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Relaxing baths
The PJH Group has extended its Wellness Whirlpool collection to include a range with both hydrotherapy and chromotherapy features.
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Purified water tap
Franke has developed the Triflow tap, which delivers purified water to kitchens.
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New granite sink colours
Reginox has extended its range of granite sinks for kitchens with the addition of two new colours.
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NewsFive steps to …
… ergonomic kitchen design. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg guides you through how to built an efficient and attractive kitchen
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CommentThinking it through
The need to be sustainable is now as universally accepted as the need to wear a seat belt. But as Ryanair’s campaign advertising “1 million flights for 1p” illustrates, it’s one thing to accept the desirability of sustainable living, another to make the sacrifices to actually do it.
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Takeovers are being held back by high prices, warns WYG
Consolidation in the consultancy sector is being held back by unrealistic valuations, White Young Green’s chief executive says.
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NewsSharewatch — Investors on tenterhooks as housebuilders reveal results
Investors watched from behind their sofas as Persimmon posted its 2007 results on Tuesday. This was the first major indicator of the state of the market in 2008, and there was good and bad news.
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Waterman’s foreign affairs push profit up 43%
Waterman Group has posted a 43% rise in pre-tax profit to £3.3m for the six months to 31 December 2007.
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Warings falls £161k into red
Contractor Warings fell into the red in 2007 with a pre-tax loss of £161,000 on the back of £81m turnover.
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Dutch disappointment
Profit at Dutch builder Heijmans fell by a third in 2007 to £42.5m, compared with £62m in 2006.
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FM business bought
Europa Support Services has bought the facilities management arm of United Utilities for an undisclosed sum.
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Broadway profit soars
Turnover at Broadway Malyan jumped 31% to £41.1m in the year to 30 April 2007.
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Hammerson’s plunge
Pre-tax profit at Hammerson fell from £792.4m to £110.4m in the year to 31 December 2007 after a £457m writedown on its portfolio.
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Norwest in North-east
Norwest Holst has bought Newcastle upon Tyne contractor Gordon Durham for an estimated £5m.
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Minerva makes loss
Property group Minerva made a pre-tax loss of £114.5m in the six months to 31 December 2007, down from a profit of £15.4m last year.
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NewsAye, there’s the hub
Feilden Clegg Bradley has won a competition to design the London Greenhouse, a 70,000ft2 building that will act as a “hub” for research into environment issues.
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‘Sacrifices must be made’ to hit environmental targets
The government will have to choose between meeting green objectives and other aspirations, the chief executive of housebuilder Crest Nicholson told the EcoBuild conference.
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User manuals for green homes
Home buyers should not be able to buy a zero-carbon house without guidance about how to live in it, according to the head of the National House Building Council.
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Six in running for £2.5bn east London estate regeneration
Six bidders are in the running to build a £2.5bn flagship regeneration scheme near the Olympics site in east London.
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GLA calls for buy-to-let reform
The planning system needs to make “build-to-let” developments more attractive to institutional investors, according to a report out today.