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Canny council sells tiny plot of land for £1m
West Lothian council sells 9m2 of land to neighbouring landlord so it can sell site to Wimpey Homes for £4m.
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£47.5m university campus planned for Chatham
New University of Greenwich campus at old Chatham dockyard will also be used by University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University College.
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NewsBerkeley Homes triumphs at housing awards
Berkeley wins four Building Homes Quality Awards while Midas Homes and Circle 33 also impress at most prestigious housing awards of the year.
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Jarvis offloads PFI bidding operation to Vinci
French firm to snap up chunk of troubled contracting group
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Sketch meets developers' approval
Macfarlane’s clients experience pod toilets and the snogging room at London’s coolest bar.
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Murdoch set to leave Wapping
News International is to relocate its printing facilities across the UK leaving its Wapping site ripe for development.
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NewsVegas comes to Wembley
Quintain announces £355m scheme that will see Wembley Stadium lie at the heart of a huge gambling and leisure district.
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NewsGleeson posts £17m profit despite slowdown in housing
Strong performances in Gleeson's property and housing markets outweigh a disappointing year in construction division.
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FeaturesShh, it's The Darkness
Pomp rockers The Darkness have revealed their considerate side by installing mineral wool sound insulation in their Norfolk studio.
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Shanghai tower set to soar
Shanghai World Financial Centre ready to join world’s tallest skyscrapers after appointment of main contractor.
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WYG picks up FM court contracts
White Young Green wins facility management contract for County and Crown Courts in Wales and Cheshire.
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Westfield and Multiplex make joint 585m bid for Chelsfield
Decision by Australian firms avoids potential bidding war for Chelsfield.
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Management takes over French Carillion firm
MBO team buys Carillion BTP SA for £10m and renames contractor Cari.
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NewsCABE brands 80% of new homes mediocre
CABE survey says that only 17% of homes are classified good or very good.
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John Laing quits troubled Hackney estate scheme
Housebuilder pulls out of £80m Haggerston West regeneration scheme citing ‘commercial reasons’ for decisionThe £80m Haggerston West regeneration scheme in Hackney, north-east London, is expected to fall further behind schedule after the developer left last week.
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Livingstone lays into RHWL’s design for Waterloo tower
London mayor demands redesign of 33-storey Elizabeth House, and calls one aspect as a ‘design disaster’.
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NewsMoayedi buys firm from Jarvis
Businessman Paris Moayedi has disclosed this week that he bought a shell company from Harvey Bard, a former colleague at the troubled support services group Jarvis.
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NewsMultiplex faces High Court action from Saudi Sheikh
Cleveland Bridge owner set to fight Wembley contractor if result of adjudication next week is unsatisfactory
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Amec may quit Iraq over rising local labour costs
Contractor fears for profits as security problems deter westerners, increase demand for local workers.
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Comment
The moment to mediate
The claimants Yorkshire Bank, had been involved in litigation with the defendants in respect of four coaches that the claimants had engaged RDM Asset Finance Limited to recover and sell. The claimants at trial had been successful in respect of only one of the coaches, but nonetheless recovered £65,000 together ...