All articles by Sophie Griffiths – Page 25
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Unions vow to sue 'blacklist' construction firms
Unite says it will sue on behalf of workers who have appeared on the blacklist held by the Consulting Association
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Construction officer role in peril
Industry leaders fear the government may abandon its plan to appoint a chief construction officer
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Losing bidder may sue NHS trust for 'unfair selection'
Safety consultant demands explanation from public body that rejected its tender for a higher bid
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Olympic apprentices may be sent 100 miles to train...
Workers could be forced to go to Norfolk or Kent as funding freeze threatens London college plan
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Data raid seizes 'blacklist' of 3,200 construction workers
Legal action threatened over bank of invoices and national insurance numbers taken from Midlands address
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Three missing in German building collapse
Digging under the street could have caused collapse of six-storey home to Cologne’s city archives
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Brixton promotes Peter Dawson to chief executive
Developer's former investment director takes over immediately from Tim Wheeler, who leaves the firm
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School spending brought forward a year
Over 100 local authorities will share nearly half of government's £919m boost to construction
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HSE to spot-check 1,500 sites
Safety clampdown will target London sites first in bid to tackle poor safety standards
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Director fined over death of teenage apprentice
Failure to store MDF boards safely led to 17-year-old joinery apprentice being crushed to death
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CRH plans £1.2bn rights issue to fund acquisitions
Building materials firm also announces 2008 results, with 14% drop in profit to €1,628m
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Romania seeks rescue package
Nation reported to be hoping to follow Latvia and Hungary in securing aid deal from IMF
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Persimmon posts £780m loss as revenue falls 42%
Housebuilder reports 9% drop in average house sale price and says it will pay no dividend for 2009
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Turner & Townsend buys US cost consultant
Acquisition of Busby & Associates strengthens consultant's existing North American network of five offices
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Inflation hits record low in Europe
Annual inflation dips below recommended low as unemployment rates soar to 7.6%
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Features
Serbia: Construction's new hope?
Alright, it hasn’t got the shops, the offices, the hotels or the gleaming infrastructure – but then, that’s precisely why the so-called ‘Balkan Tiger’ is such a find for UK construction
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Ucatt and ConstructionSkills clash over apprenticeships
Apprenticeship Week marred by union claim that part-time training will ‘undermine government efforts’
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Hungary housebuilders defy crunch
Building permits for new homes did not decline in last quarter of 2008
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PC Harrington to be prosecuted over Wembley death
HSE is prosecuting concrete contractor over alleged breaches of health and safety