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FeaturesMeet our new advisers …
This youthful bunch are thrilled to be working in construction, and even more delighted to be on Building’s new graduate advisory board. You’ll be hearing a lot more from them over the next year, but first, Eleanor Goodman and Lucy Handley do the introductions
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Weathering the storm
Contractors coped well during a soggy July and managed to maintain their activity levels, which contributed to a positive second quarter. Experian Business Strategies reports
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FeaturesLondon is for losers
The streets aren’t paved with gold – at least no more than anywhere else. Take note of the Building/Hays Construction annual salary guide and head for the North.
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FeaturesCountry focus: Hungary
The Hungarian economy is struggling with a budget deficit and low growth, but with the offices and retail markets set to soar, the future is bright. Tibor Stahl and Judit Rohonyi of EC Harris report
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Confident Kier aims to buy housebuilder and property firm
John Dodds, Kier’s chief executive, this week predicted the UK construction boom would continue for “at least three years”, despite the present credit crunch, and said he was looking to buy a housebuilder and a property company.
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Pearce profit soars after return to basics
Bristol-based contractor Pearce Group recorded a fourfold profit increase after refocusing its business on core activities.
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CommentStars in their eyes
This week, a consultant makes a guest appearance on the silver screen, the HVCA hangs out at the Bafta headquarters and the new RIBA president faces the flashbulbs of the international press
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Planning applications: August 2007
A typically subdued summer holiday season – unless you work for Modus Properties or Castlemore Securities …
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Don't take the cowards route
Tony Bingham’s article on the National Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC) payment toolkit brought to mind the phrase “Eureka!” (7 September, page 56).
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Conflicting goals
Your leader and feature on local contractors (14 September, 2007) was long overdue.
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Faero responds
Building’s report on the Faero competent persons scheme, “HIPs firm goes into liquidation” (7 September, page 13), was right to suggest that its demise was a result of the government’s change of mind about how the quality of energy ratings should be regulated.
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FeaturesCrossrail starts here
Eighteen years after the idea of a rail line running east to west through London was mooted, all that has actually been done is to dig this large hole. But, as Gordon Brown prepares to announce a funding strategy in his conference speech next week, that may be about to ...
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NewsA test of their metal
Cartwright Pickard Architects has won a competition to design sustainable housing using steel.
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NewsBranching out
This design by Make Architects for a revamped visitor centre at Sherwood Forest has been given planning permission.
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Pidgley takes opportunity to pick up £2m of his own shares
Tony Pidgley, managing director of housebuilder Berkeley Group, made the most of market conditions this week by snapping up £2m of shares in his own housebuilder, underlining his confidence in the long-term performance of the housing market.
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NewsDevelopers keep cool
Backers of London’s key commercial developments insisted their schemes remained on track this week, despite fears of a slowdown in development finance triggered by the credit crunch.