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Redrow appointment
Redrow Homes has appointed Jim Cropper managing director for its Yorkshire operation, based in Wakefield. Cropper previously worked for Cala Homes.
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Barratt sales boss
Barratt has appointed Simon Cunningham group sales and marketing director. He was previously senior vice president of sports supplier Umbro’s international business.
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Keepmoat pledge
Keepmoat has set aside an annual share of its profit for a community investment programme, which will support community groups and charity initiatives.
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Job at DBK Back
Consultant DBK Back has appointed Ian Greatrex, formerly business development director of Orbit Housing Group, director of residential consultancy.
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Keller update
Ground engineer Keller expects that the group’s results for the half year to 30 June 2007 will be ahead of last year. It also announced £55m of contracts in the Middle East.
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New twist in battle for Croydon
Arrowcroft has added a theatre to its £600m Croydon Gateway scheme in south London.
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Robert O’Hara Architects has received planning permission for this cultural and community centre in Brent, north-west London.
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ODA insists that good design is at the heart of 2012 Games,
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has published a strategy to emphasise to the industry that good design is at the heart of plans for the 2012 Games and their legacy.
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NewsPulling a fast one
This sculpture, designed by artist Gerry Judah, was the centrepiece of the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Chichester, West Sussex, last weekend.
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Corby’s restored railway link will boost plans for expansion
The government has decided to reconnect Corby in Northamptonshire to the mainline railway network, bringing to an end a five-year campaign to restore direct links to the town and boosting its plans to expand.
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NewsRoom with a view
Persimmon Homes has secured approval for an £89m scheme in Redcar, north-east England.
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Basildon regeneration
Basildon council in Essex has tendered for a developer to carry out the £1bn regeneration of its town centre. The authority advertised in the EU’s official journal for a strategic partner. It hopes to seal an agreement by next May.
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Galliford in Devon
Galliford Try has been appointed preferred partner to redevelop a 500-home estate in Devonport, Plymouth. Westco, part of Devon and Cornwall Housing Association, selected the company to redevelop the estate as a mixed-tenure scheme.
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South-east housing
The South East of England Regional Assembly claims enough homes are being developed in the region to support economic growth. A report it published last week said the 33,000 home completed last year were sufficient.
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CommentHow hard can it be?
Heart transplants are routine, information can cross the world in milliseconds and modern aviation lets us fly anywhere for a pittance. So why can’t we build half as many houses as we did in the sixties?
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FeaturesDirector’s cut
When Sydney Pollack first saw the Bilbao Guggenheim, it moved him to tears. The great director tells Martin Spring how it also inspired him to make his first documentary – a journey into the mind of its creator, Frank Gehry
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NewsRegeneration Awards 2007
Now in their fourth year, the Regeneration Awards are more relevant than ever and continue to recognise excellence in creating vibrant, sustainable and successful communities
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FeaturesDans army
These days the Territorial Army isn’t so much about playing at soldiers as training them for actual combat. Still, it finds time to run ‘executive stretch’ weekends, where future managers find out a little about leadership. Dan Stewart joined a group from the construction industry for two days of fake ...
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CommentWonders & blunders
Charles Graham-Marr celebrates the glory that is Greece but bemoans unenlightened additions to the Edinburgh streetscape