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Dubai construction market stays strong
Gulf market forecast to keep booming despite looming challenge of oversupply
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Hyder Consulting appoints chief executive
Consultant hires Ivor Catto from Atkins to replace Tim Wade in December
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Yorkshire firm fined over £4k after worker suffers electric shock
HSE issues advice on underground services after worker suffered burns to hand and face
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Media plays down housing crisis - 160,000 house building jobs to go
Not a headline you might expect. And let's hope the house building industry doesn't shed 160,000 jobs, but it is looking ever more likely.First let's get one thing out of the way. The media is blamed for hyping the crisis we now find ourselves in. To hold that view is ...
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About Sustainability Now
Sustainability Now is a unique virtual event, highlighting the essential issues that matter right now for those creating a sustainable built environment.
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Selected councils to offer one-stop housing advice
Minister names first wave of 12 local authorities to receive £350,000 to develop an integrated housing advice service
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Best of the Sustainability Now lounge, part 2
In our second excerpt from the debate that raged within our online event that took place last week visitors discussed the existing stock
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Councils demand right to reinvest rents in local housing
Local Government Association argues councils could help beat housing crisis if allowed to keep rental income to spend on new local homes
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Persimmon cuts 2,000 jobs as sales slump 31%
Housebuilder confirms redundancies as it reveals 31% lower sales and a 45% fall in reservations in first six months
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Credit crunch has spread to Europe, warns Savills
Financial squeeze now affecting many European markets, according to property consultants
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Mortgage lending in May down 44%
Council of Mortgage Lenders says lending levels significantly lower than last year's figures
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What slump? Barratt starts work on 2,000-home scheme
Developer begins construction on PKS Architects project in Canada Water, London, despite pressures of housing downturn
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Mountgrange's Caltongate jeopardises Edinburgh's heritage status
Unesco concerned that planning approval given to £300m scheme that will destroy two listed buildings
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Mayor pledges £60m to tackle London’s empty homes
Boris Johnson announces new funding to recycle London’s 84,000 empty homes into affordable housing
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Banks Developments drops out of eco-town shortlist
Bidder leading proposed Curborough scheme says it will look into developing an alternative to the eco-town on the same site
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Connaught rides high in social housing market
Contractor's full-year results to be on target, with a booming order book this year
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Balfour Beatty on board for £300m rail contract in Malaysia
Contractor’s share of joint venture work on Malaysian rail extension expected to be worth £160m
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Monuments, parks, wrecks and battlefields 'at risk'
English Heritage broadens its annual survey of buildings at risk to include 70,000 historic sites across the country
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Vince Cable calls on government to prop up housing market
Liberal Democrat says programme to buy up unsold homes for social housing must increase hundred-fold
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Regeneration plan proposed for Borough Market
Greig and Stephenson submit planning application to regenerate area around famous London food market