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Paper Round: Brown set to hurdle 2012 VAT obstacle
Gordon Brown has found a way to get round Olympic VAT according to weekend papers. Plus, bids for John Laing and Crest, and question marks over wind turbines
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Morris Homes snaps up Badger Homes
Morris expands its North-west division with an acquisition for an undisclosed sum
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Design institutes tackle site deaths
Design experts launch joint strategy to cut number of workplace fatalities
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Stop ‘bashing’ the Olympics says Peter Rogers
Chairman of Strategic Forum 2012 task group says industry should support the delivery of the London Olympics
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Arup and Rendel ride in to fix Ascot grandstand crisis
Consultants are drafted in after racecourse receives more than 1,000 complaints
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What's your carbon footprint?
After an amazing response to our online Carbon footprint estimator, now readers can find out which professions are the environmental angels and which are gas-guzzling sinners...
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Laing vs Aqua Mechanical Services
Contractor sues for £150k after Travel Inn flood at Heathrow airport
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Star names queue up to design Olympic velopark
Foster and Rogers among architects preparing to fight it out for design-led contract
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Hold the front page
Clenston Mews in Marylebone, central London, was swarming with paparazzi when Antony Hoodless took this photo. The paps weren’t there to document this unique technique for painting a window frame, though. They wanted a portrait of Madonna and child – the former lives nearby and the latter had just arrived ...
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A leaky roof
TFW Printers Ltd (“TFW”) engaged Interserve Project Services Ltd to carry out certain building works. The building contract was the JCT Agreement for Minor Works. The works included the replacement of a pressed steel valley gutter to part of one of the roofs of the building. In carrying out these ...
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Crest rejects 585p offer from Castle Bidco
Joint bidder HBOS and West Coast Capital made approach after buying 27% of Crest Nicholson shares
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Henderson ups bid for John Laing
Fund manager Henderson makes second bid of 405p per share trumping Allainz offer
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Scottish and Southern Energy faces £2.1m writ
Telesoft Technologies goes to High Court claiming damages for a fire in 2005
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McCarthy tipped for Communities England
Civil servant Richard McCarthy is being lined up to head the merged English Partnerships and Housing Corporation body
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Gleeson Building recovers to post profit
New management team stabilises company following buyout as it records 11-month profit of £102,000
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East Midland Contracting sues for £1.1m
An adjudictator's decision goes to the High Court for enforcement
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Another partner leaves Foster
The exodus from Foster and Partners continued this week when it emerged that one of the practice’s longest serving partners will leave
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Galliford Try wins £34m M&S refit
Remodelling and extension work at London Colney and Cheshunt stores will start in January
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