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Minerva makes loss
Property group Minerva made a pre-tax loss of £114.5m in the six months to 31 December 2007, down from a profit of £15.4m last year.
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NewsAye, there’s the hub
Feilden Clegg Bradley has won a competition to design the London Greenhouse, a 70,000ft2 building that will act as a “hub” for research into environment issues.
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‘Sacrifices must be made’ to hit environmental targets
The government will have to choose between meeting green objectives and other aspirations, the chief executive of housebuilder Crest Nicholson told the EcoBuild conference.
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User manuals for green homes
Home buyers should not be able to buy a zero-carbon house without guidance about how to live in it, according to the head of the National House Building Council.
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Six in running for £2.5bn east London estate regeneration
Six bidders are in the running to build a £2.5bn flagship regeneration scheme near the Olympics site in east London.
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GLA calls for buy-to-let reform
The planning system needs to make “build-to-let” developments more attractive to institutional investors, according to a report out today.
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Linden regional boss
Chris Coates, the former managing director of Linden Homes in the South-east is to leave Galliford Try, the firm that took over Linden in March last year.
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Tescos Wear plan
Tesco is in talks with Sunderland council over proposals for a retail park to the north of the river Wear.
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Atomic Zog
English Partnerships has appointed Zog Brownfield Ventures (ZBV) to redevelop its Atomic Energy Technology Centre in Dorset.
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Moseleys accord
Moseley & District Churches Housing Association will join the Accord Housing Group in the autumn.
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Zero-carbon deal
Inbuilt Consulting and Ecofirst Consult will provide sustainability advice to Gladedale Consortium on its bid to build a zero-carbon community of 450 homes in Peterborough.
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NewsFit for a king (and The Guardian)
Kings Place, a limestone-clad building that will house a public concert hall, sculpture gallery and the offices of The Guardian, is nearing completion.
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Trade unions express amazement as ODA rejects T5 pay deal
Unions have expressed amazement at the Olympic Delivery Authority’s refusal to adopt the same pay deal offered to electricians at Heathrow Terminal 5.
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NewsFirst class honours
Faber Maunsell’s City Campus East for Northumbria University has scooped the new-build project prize at CIBSE’s Low Carbon Awards.
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Developers miss housing grant
Private developers are to receive just 3% of the government’s £3.3bn allocation of grant for affordable housing.
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BAA boss resigns
Stephen Nelson, chief executive at BAA, has resigned amid criticism over falling service standards.
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Casino rumpus
Howard Bernstein, chief executive at Manchester council, said the council “reserved the right” to sue the government over this week’s decision by Gordon Brown to ditch plans for a supercasino.
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Trillium may be sold
Land Securities has said it may sell its outsourcing Trillium business for a reported £1.5bn.
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NewsIt’s a bit pokey …
What Foster + Partners says is the world’s largest building has opened after four years of design and construction work.