All Building articles in 2008 Issue 21 – Page 6
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News
Taylor Wimpey rating drops
The credit ratings of housebuilders could fall as a result of the economic downturn, a leading ratings agency has predicted.
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Features
John Lewis' Tony Jacob: Double helpings
Shopaholics will be delighted – contractors, too: John Lewis Partnership plans to double its floor space within 10 years and is looking for new firms to work with. Roxane McMeeken met Tony Jacob, aka the man with the cheque book
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Jean Nouvel scoops La Défense project
Jean Nouvel has been chosen to design the Signal Tower in the La Défense business district of Paris.
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Jarvis rejigs debt
Jarvis has restructured £10m of its debt facilities to extend its repayment period and reduce interest payments by 0.75% per year.
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Lords of the dance
Wates Construction has been appointed to build a £12m city-centre dance building in Quarry Hill, Leeds, for Northern Ballet Theatre.
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John Lewis hunts for contractors to support expansion plans
John Lewis Partnership has launched a hunt for contractors to support a £300m-a-year expansion plan for its department stores and supermarket chain Waitrose.
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ConstructionSkills’ new head makes diversity pledge
Mark Farrar, Peter Lobban’s successor as ConstructionSkills chief executive, sets out his manifesto
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Conlon growth
Pre-tax profit at Conlon Construction grew 30% – from £708,468 to £920,740 – in the year ended 30 April 2007.
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OFT faces probe into conduct
A government watchdog is to investigate the Office of Fair Trading’s conduct amid increasing fears that inquiries such as its probe into bid rigging in construction may have been unfairly draconian and over-hyped.
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Tariff on new development may be too complicated to work
The government risks making a proposed new development tariff too complicated to work effectively, says a key property industry representative.
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Features
Paradise Street, Liverpool: Mayfair comes to Merseyside
With a pricetag of £1bn , Liverpool One could have ended up as a never-ending shopping mall. But it’s a whole lot classier than that.
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Comment
Exclusion clause: Regus (UK) Ltd vs Epcot Solution Ltd
This was an appeal from a decision that an exception clause in its standard terms was unreasonable and unenforceable under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (“UCTA”). The judge’s decision was reported in a previous briefing.Regus (UK) Limited (“Regus”) supplies serviced office accommodation. Epcot Solutions Ltd (“Epcot”) provides professional ...
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Unholy row erupts over Renzo revamp of Corbusier chapel
Work on Italian architect’s visitor centre is suspended after architecture fans threaten legal challenge
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Housing fears cause ‘significant slowdown’ for Telford Homes
East London housebuilder Telford Homes has announced a “significant slowdown” in sales since the end of March.
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EU ruling on on-site power generation threatens carbon target
A European legal ruling has cast doubt on the government’s plans to reduce carbon emissions through on-site energy generation.
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Comment
Joint-names insurance: Capital punishment
Stuart Pemble explains how capitalisation of a single letter caused two of the highest courts in the land to issue contradictory rulings
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Failed Styles & Wood buyout ‘first of many’
Industry observers have warned that more merger and takeover deals will fall through after last week’s management buyout of fit-out firm Styles & Wood was abandoned.
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Mayor gives green light to tall buildings
A series of high-rise and mid-rise buildings have been approved in Boris Johnson’s first planning meeting as mayor of London, despite his self-confessed antipathy to towers.
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Comment
Building buys a pint … for WSP
We’re only a few minutes into this week’s “Pint” and already disaster has struck – Building’s camera is on the blink.