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NewsOut of the traps: Catford greyhound racing stadium site
Lewisham council has decided in principle to grant planning permission to a £120m project to transform the site of the Catford greyhound racing stadium into a 590-home development
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Boris in the burbs
London mayor Boris Johnson has appointed developer Will McKee to chair his outer London commission, which has been set up to explore development options for the suburbs.
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Council housing grant
Councils will receive £100m in housing and planning delivery grants this year.
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5.1% house price fall
The communities department says house prices have fallen by just 5.1% in the past year.
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Strong bonds
Circle Anglia has raised £275m in the largest ever own-name bond issue by a housing association.
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A year of decline
A further contraction of the commercial property sector in October marks a year of decline, says Savills.
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Asking the impossible
I read with some interest your article (17 October, page 24) on making owners improve property before letting it out or selling it.
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Monkeying around
The OFT has found some recruitment companies guilty of price fixing. Why is it that nothing surprises me any more?
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Energy challenges
The shortage of assessors caused by the dearth of green projects (24 October, page 50) could be the least of our worries in the looming skills crisis.
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CommentEarn your spurs
As a Spurs supporter and frequent attender at White Hart Lane, I strongly welcome the confirmation of the development plans for a new stadium. However, a critical issue will be accessibility to the new ground.
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Wrapping up waste
Colin Mitchell makes a number of points about the early development of site waste management plans (SWMPs) and the need for mechanisms for identifying, measuring and scoring approaches to SWMP regulations (September 12, page 93).
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CommentScaling new heights
Thanks to Dezirée Lindsay from Dallas who sent us this astonishing picture of a digger clawing its way up a building.
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Anger as banks fail to pass on 1.5% rate cut
Housebuilders have hit out at the failure of banks to pass on last week’s shock 1.5% cut in interest rates to potential customers.
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NewsGate nudged open
Site preparation work has begun on the £140m Merchant Gate regeneration project in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
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CommentBite the bullet or fire it?: Terminating a contract
The only thing an employer can be certain of when it gets rid of a contractor is that it will be in for endless headaches and hassle. Here’s why…
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CommentShall I stay or shall I go?: Bad payment
A case of bad paying has to be very severe for you to justify packing your bags. Have faith – here’s an example of a client having to remedy its wrongdoings
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Worse than triffids: Japanese knotweed
Clauses relating to Japanese knotweed still feature in construction contracts despite the arrival of killer bugs
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FeaturesRiding it out – sectors thriving in the crunch
The world will always need GPs’ surgeries, colleges and, it seems, luxury hotels. Muireann Bolger looks at three sectors that might provide shelter from the storm