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  • Comment

    Everybody wins

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    As a representative of leading recycling company Eurosource, I was delighted to be part of the recent Red Nose Day Recycling Appeal launch.

  • Features

    Growing but slowing

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    In this month’s look ahead at the market, Experian Business Strategies predicts that increases in orders will not be enough to stop the growth in activity slowing down over the coming months

  • City slicker
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    City slicker

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Ricky Burdett, the London School of Economics’ new professor of architecture and urbanism, is the capital’s leading educator, adviser and ambassador of urban design. We met him to discuss his plans to improve cities across Europe and beyond …

  • News

    £27m dent in Alfred McAlpine’s annual results

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Alfred McAlpine took a £27m hit in 2004 because of losses on two construction contracts, problems in its utilities business and general restructuring costs

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    Raven Mount posts £6.9m pre-tax loss

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Raven Mount, a housebuilder listed on the alternative investment market, this week revealed a pre-tax loss of £6.9m for 2004, a 38% bigger loss than for 2003.

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    UK firms caught by VAT rule

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    UK construction firms are set to lose tens of millions a year in reclaimed VAT after a European Court of Justice decision, according to Arval, part of French bank BNP Paribas.

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    SMC Group backs out of buying Aukett

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Aukett Group, the only architect quoted on the London stock exchange, has announced that architect SMC Group has dropped plans to take it over.

  • Smarten up
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    Smarten up

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The National Audit Office claimed last week that the government was becoming a better client. It noted that 55% of public sector projects were now completed to budget, compared with 25% in 1999. It also recommended ways to avoid the £2.6bn of waste caused by poor management. Building asked four ...

  • Ewer: Confident about PFI market
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    John Laing’s profit rises to £25m on back of PFI market

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Support services firm’s core divisions turn in good results including £6.4m profit from sale of roads PFI stake

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    Wolseley shopping spree produces the goods

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Wolseley’s £217.8m shopping spree in the last six months produced results this week as the company revealed a 35% jump in pre-tax profit to £287.2m.

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    Kier’s homes division helps boost profit 54% to £27m

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Kier announced a pre-tax profit of £26.9m for the six months to 31 December, a rise of 54% on the same period the previous year.

  • Health buildings should be airy and uplifting like Avanti Architects’ ACAD Centre in west London, pictured – not tightly packed megastructures such as Kier’s Hairmyres PFI hospital
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    Politics and architecture

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    With the anticipation of a general election hanging in the air, we examine the importance of architecture to politicians and the people who vote for them – and takes stock of what Blair has done for the built environment in his eight-year tenure

  • Reynolds: Says government has offered 25% of what assembly needs
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    East of England spurns housing targets

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Regeneration minister Lord Rooker has failed to win the backing of regional authorities in the East of England for government growth plans

  • News

    John Wriglesworth

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    On how the Budget’s stamp duty change is not much use to anybody …

  • The parish church of St Nicholas supervises the nursery
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    Not so quiet

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The Priory may sound like a place for calm reflection or celebrity detox, but Monahan Blythen’s latest project is in fact a funky playschool for the toddlers of Great Yarmouth

  • Features

    A brand new start

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Jarvis recently said it just might, one day, change its name to something a bit less cock-up connected – so naturally Building jumped at the chance of making a bit of cash as a branding consultant. We drummed up suggestions from the industry, and judged which one was right for ...

  • Denise Chevin
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    C’mon everybody

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Come on, admit it. You can’t get that passionate about training.

  • Cities with propellers on
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    Cities with propellers on

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Fresh planning rules are about to be introduced that call for developments to generate 10% of the energy they will use from on-site renewable sources. We ask whether this is an entirely serious suggestion …

  • Tally Ho Corner: Gleeson made a loss on this complicated £45m scheme
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    Gleeson sells building arm in black month for contractors

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Listed contractor quits sector following £16.6m losses, as Mowlem and Alfred McAlpine also suffer woes

  • Picketts Lock stadium gets off the blocks
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    Pickett’s Lock stadium gets off the blocks

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Architect David Morley has released images of designs for the £16m Lee Valley athletics centre at Pickett’s Lock, north-east London.