All Building articles in 20 November 2009 – Page 4
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NewsPoliceman dies in Cumbria floods
Stone bridge over the River Derwent is washed away after 12 inches of rain falls in 24 hours
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NewsFirst Express Lift company established
Over 20 years eLift Cumbria will finance and develop Cumbria's ageing community hospitals and deliver a range of other health facilities
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NewsDurkan to appeal OFT fine
Firm to please innocent to charge related to its contracting arm and refute fine related to company it sold in 2007
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RICS Planning roadshow - November and December
The RICS Planning roadshow: The Practitioner's Guide will offer practical information that affects planning and development surveyors on a daily basis at a time when the planning process is changing. In the next 12 months the planning process will play a great part in starting the recovery of the UK's ...
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NewsOFT reduces fines by £300,000
Decision comes as competition body prepares to publish full details of specific infringements
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NewsAmsprop vs ITW (trading as Hobart UK)
Our legal expert investigates a fire at the Hard Rock Cafe
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NewsUK firms scoop four MAPIC gongs
CB Richard Ellis, Westfield and Liverpool One among winners at retail awards in Cannes
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NewsEuropean output drops 1.1% in September
Latest report on Eurozone countries found Slovenia, Slovakia and Portugal showed biggest declines
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NewsRising damp
Mike Hill spotted this horror classic in Venice. He points out: “Bearing in mind that parts of the city flood at this time of the year, this access to the site is underwater for at least part of the day.”
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NewsStarting up your own business, part two: Money matters
You've made the mental leap from life as an employee to being your own boss, but now you need to work out the finances carefully...
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NewsNicholas Serota joins London mayor's design panel
Director of Tate to replace Richard Rogers in group that advises Boris Johnson on design strategies and projects in the capital
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NewsHousing starts leap 18%
Private housing shows particular rise from July to September, but 12-month figure is still 35% below previous year
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News£4.5bn Brent Cross masterplan gets green light
Plan to regeneration north-west London shopping centre area will provide 27,000 new jobs and 7,000 homes
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NewsPhoenix rises
Leicester’s £21.5m Phoenix Square development opens its doors to the public this week
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Tory plans to shift risks of PFI spark warning
Tory plans to transfer risk to the private sector in a reform of PFI could kill off their attraction as investment opportunities, according to experts
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Comment
but so does the OFT
Tony Bingham seems to have his finger on the pulse when it comes to explaining cover pricing, which was always a benign process (30 October, page 32)
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Keller’s resilient year
Groundwork specialist Keller has said its performance so far this year has been “resilient” despite the downturn
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CommentRICS and its members: Losing touch
Members from across the whole of the organisation feel the RICS is morphing from an elected body for the members into a quango wannabe
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Interserve on track
Interserve has said trading is in line with expectations, thanks to a strong performace in the Middle East and stability in the UK public and utility sectors. Its future workload is £6.7bn.
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NewsSafe as houses?
Housebuilders are unlikely to risk undermining a shaky recovery by building more houses – more’s the pity