go out for city council's five-year central Manchester scheme
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NewsHSE pre-empts safety budgets cuts
Safety body launched strategy to cut number of deaths and injuries in the workplace today
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NewsDaredevil craze hits Glasgow's newest bridge
Police step up patrols to prevent dangerous antics on 'squiggly bridge'
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NewsVideo: Housebuilder casts doubt on renewable add-ons
Stewart Milne Group says micro renewables on Sigma House at BRE did not perform as it had hoped
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NewsSandcastles share secret of green construction
Research reveals that having just the right amount of water is the key to maximising the strength of rammed earth
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NewsStalled £5bn colleges scheme hits more delays
Unexpected levels of funding applications will force majority of programmes to scale down
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NewsBored of boards
What a bore it is putting up scaffolding boards – and why bother one can manage fine without them, as this picture shows?
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NewsTop five reader comments: 2 June
Identifying the nub of the apprentice issue, shadows cast on our national sport, and more heat on the subject of ventilation