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Taxman closes labour agency loophole
Inland reveune's decision to uphold ruling against Gabem Management puts pressure on workers' access to tax savings
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NewsSpeedy Hire reports 25% turnover boost
Tool and equipment hire company underlines move to FTSE 250 with increase in first-quarter turnover.
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Hagemeyer vs Aspect Contracts and Argus Laboratories
Hagemeyer takes firms to Technology and Construction Court over £900,000 asbestos dispute
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Whitbread sues kitchen companies after Brewers Fayre fire
The brewer is suing Hallam Kitchens and John Dixon and Associates for more than £300,000
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Lorne Stewart airs concerns over breach of contract
Building services engineer sues Air Diffusion, Ruskin Air Management, Beta Naco and Tomkins over fan-coil units
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Clerical Medical tackle Kier and Hoare Lea over Harbourside office
Dispute in Bristol centres on interpretation of lease agreement for new office
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NewsRok buys Kingfisher for £4.5m
Operating in the West Midlands Kingfisher design, builds and provides maintenance services in the social housing sector
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NewsWhite collar crime hits 40% of construction
Financial misrepresentation is the fastest growing crime among large engineering and building firms
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone accepts £1bn bid
Bidding war continues despite provisional acceptance of investment houses’ offer by the retirement home specialist
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NewsPork loin in July? Let’s be serious
Industry events have become bloated on a diet of showbiz excess, says the CIC chief executive, who prefers the honesty of the president’s address to the anecdotes of a Z-list celebrity
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NewsSouthwark releases key Elephant and Castle documents
Delayed regeneration documents will allow shortlisted consortia to submit their proposals for £1.5bn regeneration of Elephant & Castle.
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NewsBarratt add £100m scheme to Harlow portfolio
English Partnerships selects Barratt to develop a 530-home development in the M11 corridor
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Allies and Morrison lands 55-storey east London tower
Architect beats off competition from Ian Simpson and Atkins for tallest building in Stratford
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NewsLord Foster in secret plans to part the Red Sea
Architect brokers talks in Middle East to build 200-mile canal to divert water to the Dead Sea
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CommentSporting highlights
How can an untalented Olympian secure a place in the 2012 Games? Where can a ‘proper’ cricketer find a decent pub lunch? Nick Jones keeps pace with the web’s most amateur sportsmen
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NewsProfit at private housebuilder Gladedale jumps 48%
Surrey housebuilder prepares ground for public flotation as its posts a profit of £62m
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Willmott to expand pre-construction side
Willmott Dixon Construction has plans to employ an extra 100 staff in pre-construction work in the next 12 months.
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A leaking roof
This was an appeal from the judgement of JJH Armitage QC against one part of Carr’s counterclaim regarding the roof. CGA Brown Ltd was the builder who carried out works for the defendants (Carr) at their house in Rochdale in 2003. Carr was awarded an on-account balance judgement in their ...
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NewsCouncils fight Ken’s high-density plans
Councils across London are mounting a rearguard action against mayor Ken Livingstone’s drive to increase housing densities, as a report reveals the capital is on the verge of a residential tower building boom.