All Building articles in 2004 issue 37
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News
Inland revenue probes IT provider BIW
The Inland Revenue is investigating IT project services provider BIW Technologies over tax credits it received on research and development.
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Balfour Beatty pick up fourth PFI school
Deal for Nottinghamshire County Council worth £123m for Balfour Beatty over 25 years.
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NewsEP select Crest Nicholson for MK Millennium Community
Crest Nicholson beats five rivals to lead £500m development of Oakgrove Millennium Community in Milton Keynes.
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NewsSecond profit warning for Countryside this year
Urban housebuilder says that profit will be significantly lower than last year after summer of depressed housing sales in the South East.
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Firms duped by DDA cowboys
Unscrupulous firms are giving bogus advice to businesses attempting to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act according to expert.
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NewsBarratt sets sights on 20,000 units by 2010
UK’s largest housebuilder makes pre-tax profit of £367.7m and says it will create ten superdivisions to increase completion rate.
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NewsHenry Boot more profitable after housing sell-off
Increased profitability in construction helps slimline Henry Boot boost underlying pre-tax profit by 18%.
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FeaturesLafarge’s African mercy run
Charity ship bound for Africa will carry 48-tonnes of cement donated by Lafarge and builders merchant Ridgeons.
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NewsNew MK body approves £100m project
Abbeygate plan for mixed-use scheme of 400 apartments is given blessing of newly formed Central Milton Keynes Partnership Committee.
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NewsLatham proposes improvements to Construction Act
Latham's review recommends limiting the right of cross contract set-off and the reinforcement of the requirement for impartiality.
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NewsNew HQ for BAE boffins
Luton headquarters has been designed by Scott Brownrigg to adapt to the future requirements of R&D.
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FeaturesKew for a song
Ted Cullinan celebrated a hat trick of gardening jobs by visiting Kew and writing a ditty in honour of partner Robin Nicholson.
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NewsPolice to probe Holyrood contract
Scottish MSP Fergus Ewing has asked police to investigate why highest bidder was selected at Scottish Parliament.
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NewsNorth boosted by extra 100m
New fund is aimed at kickstarting £7bn of investment in eight major conurbations in the North as new report recommends faster demolition of blighted homes.
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NewsBarnet says yes to £450m estate masterplan
Return to traditional streets key to architects’ vision of regenerating Grahame Park estate in North London.
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NewsMultiplex hires ex-Sun editor
Multiplex has given David Yelland, the former Sun editor, the job of looking after its media relations in an attempt to improve its image in the UK.
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NewsFraser report: Bovis stands its ground
Firm rejects criticism of its ‘unrealistic’ programming of Scottish parliament.
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NewsConstruction leaders call for a cull of the institutions
Industry opinion-formers urge professional bodies to merge – or face loss of royal charter and charitable status.
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Features
Slow but sure
In this month’s Tracker, Experian Business Strategies reports that growth in the industry is expected to continue over the next three months, albeit at a slower rate than before
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Comment
Wriggling-out petitions
I read Nick Lane’s article “Don’t fall for Redmond’s wind-up” (3 September, page 52) with great interest and learned a lot from his hints to main contractors on how to avoid the consequences of receiving a statutory demand or winding-up petition.