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CommentFriends and foes
This week, Zaha Hadid launches a scathing attack on England, John Armitt’s BlackBerry almost falls into the wrong hands and Balfour Beatty and Carillion ramp up their rivalry
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NewsOn the high road
Since the SNP seized power north of the border, Scotland’s construction industry has been bursting with optimism. Joey Gardiner asks what has changed and how long it will last. He also speaks to the man charged with pushing its massive growth and development programme through
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for MCMS
Straight off, Helena warns me not to expect Frank to speak. “He’s the strong silent type,” she explains. “A bit like Lurch from the Addams Family.”
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FeaturesGood vibrations
How VJ Technologies turned the troublesome vibration regs into a really good business opportunity.
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Regeneration faces 680,000 shortfall in skilled workers
The construction industry is set to fall dramatically short of training the number of staff required to regenerate derelict sites by 2012, says the government.
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Liverpool gets housing boost
Merseyside is to received the biggest tranche of funding in the latest round of the government’s housing market renewal programme, which is designed to turn around areas of derelict housing in northern England.
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NewsData — Planning applications, February 2008
Applications fall sharply in Wales and Midlands, but rise in Scotland, South-west, North and Midlands
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Fall out from US sub-prime debacle hits Heywood Williams
Building supplies group Heywood Williams has said the weak North American sub-prime market hit its 2007 results.
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Sharewatch — Betting on the market – with imaginary money of course
Buy low, sell high, as the expression goes. On Monday this week Sharewatch put the theory to the test by investing 100 imaginary pounds in several construction-related companies at a time when the industry is in a trough.
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WSP ‘firing on all cylinders’ and confident it will ride out storm
Chris Cole, chief executive of consultant WSP, said its spread of sectors meant it was well-placed to survive the credit crunch.
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Fit-out profit rise
Retail fit-out group Styles & Wood has posted a 58% rise in pre-tax profit to £11.8m for 2007.
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BSS buys Birchwood
Building supplies firm BSS has bought safety workwear group Birchwood for £18.4m.
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3D turnover jumps
3D Architects has posted a 54% rise in turnover to £8.3m in the year to 30 April 2007.
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Kingspan grows 28%
Insulated panel specialist Kingspan has posted a 28% rise in turnover to £1.4bn in the year to 31 December 2007.
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Hyder’s £7m buy
Hyder Consulting has bought £7m-turnover Australian consultant Crescent PSS for £3.4m.
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CommentShould we vote for Ken again?
It may not have the drama of the race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, but the battle for the hot seat in London’s City Hall is every bit as fierce.
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MJ Gleeson blames bad results on flagging north-west market
MJ Gleeson’s chief executive has blamed his company’s exposure to the flagging north-west England market for its poor results in the second half of 2007.
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Capita Symonds well-placed to survive downturn
Capita Symonds is well-placed to ride out the credit crunch owing to its lack of exposure to the commercial market, the group’s managing director says.
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Healthy profits for EC Harris
A quarter of EC Harris’ profit now comes from outside the UK, the consultant has said.