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FeaturesA rough guide to working life
Q: A group of students is staying behind at school to carry on studying. They say it’s a breath of fresh air and like the exams. Are they:
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NewsSMC shares dip
Shares in architect SMC Group dropped one-third after the company warned that full-year pre-tax profit for the year ending 31 December 2006 would be below market expectations.
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House starts fall in December – but completions rise
December brought a mixed set of results for housebuilders according to the latest statistics from the National House Building Council (NHBC).
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NewsThe long march to zero carbon
The housebuilding industry has made a start on zero carbon. Here’s how the government can help
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NewsDutch master
Dutch practice Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects has completed this educational building for Metzo College in Doetinchem, Holland.
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HBOS to sell majority stake in McCarthy & Stone
HBOS is looking to sell most of its stake in retirement home specialist McCarthy & Stone just five months after buying it in a £1.1bn deal.
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Travis Perkins snaps up firm
Builders merchant Travis Perkins has bought insulation supplier Passmore Drywall & Insulation for £13.4m.
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Profit rises 16% at Welsh contractor Watkin Jones
Contractor Watkin Jones posted a 16% rise in pre-tax profit for the year ending 30 September 2006.
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Tata wins Corus takeover battle with £6.7bn bid
Tata Steel has come out top in the battle for UK steelmaker Corus after a four-month battle that culminated in an eight hour auction.
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‘You cannot have two chief executives’ – so Black quits Mears
Stuart Black faces a year on gardening leave after this week quitting his chief executive post at Mears, the £200m-turnover social housing contractor.
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Cost of Stansted extension cut by £500m
The Grimshaw-designed second runway and new terminal at Stansted airport will cost nearly £500m less than anticipated, according to BAA.
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FeaturesOut of the blue ... and into the red
A furious argument is brewing in the Treasury over a surprise change to accounting rules that could suddenly dump billions of pounds of PFI liabilities in the government’s lap. Mark Leftly looks at what the rule says, and what it could mean for Gordon Brown
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NewsAll change at Paddington
Schmidt Hammer Lassen (SHL), a leading Danish architect,has unveiled this much anticipated design of a £90m further education building in Paddington Green in west London, for the City of Westminster College.
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Think speakers confirmed
Tom Bloxham, head of Urban Splash will be be speaking at Think, a new sustainability and regeneration event.
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Three-quarters of population would buy new-build
The proportion of the public prepared to buy a new-build home has risen sharply since the end of the nineties, according to research by the estate agent Savills.
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NewsA big Ask in Urmston
Regeneration specialist Ask Developments has submitted detailed plans to revamp the rundown Urmston area of Greater Manchester.
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Appointments
HousebuildersAntler Homes Southern has appointed Duncan Morris and Paul Osborne as land directors. Morris was previously with Michael Shanly; Osborne joins from Gladedale Homes.Consultants project management consultant ChandlerKBS has promoted Dylan Davies and Chris Hunt from associate to partner, and Julian Kelly from senior cost manager to associate. Faithful + ...
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Prison contractors pressured to speed up work
Contractors have been asked to speed up work on the Prison Service’s building programme in the wake of heightened political pressure on the Home Office to deal with overcrowding in prisons.
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NewsThere's no PPE in paradise
It's a beautiful setting for a blunder - HSE inspectors don't visit many sites like this
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NewsBalfour Beatty buys US construction business for £184m
The UK contractor plans to build a significant operation in the US after buying Centex Construction