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Vistry completes round of price cuts with suppliers and says it will beat expected profit figure
Housebuilder asked firms for 10% cuts last October to ‘generate production efficiencies’
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Starmer again rules out HS2 leg to Manchester as railway begins year-long deck slide for Buckinghamshire viaduct
Northern leg is ‘not possible’ due to budget overruns says Labour leader
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Rising costs blamed as cladding firm Permasteelisa sinks to £11m loss
Company says it is hoping to recover money through negotiations with contractors
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From the archives: How buildings were affected by the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, 1946
The Builder summarises a government report from Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the aftermath of the attacks which ended the Second World War
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Liz Peace replaces Michael Bichard as RICS senior independent governor
Former British Property Federation boss among four new senior appointees at institution
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Biodiversity net gain rules delayed again
Regulations now expected to come into force next month
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Bad weather deepens construction’s output slump
Fall in new work worsened in November as heavy rain and strong winds hit sites
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Plans drawn up for student housing scheme next to Camden’s Roundhouse
Proposals tabled for two blocks up to 12 storeys in height neighbouring grade II*-listed venue
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New boss for regional firm Clegg
Restructure at Nottingham contractor will see boss of past 20 years step down
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Government unveils plans to build new nuclear power plant the size of Hinkley
Prime minister Rishi Sunak says proposal is biggest expansion of energy source in 70 years
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‘He liked a whisky and a cigar late at night, chewing the cud’… The life and times of Sir Martin Laing
The death of the businessman just after Christmas recalls a bygone age in contracting
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Taylor Wimpey profit to be at ‘top end’ of forecasts
Housebuilder builds more than 10,800 homes, exceeding previous forecast but down sharply on 2022 numbers
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Council knocks back £150m office scheme in Shoreditch for third time
Decision on revised plans by Morris & Co deferred due to outcry from locals over scheme’s massing
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HS2 could cost nearly £68bn after inflation
Cuts to scheme could also reduce passenger capacity between Birmingham and Manchester
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Market forecast: Why firms will feel the pressure in 2024
As we head into the new year, input costs are levelling off – in terms of materials at least – but as new orders become patchier, market competition is rising
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Stewart Milne’s English construction business set to follow rest of firm into administration
Scottish housebuilder collapsed earlier this week after failing to find buyer
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Helical beefs up team with recruits from Third London Wall and T&T
London developer working on several schemes for TfL in capital
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‘It’s been a torrid time’: Modulous boss Chris Bone on the offsite housing firm’s collapse
Firm latest in line of MMC firms to sink into administration