All Building articles in 01 April 2011
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NewsTaylor Wimpey posts £75m profit
Housebuilder results ahead of expectations as it turns rounds 2009 loss of £96m
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NewsHMRC cuts late payment fines
HMRC has cut some late payment fines for contractors filling out Construction Industry Scheme returns.Among several areas where fines have been lowered, there will be a new upper limit on the amount of penalties that can be imposed on contractors new to the scheme.HMRC said that lower charges could apply ...
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News'Build now, pay later’ pilot to create 3,000 new homes
Barratt, Countryside and Keepmoat first to benefit from government scheme on six HCA sites
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NewsGalliford Try merges housing brands
Contractor plans to grow housing business to 4,000 homes over next three years
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FeaturesStep 1: Standardise your public building
Efficiency has long eluded the construction industry - but now the government is demanding cuts in costs of up to 20%. So any company wanting public sector work had better think up some pretty clever ways to help make that happen
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Latest construction appointments: 1 April 2011
GVA, Rex Procter & Partners, Leadbitter, Bouygues Construction and Doyle Group have all made new appointments
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NewsCrest Nicholson to hold on to 10% stake after Varde takeover
Sources have confirmed Varde will not expect the housebuilder to relinquish its 10% stake
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NewsBrownfield site investor Inland sees profits rise 192%
Company reports operating profit of £1.14m
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AKT in £3.75m buy out from WYG
AKT management buys independence backed by Swedish engineer Tyrens
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NewsHill Partnerships to build 309-home Genesis project
Housing contractor has won job thought to be worth approximately £50m
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NewsLDA facing £327m in Olympic park claims
The claimants were affected by the LDA’s compulsory purchase of the Olympic park site in Stratford
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NewsMorgan Sindall to win £50m Crossrail job
Sources say contractor set to win Pudding Mill Lane Portal job
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NewsVinci-led Tramlink wins £530m Nottingham tram network bid
Current operator, Arrow Connect, missed out
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NewsMerger of two niche residential firms creates £6m pipeline
Size Breed and Penn Contracting create business with 30 staff to target the high net worth residential market
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NewsGreen light for £80m Royal Docks 'eco' block
Silvertree project gets electricity and heating from solar source
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FeaturesRemixed: Ab Rogers interview
Ab Rogers, son of Richard, flopped at school, became a hippy, and is, by his own father’s judgment, ’pretty crazy’. None of that stops him being a sought after UK designer trusted with designs for the likes of Pizza Express and the Fat Duck. Meet a true individual
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Comment
About the size of it
Small firm Cotswold Geotechnical was fined 115% of its annual turnover under the Corporate Manslaughter Act. But will larger organisations suffer a similar fate?
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NewsAbu Dhabi port project
There will be further opportunities for UK firms to win work on the 420km2 Khalifa Port and industrial zone in Abu Dhabi, the company behind the project said this week.
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Babcock accepts cuts
Engineering giant Babcock, whose order book is up £1bn, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Cabinet Office agreeing to savings on existing and future government contracts.
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NewsWolseley warns of second half slowdown after VAT rise
Firm says the UK is the most ’concerning’ market