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Training bodies insist there is no shortage of HIP assessors
Companies responsible for training home information packs (HIPs) assessors have hit back at claims that there will not be enough trained inspectors when the packs are introduced in June.
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Pretty appointment
David Pretty, the former Barratt chief executive, has been appointed as a non-executive director of retirement housing specialist McCarthy & Stone.
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Profit drop for SMC
SMC Group reported a 4% drop in pre-tax profit to £2.7m for the year ended 31 December 2006, following a profit warning in January.
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Geoff Flower dies
Geoff Flower, project director of the Manhattan Loft Company (MLC), has died suddenly aged 44.
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86m refurb for Kier
Kier has signed a five-year £86m contract to deliver repairs and maintenance of 10,000 properties for Hull council under the government’s Decent Homes programme.
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Chelsea Barracks
Project Blue, a consortium of CPC Group and Qatari Diar, is to develop the Ministry of Defence’s Chelsea Barracks in London.
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Wilson James deals
Specialist contractor Wilson James has won two deals in the City worth £2.4m: logistical support on the Willis Building for Structure Tone, and Bow Bells House for Bovis Lend Lease.
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NewsTube maintenance workers to strike
RMT plans three-day strike next week over Metronet plans to transfer staff to parent companies
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NewsScaffold soloist
Using the scaffold as a giant ladder is not the recommended method of moving around on site
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NewsWYG appoints Lawrie Haynes as chief executive
Former chief executive of the British Nuclear Group will take up position at White Young Green on July 1
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NewsESD bought by carbon credits firm
Energy for Sustainable Development has been bought for £10m by AIM-listed Camco International
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NewsMarks Barfield reveals vision of wind-powered London
Architect says London could meet half of energy needs by installing thousands of wind turbines alongside rivers and roads
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NewsPrince Charles to appear live at Think
The sustainability and regeneration conference will feature a live link-up with Prince Charles speaking on climate change
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Sustainability needs to be hipper says Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is expected to speak at the Conservative Party Conference, says green message must be "hip and sexy"
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NewsPRP reveals Bedford airfield masterplan
Architect submits plans for Cardington Airfield which includes 425 dwellings and a park honouring 48 who died airship crash
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NewsRoger Bullivant buys Amec concrete business
Amec has sold its concrete business to specialist contractor Roger Bullivant in the latest stage of its construction business sell-off
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NewsNew wave of funding for community hospitals
Department of Health announces extra £50m spending on hospitals and services across the UK
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FeaturesDo clients realise CDM regulations are their responsibilty now?
There are 4.3m businesses in Britain but how many are aware of the new health and safety regulations?
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NewsBuilding's gallery of scaffolding shame
Across the world people are still putting their faith in their balance alone