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Apprenticeship starts slump 40% in February
There were 14,200 fewer apprenticeship starts in February than in the same month last year
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ISG scores two Edinburgh hotel jobs
COntractor set to add 417 new hotel rooms to Scottish capital
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Willmott Dixon opens two offices in Birmingham city centre
Contractor is working on a number of projects in the UK’s second largest city
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The not so new kids on the block
Smaller consultancies’ larger mid-sized competitors have a choice to make: continue going global or get down on the ground on service and price to win
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Hackitt calls for manufacturers to be banned from testing own products
Final report also calls for an increase in the frequency of testing
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Elizabeth Tower: The test of time
The Elizabeth Tower is known the world over for housing the bongs of the Big Ben bell, and standing as a symbol of London, the UK and even democracy. But this venerable structure is in dire need of repair – something a five-year, £61m refurbishment programme is taking care of ...
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Market forecast: On the slide?
Brexit looms ever larger, with no answers as yet, while output continues a gradual decline and firms struggle to turn rising input cost pressures into higher market selling prices
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Consultation on combustible cladding a start but ban needed now, says RIBA president
Ben Derbyshire says government consultation simply delays a ban which should happen now
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Interserve: Waste not, want not
Interserve’s energy-from-waste crisis has prompted fears of another Carillion-style collapse, as the company takes drastic action to rebalance the books
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Going it alone
Britain’s QS sector has changed dramatically, with the foreign takeover of big-name firms prompting entrepreneurial types to start up on their own. Have these challenger firms become the new establishment?
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Skanska seals deal for £141m Knightsbridge job
The project is being brought forward by Saudi investor the Olayan Group
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Arb should play key role in assessing architects' fire safety competence, says Hackitt
Hackitt recommends Architects Registration Board because of its review of architectural education
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Hansom: All directions
Jeremy Corbyn ventures southwards while HS2 mixes up England and Scotland and a New York seller is resorting to launching customers into space to flog flats
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T Clarke starts work on second phase of Battersea Power Station
M E specialist outlines new projects at its AGM and says it’s on track for 2018 profit of £7m
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Online poll: Disruptor influx
This week’s poll: Would other sectors benefit from an influx of small new firms in the style of the QS disruptors?
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Trio of contractors land work on £1.3bn nuclear base
The Clyde commercial framework will run for 10 years
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Road improvements 'will create thousands of jobs and homes', says Grayling
Transport secretary announces £173m package of improvements