All Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations articles – Page 80
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NewsCollapsing airports sector sends Grimshaw profit tumbling
Architect says average monthly profit down 40% in latest report and accounts
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NewsRedrow gets green light for more homes at Colindale scheme
Job set to be housebuilder’s remaining development in capital
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NewsKier completes £241m equity raise less than nine hours after announcing it
Firm to use money to eat into £436m debt pile
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NewsCountryside profit falls on fire safety writedown
Revenue at housebuilder soars but site sales and forward orders drop back
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NewsBalfour on track to hit profit target as firm brings in former ITV boss as new chairman
Lord Charles Allen takes up post in July
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NewsEquity raise and housebuilding sale set to rake in £350m for Kier by middle of next month
Contractor announces promised details of £241m cash call
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NewsMcAlpine to double civils and infrastructure work as covid bill sends it to £27m loss
Chief executive Paul Hamer tells Building he wants firm to take advantage of government’s spending commitment with construction
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NewsBritish Steel hiatus prompts warnings about bigger jobs being hit
Manufacturer not taking new structural steel orders because of ‘extreme’ demand
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NewsConstruction growth returns to pre-covid level but materials shortages threaten to blunt recovery
Dark clouds remain but latest ONS figures reveal industry output has hit 18 month high
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NewsSkilled trades cash in on booming housing and repairs market
Other professions seeing pay rise include M E operatives and shopfitters
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NewsPost-Brexit certification rules threaten to bring supplies to ‘grinding halt’, CPA boss warns
Worried Peter Caplehorn has already suggested extending transition period on CE markings to construction minister
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FeaturesThe urgency of now: how can construction meet its green targets?
A report by the Climate Change Committee sets out a host of ambitious carbon reduction targets and points to where resources need to be focused. Thomas Lane looks at three of the areas of most interest to construction and assesses what it will take to meet the targets
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NewsHigh-rise developers to face fire safety regulation change from August
Move follows Dame Judith Hackitt’s proposals made in wake of Grenfell blaze
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NewsL&G brings in Green Building Council director as new sustainability chief
John Alker was behind David Cameron’s ‘hug a husky’ campaign in 2006
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NewsConstruction reacts to Queen’s Speech
Major planning overhaul at centre of government’s agenda for the year
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NewsIndustry warned of covid mental health crisis
CITB research finds more than one quarter of workers have experienced suicidal thoughts in past year
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NewsDecision to hand RICS boss six-figure bonus draws industry ire
Sean Tompkins in line to pick up more than £260,000 under group incentive plan
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FeaturesYou can’t build, build, build if you don’t have the materials
A global shortage of key products means prices are rising and lead times growing, potentially putting the recovery at risk. Tom Lowe reports
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NewsCouncils call for power to tax developers to speed up projects
Local authorities want to levy council tax on homes granted planning but not built out
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FeaturesLocal elections: what the results mean for construction
A look at what the winning mayors have pledged in four key city regions in England