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OFT launches inquiry into house selling
Study will establish whether there is fair competition between estate agents
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What does SMC stand for?
Shareholders may be better informed after today’s announcement, but others may still be confused
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Key London mayor advisor breaks Stock Exchange rules
Carphone Warehouse founder David Ross resigns from firm after using shares as security for personal loans
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Health and safety officials go for the juggler
Not strictly a safety blunder but he should be wearing a hard hat
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Mood sours in once booming Dubai
Announcements of lay-offs and projects put on hold have left contractors in the emirate worried
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ISG acts to counter credit crunch
Contractor rebalances activities as downturn hits London office and regional private work
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Webmaster top tips: Getting a user's eye view
Evaluating your site with a text-based web browser can be an eye-opener, explains the Building webmaster
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Spending on apprenticeships rises to £1bn
One in five young people to gain from skillled training by 2020
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Jarvis - remember them?
The news that Jarvis chairman and former London Mayor pretender Steven Norris has snapped up £21,640 worth of shares in the company was greeted with a weary yawn in the City.It would have been a different story 18 months ago, before the well-documented woes of the company took a backseat ...
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UKGBC seeks views on new non-domestic sustainability code
Green body consults on the best way forward for legislating sustainable new buildings
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Special offer for sustainable schools guides
BRE offers special reduced price for green guides to education projects for online event on Tuesday and Wednesday
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RICS pitch black news on commercial property - prices to fall more than in 1990s
If you like your news black like your coffee, then the latest survey of the commercial property forecast from the surveyors' body RICS will have you putting the kettle on if not reaching for the drinks cabinet.Expect property prices to collapse more than in the recessions of the 1970s and ...
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Hot topics at Mipim Horizons
What delegates are talking about at the big property and construction event for fast-growing regions in Cannes
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McBains Cooper makes two senior appointments
Consultant appoints director and associate director for its new Leeds office
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Telford and Bovis Homes could axe 260 staff in 2009
London-based Telford to cut one-third of jobs, as Bovis starts second wave of redundancies
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Housing association in talks to rescue Olympic village
Lend Lease’s developer role hangs on a deal with Southern Housing Group
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Construction Act reforms will favour subcontractors
Changes to payment provisions receive criticism from industry bodies
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Nuclear firms urge UK to boost skills
Balfour Beatty and Areva warn that country must ensure it has necessary skills to built nuclear reactor as they announce partnership
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Countryside Properties plans 1,013-home scheme
Community in West Sussex will include mixed-tenure homes, infrastructure and public buildings
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Construction safety inquiry head is appointed
Rita Donaghy pledges to work with across the industry to improve safety standards