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Private housing starts dive well below levels in 1980s and 1990s recessions
Housing starts in England plunged in the final quarter of last year to levels not seen in modern times.At the depth of the last house building recession during the worst three month period at the end of 1992 private firms started 19,227 homes. In the final quarter of 2008 just ...
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NewsAPC tips: New clarifications
The RICS has issued clarifications on requirements for professional development and lifelong learning of which everybody needs to be aware
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FeaturesDubai bashers are just jealous
A construction consultant argues that the emirate is the best place to sit out the global downturn
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NewsNo debt deal this month for Taylor Wimpey
Sources close to the talks between the housebuilder and its lenders say accounting hold-ups are behind latest delay
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NewsUK transport network 'needs £190bn upgrade'
CBI warns that lack of investment in roads and airports is damaging UK business competitiveness
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NewsObama approves £548bn kick-start for US economy
Package includes massive funding for infrastructure projects to boost employment
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NewsPorsche sales soar 50% in Dubai
Record December sales defy downturn – or are drivers seeking billboard space for job ads?
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NewsBuilder loses limbs in Newcastle chimney collapse
Victim in critical state after being crushed by falling chimney while working on roof joists in a pub
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NewsAbu Dhabi to build £96m petrochemicals complex
State-run facility to help government diversify revenue will be operational in four years
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NewsNew Walkie Talkie designs 'more curvaceous'
Revised design for Rafael Viñoly's controversial City of London scheme given backing by mayor's office
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NewsCarillion JV wins £550m scheme in Abu Dhabi
Al Futtaim Carillion will build Al Muneera element of Aldar's £10bn Al Raha Beach development
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NewsThree dead and eight hurt in Korean site collapse
Workers buried in rubble after 22m-deep pit collapses at chemicals research centre construction site
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NewsDepa halves profit forecast but revenue stays strong
Dubai fit-out firm working on Burj Dubai ups contingencies in response to market downturn
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NewsMedieval architecture inspires zero-carbon home
Innovative energy-efficient home based on historic technique of arched overlapping thin clay bricks will star in TV's Grand Designs
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NewsJim Knight at BSEC - video
The schools minister offered his thoughts on the education sector at the BSEC event on 12 February
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War, Peace and Taylor Wimpey
“I am so fed up with this process.”This was the verdict of someone involved in the fraught and never-ending Taylor Wimpey debt talks this week.They were referring to the latest delay in signing off on a restructuring deal that has been more than six months in the making.Pen was expected ...
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NewsEcobuild preview: five green debates worth seeing
There’s scores of session at the Earl’s Court sustainability exhibition and conference. We pick five debates worth catching at the Ecobuild Arena
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NewsEcobuild preview: products
Next month’s major sustainability exhibition and conference will include a host of new green product launches. Here’s a selection
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone closes in on rescue deal
Retirement housebuilder is set to get backing of its lenders for debt-for-equity swap
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NewsDonald Trump’s casino company goes bankrupt
American billionaire’s Trump Entertainment Resorts has debts of $1.74bn as gambling revenues dropped last year