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NewsSharewatch — Amec’s bull run starts to run down
Amec’s bullish run, during which its share price climbed from 400p in January to a year high of 849.5p earlier this month, has lost some of its steam in recent days.
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Small builders demand VAT cuts on eco refurbishments
Building work that contributes to ecological improvement of homes should be exempt from VAT, the body representing smaller building firms will say when it launches a Building a Greener Britain campaign this month.
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Green policy is ‘lip service’
Anne Power, a former urban taskforce member, has criticised the government’s progress over improving the environmental performance of Britain’s existing housing stock, saying it was barely even paying “lip service” to the problem.
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Porritt slams failure to reward sustainability best practice
Jonathon Porritt, the chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission, has accused the government of failing to provide enough incentives to the construction industry over climate change.
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NewsLeit-werk rocks Blackpool
Leit-werk, an architectural practice in north London, has won a competition to redesign the St John’s precinct in the centre of Blackpool.
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House price see-saw
House prices rose in September, in spite of fears that they would fall, according to the latest government house price index.
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Capie for Corporation
Jim Bennett, senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research think tank, has replaced Richard Capie as head of policy at The Housing Corporation.
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All change in Aylesbury
Developer Multiplex has bought a shopping centre in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
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Chair at Milton Keynes
Garrett Emmerson, a director of consultant Steer Davies Gleave, has been appointed the first independent chair of the Milton Keynes and South Midlands strategic transport board.
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£230m stock refurbishment
Four contractors have signed an agreement with Haringey council in north London for £230m of refurbishments for council stock.
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Final approval for Robust Deta
The communities department has approved the Robust Details scheme, whereby housebuilders are exempt from sound testing homes as required by the Building Regulations.
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Affordable housing deal
The Housing Corporation has signed a deal with four councils in the West Country (Bristol, Bath and North-east Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire) to speed up the delivery of affordable housing.
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Hill International
Christmas may be six weeks away but this lot is already getting into the festive spirit thanks to numerous bottles of Lapin Kulta, a beer brewed in Lapland.
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The tracker: Calm before the storm?
The industry is bullish in the face of the volatile financial market but the residential sector is expected to feel the pressure soon. Experian Business Strategies reports
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CommentWrong side of the tracks
Regarding the description of the Divis flats in Belfast (1 November, page 40), I would like to record that “building blunder” is not the key factor leading to it being (rightly) labelled as “ramshackle”.
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Fight fire with fire
The Local Government Association has called for an urgent review of building regulations, following the deaths of four fire-fighters in Warwickshire and wants to see sprinklers fitted to all new buildings.
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40 years of Foster
Foster + Partners is more than an architectural practice, it is a global institution. As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, it can boast 1,000 staff working on projects in 25 countries. Wherever in the world it is working, the name Foster carries with it a reputation gained from countless projects, ...