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Welsh contractor Dudley makes £1m profit
Newport-based contractor and shopfitter Dudley has broken through the £1m pre-tax profit barrier for the year ended 31 August 2007.
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Barratt plans to cut land spend
Barratt has reportedly reduced its land-buying programme beyond its target of £1.2bn for the year to 30 June 2008.
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Persimmon gets serious and Dresdner tells it like it is
It was the week when things got nasty for housebuilders. Sector sweetheart Persimmon put its foot down and said it was not starting on new sites until the banks started dishing out mortgages more readily.
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Callcutt to head customer satisfaction taskforce
NHBC acts to pre-empt Office of Fair Trading investigation into standard of new homes
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Inspace in South Acton: Lovely jubbly
Developer Inspace has been appointed to the £43m redevelopment of the South Acton Estate by housing association Catalyst Housing Group.
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New town gets closer
A resolution to grant planning permission for a 5,500-home new town in Sherford, near Plymouth, was given by South Hampshire council this week.
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Define ‘zero carbon’
The government needs to set out a standard definition for zero-carbon development, according to a parliamentary motion laid by Conservative MP Andrew Stunnell.
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Tesco gets go-ahead
Phase two of Tesco’s Love Lane regeneration scheme in Woolwich, London, was given detailed planning approval this week.
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Lovell wins £18m deal
Social housing contractor Lovell has won a contract to carry out £18m worth of improvements to 1,500 affordable homes run by housing association Acclaim Housing Group.
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‘Boost flood cash’
The British Property Federation has called for the government to invest more money in flood defences in a submission to the review by Michael Pitt of lessons from last summer’s floods.
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NewsUS legal giant offers to act for bid-rigging victims
As CMHT contacts clients, Bowmer & Kirkland and Durkan Pudelek emerge on ‘cash for bids’ list
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NewsTax rebate scheme backed at green Dragons' Den event
Green tariff proposal also backed by audience of sustainability professionals at Think and UK Green Building Council meeting. With video footage
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First-quarter construction orders fall 8%
Increases in roads, schools and hospitals fail to offset downturn in housing and industrial work, show government statistics
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Housing reservations down by two thirds
Spring selling season evaporates as confidential HBF report reveals same level of reservations as in January
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NewsCABE ‘light touch’ review finally launched
DCMS and CLG appoint Richard Parnaby as head of review nine months after it was announced in Housing Green Paper
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NewsMP committee will not investigate bid rigging
Chair of the select committee Peter Luff MP says bid rigging won't be a major feature of inquiry into the construction industry
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NewsWhere's Northern Rock when you need it?
When Persimmon stops building, you know it's got bad. But if lenders like the Rock started lending again we could turn a corner
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Government to consult on affordable housing options
Minister signals consultation on Community Land Trusts to lower cost of homes