Opinion – Page 287
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CommentBudget provides a shot in the arm for housing work, but there’s a sting in the detail
The Budget lifted the rising share prices of quoted builders but falling real earnings will hit everyone
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Budget 2011 reaction: Green investment bank
The bank won’t finance the Green Deal, but it will be able to borrow - though not yet
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Budget 2011 reaction: First Buy scheme for first time buyers
Scheme should help thousands get on housing ladder according to HBF and RICS
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Budget 2011 reaction: Enterprise zones
The industry reacts to George Osborne’s announcement on Enterprise Zones
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CommentDon't let Twitter gossip ruin your firm's online reputation
Knowing how to manage your company’s online presence has never been so important – here are some tips on how
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CommentInflation rate will fall next month, probably, but it needs to fall sharply
Imports and VAT rises are pushing inflation towards 20-year highs, but expect a fall soon
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CommentNuclear reaction
This week’s news is dominated by the crisis in Japan. We also look at the OFT fines saga, what the Budget might bring and how underbidding is affecting the industry
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CommentOnce upon a time in the West
We live in turbulent times with the ascendency of the East our most direct challenge. But reports of the death of the West have been greatly exaggerated
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'Headlines about panic in Japan are nonsense'
It's not easy to know how dangerous being in Tokyo is right now. But for consultants in the capital there are more mundane problems than radiation
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CommentAre we condemned to low levels of house building?
Housebuilders have rebased their businesses to build fewer homes - are they right to suspect a low housebuilding future?
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CommentDave Lowery on government cuts
The Bank of England has a tough decision to make over interest rates, and opinions are divided
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CommentBusiness planning: home and away
How do you plan ahead and formulate business strategies amid all the uncertainty of political uprisings - and the upcoming Budget?
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CommentWonders & blunders with Mike Barker
Mike Barker’s architectural picks are all bound up with nature. He loves an Iraqi school built out of reeds, but doesn’t care two straws about Beijing’s over-designed Bird’s Nest
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CommentHansom: La belle vie
We report on racy goings-on, with recently arrested property magnates throwing yacht parties, firms hosting lavish dinners, and politicians talking procreation. And some said Mipim was tamer this year …
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CommentWere Japan's defences up to it?
Buildings in Japan withstood the earthquake well, but were no match for the tsunami that ensued
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Welcome to Cheapsville
Regarding the story Shapps calls for end to “Legoland” homes, (9 March, www.building.co.uk) it is the planners who are failing in their duty to ensure appropriate local design.
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Missing digits
As the owner of a late Victorian semi-detached house in a conservation zone I have been reading Robert Prewett’s Passivhaus Diaries, regarding the conversion of 64 Midmoor Road to a low-energy building, with great interest (4 March, page 42)
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Those who dare ...
Reflecting on Richard Saxon’s letter (Inbox, 11 March), and Rob Charlton’s original thoughts (25 February, page 33), they have identified one of our industry’s core problems - too much functional focus and segregation on a project.
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CommentOFT could pay for being over-keen
According to directives from Europe, the OFT’s fines are levied on the basis of companies’ global turnover, not profit