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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Whitelaw Turkington
Chosen venue: The Prince of Wales, Kennington, South London Ambience: Cosy cricket lovers’ pub near Paddy Ashdown’s home Topics: Credit crunch denial, meeting Jonathan Ross, tartan vs plaid ...
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CommentMy digital life: Philip Turner
This architect carries his love of cycling into the digital world, to track down bike parts, get technical information and watch the Tour de France. That doesn’t leave much time for Facebook or his phone
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Balfour bolstered by strong infrastructure performance
Balfour Beatty said a strong performance at its infrastructure arm contributed to robust overall trading in the last four months.
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J Smart loses £2.7m
Scottish contractor and developer J Smart increased turnover by 27% to £25.4m in the year to 31 July 2008.
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Denne’s fivefold rise
Pre-tax profit at Kent contractor Denne Construction increased more than fivefold, from £1.1m to £5.8m in the year to 31 December 2007.
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Mears to hit target
Social housing repair and maintenance group Mears said its 2008 forecasts are in line with expectations.
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Dunne’s 71% boost
Scottish contractor Dunne Group’s pre-tax profit saw a growth of 71% to £2.6m in the year to 31 October 2008
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J Murphy on the up
Pre-tax profit at civil engineer J Murphy has almost doubled from £31m to £60m in the year to 31 December 2007
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NewsCitywatch: Hoping for a cut above
Hopes of an interest rate cut lifted housebuilder shares in the first half of the week.
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CommentPut on a happy face
What’s the best way to keep cheerful through the downturn? A quick game of golf, a few fireworks and then a glass of bubbly back at the in-office bar sounds good to me
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Planning bill change
The government has proposed changing the planning bill to include the establishment of a House of Lords committee to scrutinise national policy statements on planning for key infrastructure.
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Front seat for Dunn
Ros Dunn, a member of the Homes and Communities Agency set-up team, will replace Eric Sorensen as chief executive of the Thames Gateway London Partnership, it has been announced
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Investment low-down
New investment in financial instruments used to take stakes in property has fallen by 38% in the last three months on the same period last year, to £1.03bn, according to the IPD.
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Morgan in charge
The Tenant Services Authority, set up to regulate social landlords, has unveiled its leadership team, with Phil Morgan appointed executive director of tenant services.
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Markham’s chair
John Markham has been appointed chair of the West Northamptonshire Development Corporation, the body charged with building 47,000 homes in the area by 2021.
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Energy database
An online database of buildings’ energy usage and CO2 emissions, called CarbonBuzz, has been launched this week jointly by the RIBA and the Chartered Institute of Building Services.
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Planning applications: October 2008
Another thin month, with only regeneration specialist Centros and Taylor Wimpey passing £100m
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Lebanese labour
The first time I picked up Building magazine in Dubai, I was extremely impressed … until I came across this comment (Building Gulf supplement, October, page 32): “Unless you employ cheaper labourers from India, Asia and the Lebanon, you won’t be competitive in the marketplace.”
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Electricity vs biomass
Why is electricity given such a negative loading in the Code for Sustainable Homes?