All articles by Editorial - Joey Gardiner – Page 9
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Features
Building’s Beckhams
Every year, a few premiership players dominate the European construction league – but their Spanish competitors are playing a long game and there may be an upset.
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NewsAtkins to take on 400 UK staff
Consultant Atkins is looking to hire up to 400 professional staff for its UK businesses in 2004
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NewsMiller sets sights on housing rivals
Edinburgh-based construction group Miller hopes to buy a rival housebuilder in 2004
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NewsFoster staff jump ship to join Shuttleworth's crew
Architect kicks off New Year by taking on former colleagues at his own practice, based at Arup headquarters
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Housebuilders and property firms to team up, says City
Analysts predict rise in mergers and acquisitions this year as trend for mixed-use developments takes hold
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NewsFury as DTI rules out probe of Ballast Nedam directors
Victims of Ballast collapse express outrage as government says its hands are tied over activities of Dutch parent
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NewsMitie plans memorial to founder
The board of support services group Mitie is planning to dedicate a memorial to David Telling, its founder, who died at the end of October
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Ballast boardroom: The desperate days
Leaked documents reveal how the Ballast board told senior personnel to 'show some sense of excitement and hope about the refreshed Ballast plc' while the company was falling apart around their ears
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The Ballast affair
Confidential documents reveal true extent of contractor's financial plight as it was reassuring subcontractors
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NewsTheakston plans to take gap year
John Theakston, the chief executive of Swan Hill, will take up to a year off work once his departure from the housebuilder is confirmed later this month
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Contractors will cash in their PFI bets
Last week's decision by Carillion and Atkins to cash in their equity in PFI projects looks like signalling a trend among contractors. We look at what is driving the process
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FeaturesGoing Ballastic
Thousands of furious workers and suppliers are banging on the door of Ballast, demanding their money and claiming they were misled about the firm's financial position. Will a creditors' meeting later this month do anything to pacify them?
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NewsNedam faces legal threat from Ballast collapse victims
Subcontractors are turning wrath on Dutch parent firm, which they say promised to make good Ballast debts
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NewsBenson Group gets back in black
Benson Group expects a rise in turnover to bring it back into the black after a £700,000 loss in 2002
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NewsIraqi architect to do home work
An Iraqi architect in London has formed a loose alliance with UK consultants to pitch for reconstruction work in his homeland
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NewsLast rites for Ballast as £89m schools PFI job is cancelled
Failed firm's largest remaining contract is terminated, leaving just four facilities management jobs on books.
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FeaturesTaking the Michael
The government has set up urban development corporations to tackle deprivation in Britain’s cities. If that sounds familiar, it’s because Labour has stolen the idea from its old archenemy – Tory grandee Michael Heseltine. And as we discover he’s far from pleased about it …
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NewsWard Homes swallowed up as Swan Hill changes hands
Wilson Bowden prepares for South-east housebuilding drive with purchase of Kent-based Ward Homes, and Raven Mount's hostile takeover bid for Swan Hill gets green light from institutional shareholders.
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NewsFurther and better particulars of … Keith Lovelock, Chief executive and chairman, McCarthy & Stone
In the second of a monthly series on industry executives who steer headline-hitting companies, we meet Keith Lovelock, the unfamiliar face of retirement home specialist McCarthy & Stone