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Consultants plan growth spurts
Construction consultants AYH and Gleeds have drawn up plans to expand their businesses
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Laing reveals £87m PFI war chest
PFI specialist Laing has built up an £87m war chest for PFI investments and acquisitions.
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Fledgling Cardiff firm's profit soars 256%
Cardiff contractor Opco has announced a 256% rise in annual operating profit.
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Local lowdown
Six months ago, Wales hit the headlines over its massive skills shortages. Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at the projects that are desperately seeking staff
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NewsAtkins to take on 400 UK staff
Consultant Atkins is looking to hire up to 400 professional staff for its UK businesses in 2004
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Growth will slow in 2004, say reports
Construction growth will slow in 2004, according to two economic forecasts.
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City analyst tips investment in construction
CITY Analyst Arbuthnot has recommended that investors buy shares in a string of construction companies this year, including Carillion, Costain and Morgan Sindall.
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Construction idol
Channel 4's Demolition Day proves that our appetite for reality TV knows no bounds … and that even experts in the building trade can develop a taste for showbiz
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FeaturesFair and square
Stride Treglown's rectilinear community building in Bristol enriches the lives of local residents – not least because of its clean lines and accessible courtyard garden
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Suing the sewers
If overflowing sewers are driving you round the U-bend, don't hold out any hope of compensation from the water company – just get yourself a good mop
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What's in a handshake?
When a TV company started looking for a home for Fame Academy, it kept its options open with two potential agreements. If only it hadn't shook on one of them …
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NewsHomesick Bovis director defects to Miller Group
Manchester regional director and 'family man' joins rival's Scottish division, forcing UK boss Millett to fill in
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NewsBroker's notes: Bored of the rings
The Lord of the Rings trilogy was rubbish. There. I've said it. Hobbits, orcs, elves? That stuff's for geeks!
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An affair of the heart …
How rich for journalists, of all people, to be lecturing others on the perils of boozing and bingeing. Well, yes, all right.
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Axed? Not me
It is totally wrong for your magazine to have stated that the Richard Rogers Partnership had been "axed" by BAA (19 December, page 13).
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Another axe to grind
Your article (19 December 2003, page 13) about BAA cutting firms from its framework agreement is reported in such a way that will be damaging to our business and does not report our true working relationship with BAA.
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Like working for free?
It will never cease to amazed me how little attention is paid in the world of business to the ability of a client to pay and how easy it is to convince suppliers to provide goods and services on credit.
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Let's target the target-setters
I read with amusement the multiple stories in your 12 December issue (page 3 and15) arising from the woolly targets and grandiose statements issued by Dennis Lenard and Peter Rogers.
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A yell from the rebel
The Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors is not to be confused with the well respected ICE further down Great George Street from the RICS.