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NewsInspace hits the jackpot
Housebuilder Inspace has landed its largest housing regeneration scheme since it was spun off from Willmott Dixon in 2005.
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CommentGrowth, but at what price?
Wow! Pop those champagne corks. What a year it’s been for the sector’s top 250 consultants.
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Trust Property Management acquires surveyor for £1.5m
Trust Property Management Group, an alternative investment market-quoted property and chartered surveying services group, is to buy chartered surveyor Dexter Brown in a deal valued at £1.5m.
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Lewis & Hickey office in India
Architect Lewis & Hickey has targeted India to grow its business.
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Crane firm buyout
Ainscough Crane Hire has been sold in a £255m management buyout, backed by an integrated debt and equity package from the finance division of the Bank of Scotland, owned by HBOS.
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Irish acquisition
White Young Green has acquired Irish firm PH McCarthy Consulting Engineers for £13.5m.
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Waterman profit rise
Consultant Waterman Group has reported a 21% increase in pre-tax profit to £5.1m for the year to 30 June 2007.
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Asbestos package
Asbestos contractor and consultancy group Silverdell has acquired Swift Asbestos, a licensed asbestos remediation contractor in Southampton, for about £1.5m.
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Billion-pound probe
The European commission has extended the deadline for its inquiry into a proposed joint venture between Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain by two weeks to 26 October.
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Legislation may be required for councils to build new homes
Government plans to revive council housing may need to be approved by parliament before they can go ahead.
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Scrapping of PGS meets industry praise
The industry has welcomed news that the government will ditch the planning gain supplement (PGS).
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Local levy to fund Crossrail
Cash raised in London through the supplementary business rate (SBR), a local business levy, will go towards Crossrail rather than local projects, Alistair Darling announced this week.
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NewsZaha’s Iberian peninsula
This is Zaha Hadid’s proposed scheme for the Zorrozaurre peninsula in Spain, which she plans to turn into an island.
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Rok appointment
Builder Rok has appointed Martin Donnachie managing director for the north of England.
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2012 energy centre
Energy services company Elyo has been made preferred bidder for the Olympic park and Stratford City energy centres and networks in east London.
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Steelworkers threaten strike
Steelworkers across the UK are threatening unofficial strike action in a row over pay.
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Leading M&E bodies consult members on possible merger
The two main trade bodies in the M&E sector are consulting their members about a possible merger.
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Firms vie for Wood awards
Building Design Partnership’s Marlowe academy in Ramsgate, Kent, and Purcell Miller Tritton’s restoration of Wollaton Hall in Nottingham are among the projects shortlisted for the Wood awards.