All articles by Sophie Griffiths – Page 20
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NewsConstruction blacklists to be outlawed
Government plans to speed through regulations banning compilation and use of blacklists that victimise union members
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NewsChinese officials deny human error in school quake deaths
Planning authorities claim no evidence of negligence in death of 5,335 schoolchildren in Sichuan earthquake
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NewsCorus' Teesside plans could cost 2,000 jobs
Steelmaker consortium's plans to mothball plant opposed by Corus chief executive
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NewsVerry boss mounted eleventh-hour rescue bid
Craig Jones, the chief executive of Verry Construction, mounted a last-minute bid to rescue the failed contractor
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NewsSchool fined £2,900 after man was burnt on site by flaming sawdust
HSE says school failed to plan work properly or give builders proper instructions
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NewsRecession could be worst since 1930s
New forecasts suggest 4.3% contraction in GDP this year before recovery starts in 2010
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NewsBovis Homes reports 71% rise in trading in 2009
Private reservations for first four months strongly up on last year but still 25% down on 2007 peak
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NewsBritons' bid to catch out burglars
Survey reveals 5% of householders may be risking jail by setting ambushes for intruders
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NewsWaste disposal firm fined £8k over worker fall
Wolverhampton-based MES Environmental is fined after worker suffers broken bones
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NewsWorkers march for British jobs at 2012 site
Construction workers from around the UK converge at Olympic park for unofficial protest
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NewsBDO Stoy Hayward partners appointed as Verry administrators
Administrators hope that buyer of failed firm will obtain novation of contracts to re-employ some of 120 staff
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NewsKier wins 10-year North Tyneside council contract
Agreement to improve, repair and maintain 16,000 council homes could be worth by worth up to £600m
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NewsKeen Construction fined for worker's fall through roof
Victim who plummeted five and half metres through a single skin roof broke ribs and was unable to work for a year
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NewsCyril Sweett confident of survival after cuts
Consultant says it is 'well positioned' to survive downturn after redundancies and slashing salaries saves it £11m
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NewsA giant leap for Belarus as work starts on second frog tunnel
Underground crossing will provide safe passage for toads and frogs through national park
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News£3.1bn prison PFI plan leaves framework firms in lurch
Industry ‘shocked’ as government confirms that five mini-Titans will be procured in open competition
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NewsLaing O'Rourke fined £135k over worker death
Judge says firm should feel 'ashamed' about safety breaches that led to fatal accident
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NewsKeltbray fined for fire
Firm breached health and safety regulations after it failed to ensure subcontractor did not cut through live gas pipe
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NewsVerry boss: 'Firm is about to go into administration'
Chairman of troubled firm admits its state on website of his football club
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Builders find message from Auschwitz inmates
Prisoners hid note in bottle at building site outside the concentration camp