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Gleeds wins mediacity:uk contract
Peel Media appoints consultant to cost manage phase one of Salford scheme
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Shakespeare brings Kirkstall Abbey to life
Purcell Miller Tritton and Arup sponsor As You Like It preview in Leeds
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Turner & Townsend staff join London Run
Dressed as a gorilla and Winnie the Pooh London staff raise money through charity run
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Rider Levett Bucknall targets Midlands hotel market
Cost consultant is working with Alfred McAlpine on a number of large hotel schemes
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Ridge announces new promotions
Mark Richards and Mark Astbury promoted to partners at consultant
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Faithful+Gould announces new promotion
Michael Cracknell to lead the team at new London property team
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Tony Douglas quits BAA for Laing O’Rourke
Surprise move sees Tony Douglas take up post of chief operating officer at Terminal 5 builder
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Gordon Brown wants 3 million new homes by 2020.
If they are ever to be built, Britain’s planning system needs radical change. The planning white paper, now out to consultation, aims to streamline applications. But critics claim it does little to stop councils playing politics with housing.
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Allow me to present your bill
The Construction Act consultation has acknowledged that companies need payment certainty, but it is not tackling the surreal arrangement whereby the payer decides what the payee is owed
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Fellow travellers
The construction industry has gone cycling mad this year, with events like Cycle to Cannes and the Olympic velodrome designs being released.
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Who goes there?
One of the odd things about private equity firms is just how unprivate they have become of late.
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More departures at Costain after centralisation drive
Rob Drury, southern regional director, follows his counterpart in northern arm out of the door
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Brown drops ‘Communities England’ tag
Prime minister to choose fresh name for super agency to emphasise its role in housing provision, while he works on three policies to carry it out
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Audit office raises fears over Olympic cost plan
Parliament’s spending watchdog warns about risk of cost rises and urges greater accountability
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Davis Langdon poaches two directors to boost legal team
Davis Langdon has recruited two legal directors from Northcrofts Management Services: Chris Ennis and Richard Edwin.
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Grants rise 17.5% to encourage employers to train staff
The sector skills grant for apprentices is to rise by £1,400 under proposals from training body CITB-ConstructionSkills.
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Everyone’s a loser
Ms Tomlinson and Mr Wilson, a builder, entered into a contract for the construction of a small kitchen and bathroom extension to Tomlinson’s house in Easingwold. The parties agreed that the contract sum would be paid in stages.Wilson had constructed the extension to roof level when work ceased. This work ...
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Everton FC reveals £150m stadium images
New football ground in Kirby will have the capacity for 50,000 Toffee Men
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Jack Lemley received £388,000 Olympic pay-off
ODA annual accounts also show that Jack Lemley received £165,000 working part-time for six months and £58,000 in expenses
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Audit office raises fears over Olympic cost plan
Parliament’s spending watchdog warns about risk of cost rises and urges greater accountability