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Country & Metropolitan poised to recommend 300p offer price
Housebuilder says board is expected to recommend potential takeover bid which values firm at £72m.
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Specifier Products
In our cladding special this week, glass for flush facades or fighting fire, frameless glazing systems, multicoloured render or steel panels and 30 storeys of curtain walling in Liverpool – plus the latest news
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Costs: Stone facades
So do you go for natural or reconstructed stone for your stone facade? Which will offer the best whole-life value? Peter Mayer of the Building Performance Group breaks down the options
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FeaturesCladding: The walls of St Mary’s
This week we’ve got cladding well and truly covered, with an array of impressive products to make your facades beautiful and efficient, a breakdown of the whole-life costs of natural stone vs concrete finishes and eight steps to the perfect specification. But first, how the stainless steel at St Mary’s ...
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Public construction fell 10% in 2004
RICS says public investment in construction fell 10% in 2005 but predicts bounceback in 2005.
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NewsCity Lofts plans Sheffield twin towers
Linked nine and 21-storey towers will provide new focal point for Sheffield city centre.
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NewsPlans submitted for construction skills academy
Construction Skills Academy in Southend will attempt to bridge the skills gap in the Thames Gateway.
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Mystery firm makes approach for Country & Metroplitan
News of takeover approach pushes housebuilder’s shares up 11% to 278p.
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NewsWilson Bowden cautious despite 15.6% profit rise
Wilson Bowden posts £260.5m pre-tax profit for 2004 but warns of lower forward orders for first half of 2005.
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Unitied Utilities announces £2.9bn of water works
Three preferred bidders are selected for five-year programme including joint ventures featuring Kier, Galliford Try, Costain and Atkins.
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NewsTaylor Woodrow reports encouraging start to 2005
Housebuilder announces 27% increase in pre-tax profit in 2004 and says 2005 sales are up on previous six months.
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Hunter & Partners secures £14m health facilities contract
Work on east London centre for elderly patients due for completion in July 2006.
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Construction of Millennium Community homes begins
Prescott travels to Allerton Bywater, West Yorkshire, to celebrate the start of the next step of regeneration for former colliery town.
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Multiplex sites threatened with sniper attacks
Australian serious crime squad investigate after Wembley main contractor is targeted in international extortion plot.
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HSE launches nationwide blitz on bad working practices
New inspection campaign starts tomorrow.
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Protestors rally against Spain's construction overflow
Continuing boom in British-owned holiday homes fuels environmentalists anger.
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Persimmon profit rises one-third to 470m
Housebuilder reports record margins in 2004, and looks forward to more of the same in 2005.
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Crest Nicholson lines up £100m regeneration contract
Developer selected for Penarth Heights project in Glamorgan
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Spring in the air as seasonal housing rush begins
The weekend's newspapers report on a flood of properties on the market, a rise in the number of flats being built and a tax inquiry at Wembley.