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Buy-to-let investors nab 70% of London homes
More than two-thirds of the capital’s new homes are being snapped up by investors, a Greater London Authority (GLA) study has revealed.
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NewsContest launched for zero-carbon communities
A government competition has challenged housebuilders to come up with proposals for zero carbon developments.
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NewsBuschow’s Hemel breakthrough
After a long battle, Buschow Henley has succeeded in securing planning permission for 56 affordable and shared ownership flats in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
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Community hospitals u-turn
It is understood that the government has scrapped a multimillion pound programme to build 50 community hospitals.
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Interserve sacks four bosses
Interserve has sacked four executives who were involved in last year’s discovery of a £25m black hole in its industrial services division.
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Research shows decimation of UK industrial job market
A report on industrial property, commissioned by agent GVA Grimley, highlights changes in the sector over the past 20 years.
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Galliford in talks
Galliford Try demonstrated its appetite for growth this week as it announced that it was in talks to buy southern housebuilder Linden Homes for about £200m.
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Capita offices evacuated after letter bomb
Capita Group’s head office was evacuated on Monday after a woman was injured by a letter bomb.
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NewsBennetts into Europe
Bennetts Associates has landed its first win in an architectural competition outside the UK.
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FeaturesDealer’s choice
As head of joint ventures at HBOS, Bruce Anderson has been busy building up stakes in housebuilders, and now has his sights set on Crest Nicholson. But if he’s right that in a few years’ time there’ll be only three housebuilders left, he may have the chance to spend more ...
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What do you mean, ‘be reasonable’?
When deciding to end a contract, is it reasonable to consider your commercial interests based on the employer’s history of legal actions? This is what a judge in Salford had to say
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FeaturesProcurement: Employer’s agents
Many cost consultants and project managers have extended their involvement on projects by acting as the employer’s agent – a job that introduces a wide range of responsibilities. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the role
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FeaturesWhat the sea brought in
Heatherwick Studio wanted its design for a beach cafe to look like something washed up on the shore. Beachcombers – plus the odd passing dog – will be handsomely rewarded.
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NewsMultiplex in Kensington
A £200m tower in Kensington is set to receive the go-ahead from councillors.
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Bovis Lend Lease’s Les Chatfield dies suddenly at 60
Les Chatfield, the former chief operating officer of Bovis Lend Lease UK, died in hospital on Tuesday 30 January after a short illness. He was 60.
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FeaturesHello world, we are Nokia
Nokia’s global network of high-tech outlets is about to hit London. Katie Puckett went to Finland to see if they really make the Apple store look like ‘Little House on the Prairie’
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Former Laing O’Rourke chief sets up consultancy
Roy Adams, the former director of Laing O’Rourke’s Radical Innovation Group, has set up a regeneration consultancy after his sudden departure from the contractor.
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Comment
How Lift has worked wonders
Your article on the Lift primary healthcare programme raised some interesting points about how effective the scheme has been since its inception and certainly merits further analysis (26 January, page 38).
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Will this do?
I was pleased to read your article about office fit-outs (“Call that sustainable?” 26 January, page 50).