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NewsLords raise concerns over apprenticeship service
House of Lords committee is calling for single government department to take charge of National Apprenticeship Service
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NewsCall to protect homeowners from sale-and-leaseback hard sell
CIH demands government regulation to prevent targeting of vulnerable homeowners, alongside mortgage rescue scheme
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News2012 legacy accounts for 75% of ODA spending
Olympic Delivery Authority chairman John Armitt says 75p in every pound is being put towards regeneration of East London
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Comment
House prices are falling twice as fast as in 1990 crash
I'll be honest I wasn't expecting the latest Halifax (HBOS) house price figures to be quite as dramatic as they were - showing a further 2% drop in June.Not that I am overly surprised, but on nothing more than a hunch I had expected the rate of fall in June ...
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NewsThe double squeeze – What the downturn means for contractors
One of the pernicious effects of this downturn for contractors is that falling demand is not leading to falling prices; quite the reverse. Emily Wright looks at why – and what’s going to happen next
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NewsHousing Corporation promotes free low-energy light bulb offer
Corporation writes to housing associations to encourage participation in scheme giving away free bulbs to tenants
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NewsFrank Gehry, his pavilion, and the great British weather
The press preview for Gehry's summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery was a wash out in more ways than one
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NewsIgnoring the signs
Okay, so it's not a safety blunder, but clearly somebody chose to disregard this public notice or has a particular hatred of trees
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NewsFirst international standard on whole-life cost analysis
Estimates from different cost consultants can be compared for the first time
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NewsGive first-time homebuyers tax relief
It's up to the government to reboot the housing market – before everything totally falls apart
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NewsBovis Homes cuts workforce by 40%
Housebuilder announces more job cuts as completions fall 35% in first half of year
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NewsRedrow slashes more jobs and closes two offices
Housebuilder responds to market collapse as reservations fall 55% over past six months
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NewsPeter Goodacre becomes RICS president
Goodacre takes up his post alongside Max Croft as senior vice-president
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NewsLondon mayor plans 50,000 affordable homes
Boris Johnson scraps London-wide 50% affordable housing target in favour of individual targets for different boroughs
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NewsLiverpool crane death puts European safety standards in doubt
Coroner to write to minister to warn of inadequacy in rules after HSE finds crane was in compliance
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NewsInterserve group to build £200m Thames Gateway water scheme
Contractors named to build east London desalination plant accused of being a pollutant
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NHF slams LibDem plan to buy up unsold homes
National Housing Federation objects that most privately built housing would not meet social housing standards
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NewsMPs to grill BAA bosses over T5 fiasco
Colin Matthews to appear before House of Commons transport select committee today
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NewsUcatt calls for apprenticeship quota on public sector projects
Union wants to force contractors on government projects to hire set number of apprentices
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NewsBalfour Beatty reaches financial close on £150m BSF scheme
Contractor seals deal on phase one of Islington's school rebuilding programme