All Building articles in 15 August 2008 – Page 11
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Rok cuts building turnover by 50%
Garvis Snook, chief executive of Rok, will halve turnover at the group’s building arm to fund a push into social housing.
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Profit slumps 43% at Clark
Pre-tax profit at Scottish group Clark Contracts dropped 43% from £162,491 to £93,408 in the year ended 31 October 2007.
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Bouygues 20% turnover rise
Construction turnover at Bouygues rose by 20% from €3.7bn (£2.9bn) to €4.4bn in the first half of 2008.
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Government spends £16m to bail out eco-home scheme
English Partnerships hands over site for £1 to save flagship Peterborough scheme from credit crunch
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Construction employment prospects hit 16-year low
Firms opt against taking on new staff, as CPA survey predicts industry recession will last two years
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ISG dropped from £130m Make development
Contractor ISG has been dropped from the £130m final phase of a mixed-use development in south London after failing to agree a price for the scheme.
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Dave Hampton on the green gurus top three
The Carbon Coach runs through the list of most influential figures in the green building movement
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Ten tips for cheap and effective eco-refurbishments
Consulant Inbuilt offers a checklist to tackle wasted emissions from existing buildings
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Housing associations urge young Londoners to put down guns
Landlords hold dance event to oppose gun and knife crime
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All the fun of the fair
Thanks are due to David Wilson of Coventry Cyrenians, who snapped this stomach-clenching blunder at a music festival earlier in the summer.
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Middle East growth boosts Interserve profit by 20%
Order book increases to £6bn as support services firm reports 'little overall effect' from credit crunch
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Balfour Beatty profit soars as order book hits £12bn
Big project wins in the Middle East, Asia and US help increase contractor's half year profits by 25%
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Chancellor set to boost mortgage lending
Alistair Darling will help banks and building societies secrue more finance for new mortgages according to media reports
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Northerners should move South says think tank
Regeneration has failed in cities such as Liverpool and Sunderland says influential 'right of centre' Policy Exchange