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NewsCarillion agrees £291m price for Mowlem
Acquisition would create support services giant with annual turnover of £4.1bn.
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Government bodies to crack down on public sector bid rigging
Office of Fair Trading collaborates with Office of Government Commerce to create checklist for procurement officials.
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Quintain takes £2.7m hit on profits
Announcing interim results for the six months to 30 September, the firm reported pre-tax profits down from £4.8m to £2.1m this year, with turnover down from £27.8m to £23.4m.
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Housebuilders Association slams planning gain supplement
Housebuilders body criticises plans outlined in Gordon Brown's pre-Budget report to centralise infrastructure taxation.
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CPA unimpressed by Sustainable Building Code
Construction Products Association slams draft version of code published as part of the chancellor's pre-Budget report.
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NewsHouse prices to rise in 2006
Propertyfinder.com research says transactions will increase by 30% in January 2006.
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Grafton buys two Irish firms
Irish builders' merchant buys Davies plumbing business and Garvey's Builders Merchant.
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NewsBrown paves way for development land tax
Chancellor says tax will help fund new infrastructure.
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Speedy Hire appoints executive director
Michael McGrath will join from Seedy Hire's law firm Pinsent Masons.
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NewsChina hires Atkins to plan 48 cities the size of London
Consultant to work with Chinese government on cities the size of European capitals, each housing up to 6 million.
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ODPM finance director appointed Olympic tsar
Andrew Lean becomes Olympic co-ordinator for the civil service, as ODPM undergoes wide-ranging shake-up.
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CommentThe shadow of death
This is the story of how a case of ordinary back pain turned into a long, slow wait to learn the awful truth about a chest X-ray …
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CommentListen, this is important
Delay analysis is too pivotal to disputes to remain shrouded in mystery or to be left to the experts. Here’s what you must understand about the four main techniques …
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FeaturesThis season’s trends
It may sound paradoxical, but falling consumer spending is triggering a retail boom, as shop owners employ upgraded design and the latest thinking from the States to stimulate shoppers’ spending reflex.
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Report backs roof tax to pay for Milton Keynes rail link
Levy imposed on developers could fund the £200m construction of a Milton Keynes-to-Oxford rail line
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Dodgy DIY
The respondent had agreed to erect a conservatory for the appellant. During the works the respondent had climbed a stepladder and had rested the inner end of a rafter on a lip or flange, which ran round the spider. The respondent inserted a fixing screw, which was supposed to secure ...
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Welsh government accused of carelessness with grants for £43m Botanic Garden
Assembly members allege "breathtaking" lack of diligience over European money.
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Government decision on rail crash enquiry delayed
Announcement on Potters Bar put off for a week
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NewsT5 workers vote for strike
GMB members at Laing O'Rouke are to walk out in bonus row at Terminal 5.