All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 65
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NewsNo let-up in materials shortages, CLC warns
Timber, steel, roof tiles and bagged cement remain among most hard-to-find products
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NewsHS2 refutes claims overall cost has risen by another £800m
Project spokesperson says reports are ‘completely misleading’
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NewsThousands still on furlough ‘making labour shortages worse'
More jobs are available but employers can find fewer workers to do them
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FeaturesSo much work to do, so few workers to do it
The good news for construction is that post-lockdown there is now burgeoning demand. The bad news is that there are nowhere near enough people to do the work
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FeaturesDilemma for Tories over planning after by-election defeat
The government is under growing pressure from voters as well as Conservative backbenchers to water down its proposed reforms, writes Tom Lowe
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NewsJeff Bezos-backed firm to build £300m nuclear fusion plant in Oxfordshire
Construction of set to start next year
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NewsPlanning reforms and HS2 blamed for shock Tory by-election defeat
Backbench pressure certain to grow after Liberal Democrats sweep to victory in Chesham and Amersham with huge 25% swing
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NewsGive poorer households free heat pumps, experts tell government
Open letter signed by 20 bodies calls for better incentives to drive uptake of energy-saving devices
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NewsChancellor officially opens UK infrastructure bank
Billions of funding for UK businesses available from today
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NewsHS2 launches £500m delivery partner deal for railway’s next leg
Firms have just over five weeks to express interest in route linking Birmingham and Crewe
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NewsOverhaul building regulations to stop buildings overheating, say climate advisers
Climate Change Committee calls for major retrofitting programme to tackle hotter summers
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NewsGreen light for Squire and Partners hotel opposite US embassy
Nine Elms scheme will feature 600 rooms
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NewsConstruction seeing highest rise in earnings out of any sector
Weekly pay up by more than 14% since start of the pandemic, official data shows
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NewsMorris & Co chalks up win in contest to rejig City of London School
Practice pipped Alison Brooks and Maccreanor Lavington to win prestigious job
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NewsGovernment ‘coming round’ to extending transition period for new post-Brexit certification system
Officials ‘not aware of the complexity’ of switching over to new UKCA marking system
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NewsLess than half the number of qualified heat pump installers than government claims, report finds
UK would need eight times more heat pump installers than currently exist to hit government targets
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NewsMace names Shard manager as new international tech chief
Jon McElroy to lead expansion of firm’s data centres division
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NewsRecommendations to keep HS2 on track taken on board, NAO says
Spending watchdog issued 14 recommendations to keep costs and schedules under control
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NewsMcAslan to transform Glasgow’s George Square eight years after project was scrapped
Practice to redesign historic square and surrounding streets as part of wider city-centre overhaul