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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.
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Comment
Land grab
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 ...
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NewsRay O'Rourke: Women are not needed on site
Laing O'Rourke boss claims sites are ‘no place for women' and that prefabrication will eliminate skills shortages
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NewsStef Stefanou sells 80% of John Doyle to staff
Chairman undertakes restructuring by selling shares to senior managers and employees while retaining his title.
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Features
Costs: Energy for sports facilities
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
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FeaturesThe art of starting up two dozen businesses
Bournemouth Arts Institute's Enterprise Pavilion is an incubator unit for its graduates' fledgling firms. Martin Spring assesses the building's success - artistically and commercially
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CommentA civil partnership
We all know partnering works, so why isn't everyone doing it? We should be setting a better example to the young people joining the industry
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CommentCourtly love
The furore surrounding Multiplex vs Cleveland Bridge has thrown the spotlight on the TCC, which after a bad patch is now winning the hearts of litigants