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  • Met Building London
    News

    Great Portland Estates considers REIT status

    2006-05-24T09:54:00Z

    Developer says becoming a real estate investment trust would have minimal effect on business.

  • Dermot Gleeson
    News

    Gleeson issues severe profit warning

    2006-05-24T09:31:00Z

    Housebuilder says switch from speculative building to inner city regeneration will hit this year's profits.

  • Paul Ramsden
    Features

    All together now

    2006-05-24T14:04:00Z

    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

  • Wembley trial day 14
    News

    Cleveland Bridge counsel attacks Multiplex's 'unlawful conduct'

    2006-05-23T09:46:00Z

    Counsel for Cleveland Bridge depicts Multiplex as hard-nosed contractor whose conduct had 'crossed the line into unlawfulness'.

  • Iian Napier
    News

    Napier to leave Taylor Woodrow

    2006-05-23T16:46:00Z

    Napier will step down in Spring 2007 and move to Imperial Tobacco Group as non-executive chairman.

  • Eastern Quarry
    News

    British Land reveals plan to become REIT

    2006-05-23T10:27:00Z

    Developer expresses intention to become a Real Estate Investment Trust from early 2007 after posting a 32% rise in net asset value this morning.

  • Ian Tyler
    News

    Balfour Beatty wins £170m road extensions

    2006-05-23T09:45:00Z

    Extension to two road maintenance contracts in North Yorkshire and Hampshire will cover almost 8,000 roads.

  • Peter Mason
    News

    Amec sells Spie for £707m

    2006-05-22T10:11:00Z

    Contractor announces that it has sold its French engineering division to private equity group PAI Partners as part of restructuring strategy.

  • Mitie
    News

    Mitie predicts further growth after strong results

    2006-05-22T11:19:00Z

    Support services group seeks further expansion after it reveals 17% growth in turnover from £800m to £936m.

  • T5 building
    News

    BAA set to offer investors £1bn sweetener

    2006-05-22T10:49:00Z

    Cash payment would form part of BAA's strategy to fend off Ferrovial's £8.75bn takeover bid.

  • Sarah Richardson
    News

    A trial for all involved

    2006-05-19T14:42:00Z

    Our court correspondent finally succumbs to the debilitating medical complaint that is ravaging the Technology and Construction Court: Wembley Fatigue.

  • Wembley on trial
    News

    Former Cleveland Bridge boss takes the stand

    2006-05-19T11:59:00Z

    Roddy Grant accuses Wembley contractor of spending more time trying to destroy its steel subcontractor than building the stadium.

  • Tally ho
    News

    Capita Percy Thomas to be UK's second biggest architect

    2006-05-19T07:00:00Z

    Acquisition of 32-strong Ruddle Wilkinson will increase Capita staff to 200-plus, making it second only to BDP

  • Zumtobel’s Active Light Wall is especially suited to retail display as colours can be changed at the touch of a button
    Features

    Retail and leisure

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Comment

    Land grab

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Ms Sugarman was the freehold owner of land known as Ruston Withdean Avenue, Brighton. Sugarman sought a declaration that the defendants were not entitled to the benefit of convenants set out in a schedule attached to the conveyance of Sugarman's property. Alternatively Sugarman sought a declaration that the defendents were ...

  • Ray O'Rourke
    News

    Ray O'Rourke: Women are not needed on site

    2006-05-19T07:00:00Z

    Laing O'Rourke boss claims sites are ‘no place for women' and that prefabrication will eliminate skills shortages

  • Uniform light distribution
    Features

    Products

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Wherein is contained the latest lights, frames, panels and surfaces, each cunningly designed to entice shoppers into parting with their money … Plus, the latest industry news about leisure and retail suppliers

  • Stef Stefanou
    News

    Stef Stefanou sells 80% of John Doyle to staff

    2006-05-19T07:00:00Z

    Chairman undertakes restructuring by selling shares to senior managers and employees while retaining his title.

  • Features

    Costs: Energy for sports facilities

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Sports facility specifiers are under pressure to find energy-efficient heating. Anthony Waterman of Sense Cost Consultancy considers radiators vs underfloor heating for changing rooms

  • News

    Retail and leisure

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    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.