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NewsCapita Symonds completes Ruddle Wilkinson takeover
Acquisition makes multidisciplinary consultant the second biggest architect in the UK.
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Faithful+Gould scoops BT contracts
Three five-year QS contracts will cover South Wales and the West, the Midlands and Northern Ireland.
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NewsMy nagging carbon conscience
A smog-filled Beijing sky prompts the CIC chief executive to ask himself whether he is doing enough to cut his own carbon emissions.
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NewsBowker to quit as head of Partnerships for Schools
Richard Bowker is named chief executive of National Express, eight months after joining Building Schools for the Future programme.
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NewsMultiplex denies trickery at Wembley
Multiplex QC says manager acted reasonably over disputed valuation as Wembley trial draws to a close.
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NewsShadow chancellor hints at more land for homes
George Osborne tells property leaders that government should make more land available to housebuilders.
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NewsGreat Portland Estates considers REIT status
Developer says becoming a real estate investment trust would have minimal effect on business.
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NewsGleeson issues severe profit warning
Housebuilder says switch from speculative building to inner city regeneration will hit this year's profits.
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FeaturesAll together now
trustmark has the potential to pull local anti-cowboy initiatives together and strengthen consumer confidence, says Paul Ramsden, Deputy Chief Executive of the Trading Standards Institute and trustmark board member
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NewsCleveland Bridge counsel attacks Multiplex's 'unlawful conduct'
Counsel for Cleveland Bridge depicts Multiplex as hard-nosed contractor whose conduct had 'crossed the line into unlawfulness'.
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NewsNapier to leave Taylor Woodrow
Napier will step down in Spring 2007 and move to Imperial Tobacco Group as non-executive chairman.
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NewsBritish Land reveals plan to become REIT
Developer expresses intention to become a Real Estate Investment Trust from early 2007 after posting a 32% rise in net asset value this morning.
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins £170m road extensions
Extension to two road maintenance contracts in North Yorkshire and Hampshire will cover almost 8,000 roads.
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NewsAmec sells Spie for £707m
Contractor announces that it has sold its French engineering division to private equity group PAI Partners as part of restructuring strategy.
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NewsMitie predicts further growth after strong results
Support services group seeks further expansion after it reveals 17% growth in turnover from £800m to £936m.
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NewsBAA set to offer investors £1bn sweetener
Cash payment would form part of BAA's strategy to fend off Ferrovial's £8.75bn takeover bid.
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NewsA trial for all involved
Our court correspondent finally succumbs to the debilitating medical complaint that is ravaging the Technology and Construction Court: Wembley Fatigue.
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NewsFormer Cleveland Bridge boss takes the stand
Roddy Grant accuses Wembley contractor of spending more time trying to destroy its steel subcontractor than building the stadium.
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NewsCapita Percy Thomas to be UK's second biggest architect
Acquisition of 32-strong Ruddle Wilkinson will increase Capita staff to 200-plus, making it second only to BDP
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FeaturesRetail and leisure
With suppliers introducing such innovations as walls and ceilings of solid light and ‘light transmitting' concrete, Joannah Connolly and Sonia Soltani report on how retail specifiers are turning to showrooms rather than catalogues to check out the latest products.