All articles by Editorial - Joey Gardiner – Page 3
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NewsGordon's first steps
What will the early days of Gordon Brown's premiership tell us about his leadership style? Send us your thoughts and you could win a bottle of champagne
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NewsHealth trust insists on ‘green’ bids
North Bristol NHS Trust has appointed a consultant to ensure the winning bid for its £374m PFI hospital is “green”, writes Mark Leftly.
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NewsThe art of building profit and homes
Private equity bids for housebuilders in the 1990s lead to the break up of perfectly good businesses - hopefully this won't be the case in 2007
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NewsSteve Morgan buys Wolves but Sir Jack becomes life president
Sir Jack Hayward will remain life president of Wolverhampton Wanderers despite selling club to Redrow founder Steve Morgan
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FeaturesDecline and fall of the construction minister
The construction industry has never been one of the most glamorous portfolios in government, but there was a time when it carried some clout. Under Tony Blair it has been shunted between departments and given less and less ministerial time. Mark Leftly looks at the politicians who’ve taken it on
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FeaturesAylesbury and after
When Blair made his first speech as prime minister on south London’s Aylesbury estate, it was an illustration of the immense task Labour faced in regenerating Britain’s inner cities, and a symbol of its determination to tackle it. Overleaf, we look at what it did. But first, Mark Leftly returned ...
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FeaturesWho owns this place?
Some PFI consortiums have won leases on their hospital that run for almost a century after they finish their contract. Mark Leftly reveals the Department of Health’s risky gamble
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McCarthy & Stone eyes care homes
Retirement housing specialist McCarthy & Stone is planning to expand into the construction of nursing homes in response to pressure from its new owners to grow the business.
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Bristol PFI hospital set to be first to pay losers’ bid costs
Department of Health to look for ways to win private sector support for procurement process
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FeaturesIn Dodds we trust
Mr Kier’s safe pair of hands have just picked up Building’s boss of the year
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NewsThe regeneration name game
Housebuilders rushing to adopt the 'regeneration' moniker are in danger of turning the term into little more then a buzzword says Building's assistant editor
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NewsWhy Blackpool needs Arnie
Blackpool did not have got a supercasino but it may get Arnold Schwarzenegger if he turns up at the Conservative party conference
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RICS ready for French showdown
The RICS could take France to the European Court of Justice if it refuses to permit a British building surveyor to practise there.
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The start of a beautiful friendship
The proposed merger between Taylor Woodrow and Wimpey may be the biggest housebuilder deal so far, but it follows a year of frenetic takeover activity. Mark Leftly investigates what lessons this might hold for the new kid on the block
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FeaturesThe final analysis
Tessa Jowell has now given us the final, definitive, official budget for the London 2012 Olympics, and it’s a huge increase on the 2005 figure. Or is it? Mark Leftly crunches the numbers
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Pegasus on sale for £100m
Peter Askew, chief executive of Pegasus Retirement Homes, has put the company on the market for an estimated £100m.
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FeaturesThe severed alliance
Back in 2004 it looked as though social housing firm Mears had picked a dream team. Bob Holt and Stuart Black, the bruiser and the wunderkind, were together at the helm of a City darling. So why did Black walk?
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NewsColeman reveals two-year recovery plan for Bovis
Chief executive outlines strategy to deal with contractor’s £48m writedown and regime change
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NewsHodder set for limited status
Stephen Hodder, the first winner of the Stirling Prize, is to turn his practice into a limited company, and his wife Claire is likely to become managing director.