All Building articles in 14 March 2014
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NewsCITB plots new approach to apprenticeships
The CITB is to set up a new commission to develop a long-term apprenticeship strategy for the construction industry
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NewsWork starts on Battersea Dogs Home scheme
Jonathan Clark Architects’ £5m scheme is biggest in charity’s history
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NewsTaskforce urges action on HS2 regeneration plans
Report examines ways to maximise benefits of £43bn project, calls for action now on strategies for major developments around HS2 stations
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins £214m Dubai Mall expansion
Balfour Beatty’s Dubai joint venture has won a £214m contract to expand the Dubai Mall
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NewsMinister rows back on plan to extend FOI to contractors
Justice minister now says government will not be extending Freedom of Information law to cover private firms working on public contracts
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NewsGreen Deal continues sluggish progress
Number of completed Green Deals rises to just 883, but ECO work begins to pick up following end of year slump
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NewsMitie writes down up to £15m on construction jobs
FM business continues painful scaling down of construction and M E work
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NewsCrest plans more homes on Help to Buy extension
Housebuilder says help to Buy extension provides it with “business certainty”
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NewsLaing O’Rourke wins £100m Olympic media centre job
Contractor picked to transform media centre into a technology hub
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CommentOsborne should beware lure of stamp duty cash
Osborne’s swayed by mushrooming stamp duty receipts to deliver “housebuilding budget” despite needs of the rest of the industry
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NewsConstruction workforce rose to 2.2 million in 2013
Construction’s workforce grew three consecutive quarters at the end of last year
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NewsTreasury slashes £7bn from green levies
Budget latest: Move designed to boost energy intensive industries
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NewsOsborne pledges 200,000 new homes
Budget latest: Help for smaller firms and self-builders outlined in addition to Help to Buy expansion
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NewsOsborne confirms clampdown on bogus self-employment
Budget latest: Government crackdown on bogus self-employment to take effect from this April
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NewsMersey Gateway bridge gets £270m guarantee
Budget latest: Chancellor also announces £140m boost to flood repairs spending and £200m for potholes
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NewsBudget 2014: live
Live coverage of George Osborne’s Budget speech, with all the key announcements impacting on construction
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NewsOsborne set to confirm crackdown on bogus self-employment
Move to come as part of clampdown on tax avoidance, despite lobbying from industry to delay measures
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NewsUnite wins planning for £93m student digs
Property in Islington north London will provide 900 student beds
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