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    NSCC payment campaign grows

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    The National Specialist Contractors Council is to extend its fair payment campaign to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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    … as NFB calls for £8bn budget to be released

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    The National Federation of Builders has urged the prime minister to sanction the early release some of the Housing Corporation’s £8bn budget as part of a rescue package for the housing market.

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    Manchester prepares legal challenge over supercasino

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Manchester council has confirmed that it will consider taking legal action if plans for a regional supercasino are dropped.

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    Mortgage approvals

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    This January has been the weakest for mortgage approvals since records began in 1994, according to estate agent Connells.

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    Perth development

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Plans for a mixed-use scheme, including a hotel and 92 homes in Perth have been submitted by developer Kilmartin Property Group to Perth and Kinross council.

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    Record for London

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Thirty-three thousand homes were built in London last year, the highest figure since 1977, according to the Greater London Authority.

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    Gloucester homes

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Plans for 400 homes at Downings Malthouse and Provender Mill in Gloucester have been outlined by landowner the Bishop family.

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    New role for Crosby

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Sir James Crosby, the former chief executive of HBOS, is to chair the Northern Private Investment Commission, a new body to promote business investment in northern England.

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    Arup called in at Camden

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    The owner of Camden’s Canal Street market has called in Arup to advise it on damage caused by a fire last weekend.

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    Tubelines fears ‘knock-on effects’ of £2bn Metronet bill

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Tubelines has voiced concerns that funding for the tube upgrade will be cut after it emerged that the government will have to spend £2bn to bail out rival consortium Metronet.

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    The eve of Adamstown

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    The £300m mixed-use centre of Adamstown, Ireland's only independent new town, has been submitted for planning approval by London urban designer Metropolitan Workshop and Irish developer Castlethorne Construction.

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    Ken Shuttleworth set to act as design champion on Crossrail

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Crossrail has targeted Ken Shuttleworth to be a design champion for the £16bn project.

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    Phase one rolls into Birmingham

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Building is hosting another networking party for construction professionals in the first 10 years of their careers.

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    Appointments

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    This week

  • Denise Chevin
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    A done deal, but is it a good one?

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Carillion boss John McDonough can’t be beaten for chutzpah.

  • The diversifying QS. This one is difficult to describe as it tends to have changed into something else by the time you’ve finished
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    The evolving QS

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    With flotation looking distinctly iffy – as Turner & Townsend realised last week – cost consultants are looking for other ways to expand and survive.

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    City sources put cost of delayed T&T flotation at £1m

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Turner & Townsend’s shelved flotation cost the consultant £1m, City sources say.

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    Sharewatch — Analysts lost for words as ‘yo-yo effect’ causes havoc

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Yet another week of share price volatility saw analysts struggling to find fresh ways to describe the market.

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    Light relief

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Housing ministers, newspaper photographers and 7ft rats are left floundering in the dark, while the bright lights of the Sheds conference attract a merry horde of musicians, pranksters and talking frogs

  • Paul King
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    Think event assesses sustainability in a slowing market

    2008-02-14T16:48:00Z

    Shadow Liberal Democrat chancellor Vince Cable and UK Green Building Council chief executive Paul King consider tough business and Government choices at Think Tank breakfast event