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NewsJohn Hutton to promote UK engineering in China
Minister to visit region devastated by May's earthquake to suggest how UK firms can help reconstruction
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NewsEdmund Nuttall to build north end of Olympic park
ODA names BAM subsidiary as landscape and public realm contractor for park's northern end
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Inquiry demanded into seventies jailing of striking builders
Justice secretary quizzed over Labour's failure to open inquiry into alleged collusion surrounding 1972 case
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NewsHouse sales hit 50-year low
Government figures show number of homes sold in August has halved since last year
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NewsTransport secretary Ruth Kelly to step down
MP's decision is “nothing to do with politics”, says prime minister
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NewsSkanska UK names three new vice-presidents
Bill Hocking, Harvey Francis and Roger Bayliss to take leading roles on management team
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Comment
Treasury faces £4.5 billion hole as house sales and stamp duty receipts slump
The steady decline in the UK housing market has been underlined by the latest numbers to come out of HM Revenue & Customs. They show sales of homes dropping to 72,000 in August, compared with 164,000 last August.The figures show a continuing slide that not only highlights the collapse in ...
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Why house prices indexes seem insane and short-term forecasts are futile
The Council of Mortgage Lenders is bang on when it says it is futile to try to update its house price forecast.Frankly it is probably sufficient to say that houses are worth less than they were a year ago and in a year's time they will probably be worth a ...
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NewsBrown pledges to stabilise financial markets
Prime minister's promise of "stability and fairness" receives support from Labour delegates
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NewsProjects from Welsh School of Architecture: DRU-w’s design for pavilion
Also: Sample of work by third year students Chris Brown and Seto Hendranata
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Developers should renegotiate social housing deals, says law firm
Housebuilders should change terms to make affordable housing schemes viable
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Council spending on housing will drop by £500m
Gpvernment predicts decrease in spending on new housing and upgrades
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NewsOverseas PPP: cold comfort in the credit crunch
With PPP just taking off in central Asia, why aren't British firms racing over there?
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NewsWhite elephants, white elephants on parade!
These perceived monstrosities aren't always a cause for doom and gloom, argues the T&T QS
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Projects by Rafael Viñoly and Atkins
Another ‘First Impressions’ panellist, this time James Procter from Westminster University comments on Rafael Viñoly’s Museum of Modern Arab Art in Qatar and an organic tree house
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NewsSarah's present to Gordon is no party blockbuster
Sarah Brown's edited highlights of Gordon's achievements are sweet but probably won't woo the voter
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August mortgage approvals drop 64% on last year
British Bankers Association says falling prices and tighter lending criteria are dampening demand
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NewsGordon's rehearsal night
Last night the Prime Minister was welcomed like a hero, but can he win the crowd with his address to conference today?
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NewsCesar Pelli scheme in Victoria in for planning
Argentinian architect famous for his Canary Wharf tower returns to London with Land Secs
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NewsCall to keep £1bn Lottery funding for East London
Councillor says deal to repay Lottery should be scrapped and money for 2012 Games should be ploughed into regeneration