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John Rowan on a high
Turnover at consultant John Rowan & Partners rose 11.5% from £4.4m to £4.9m for the year ended 30 April 2008.
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John Laing profit drop
Affordable housing group John Laing Partnership has posted a 43% drop in pre-tax profit to £2.1m in 2007 as a result of planning delays.
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Scott Wilson's buy
Consultant engineer Scott Wilson Group has bought civil, structural and geotechnical consultant Benaim for £5.5m.
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Housing starts to fall
A report from CB Richard Ellis has forecast that housing starts could be as low as 100,000 this year
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Housebuilders at risk
Credit rating agency Fitch has warned that private housebuilders bought using high levels of debt face “a considerable risk of default” in the next 12 months owing to falling profits.
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CommentIt’ s like deja vu all over again
The recent glut of bad news has made every headline going and sent the industry into blind panic. But we’ve been here many times before, says Richard Steer, so what did we expect …
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CommentBuilding buys a pint for KBC Peel Hunt
Chosen watering hole: The Gallery pub in the CityAmbience: The handful of stockbrokers not on a foreign beach ...
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CommentMy digital life: Mark Dudek
Mark Dudek lives his digital life as a skilled assassin in medieval Jerusalem. Or a star international footballer. Of course, he really only got the PS3 for the kids …
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NHBC reacts to slump by laying off one in 10 staff
30% of site-based inspectors to be made redundant as construction rates continue to plummet
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Uncertainty over Oriental City
The £120m Oriental City mixed-use scheme in Colindale, north London, is facing further uncertainty after the development manager behind the scheme said it would continue to delay paying for the site.
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Housing Corporation criticised by inquiry into Ujima collapse
The Housing Corporation “failed to take decisive action” that could have prevented Ujima from becoming the first housing association to go bust, a report into the affair has found.
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NewsIt’s not last orders yet
Hammerson’s Bishops Place scheme in Hackney, east London, was dealt a blow last week after planning officers voted to defer a decision on consent.
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Funny business
I read with interest your article about the formation of the new Construction Council to be chaired by John McDonough (11 July, page 13).
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Card tricks
When I applied for my CSCS technical managers card, I arrived at the test centre 15 minutes before my appointment time along with everybody else.
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A steely correction
I should like to clear up any confusion that the “Spotlight on steel” article (11 July, page 64) may have caused
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CommentManufacturing consent
Democracy is in trouble because politicians tell us what we want, then labour mightily to make sure we get it. Much the same is true of architecture, says Robert Adam
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CommentHansom: things can only get bitter
Disappointment all round this week as Christmas parties are called off, summer parties downgraded, guests turn up to wait in endless queues and some escape to Mongolia in whatever they can afford
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NewsNew York: Sheppard Robson's York House in Waterloo
This is the latest image of Sheppard Robson’s proposed redevelopment of York House next to Waterloo station in London
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FeaturesAs bad as it gets: Building the UK embassy in Harare
With violence, poverty, hyperinflation and disease halting work at every turn, how is it even possible to operate in Zimbabwe? Martin Spring asked those building a new UK embassy in its capital