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As Poles depart - what then?
At last some good statistical news for the Government – unemployment down – employment up – an increase in the number of vacancies.This boost will be particularly welcomed by both the Chancellor and Prime Minister, as the employment figures are so far proving to be their strongest card in their ...
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NewsErinaceous sells insurance division
Administrator KPMG says Erinaceous Insurance Services has been sold to the company's lenders
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NewsKing of the castle
At least pedestrians in Oxford can’t see what’s looming over them on the castle mound
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NewsErinaceous - too much, too young
Buying up so many troubled firms so rapidly was a recipe for disaster at the property consultant now in adminstration
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NewsTaylor Wimpey's UK chief executive quits
Ian Sutcliffe leaves housebuilder to become UK managing director of office developer Segro
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NewsSkanska takes £27m hit on three projects
Contractor's profits are affected by unexpected charges on three PPP schemes in the UK
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NewsIan Ritchie to be replaced on controversial Potters Fields site
Berkeley Homes has agreed to appoint a new architect on site near Tower Bridge after pressure from part-landowner Southwark Council
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NewsURS and Foster + Partners to redesign New Covent Garden
Neil Tomlinson Architects and Davis Langdon are also on team for the 57-acre market site
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Two BA directors leave after T5 chaos
The directors of operations and customer services will be replaced by one person
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NewsConstruction in Beijing to stop during Olympics
Work will stop on all projects during the summer as China bids to reduce air poluution for 2008 Olympics
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NewsWorst housing slump for 30 years, says RICS
Housing market survey for March shows confidence among surveyors at its lowest for three decades
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NewsCarillion wins £85m highways contract
Joint venture with WSP involves maintenance of motorways and major roads in counties north of London
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ISG forms fit-out joint venture in Dubai
Partnership announced with local contractor Al Habtoor Leighton Group
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NewsGrosvenor takes £50m hit on Liverpool retail scheme
Property developer says it is defending claim by Debenhams over reported delay in delivery of Liverpool One
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Mears announces £57m of social housing repair contracts
Maintenance and repair provider announces three major contract wins with housing associations across England
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Booming Tesco to focus on overseas expansion
Strong preliminary results from retailer with plans to build 11.5m sq ft of new supermarket space this year
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CIOB highlights lack of clarity in inert waste review
Regulations could just complicate environmental approval system without tackling real issues, says CIOB
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Features'Cityscapers: By the Throat' - an international design collaboration
Laraine Naughton, a third year Interior Architecture student at Napier University, got the opportunity to work with other students from across the world as they looked at the road between Glasgow and Edinburgh
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Meanwhile... housing market gets gloomier over the pond
If the RICS housing market survey has failed to provide enough gloom, here's the story from across the Atlantic. Foreclosures (repossessions) in March up 57% on the same month a year ago, according to RealtyTrac, an online marketplace for foreclosure properties.RealtyTrac also suggests that things are so bad that more ...
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Worst housing market figures we've recorded, says RICS
The latest poll of estate agents by the surveyors body RICS produced the gloomiest set of figures on house price falls in the poll's 30 year history.According to the latest monthly RICS housing market survey, the seasonally adjusted figure for the difference between the proportion of agents seeing house price ...