All articles by Emily Wright – Page 23
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NewsFormer CNP bosses fight to take over assets
Malcolm Hollis battles with former directors of collapsed consultant
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FeaturesThe UK's £34bn rail programme: people, get ready...
…there’s a train a-coming. Well, not a train so much as a £34bn programme to upgrade the UK’s rail network. Emily Wright looks at what the money will be spent on, and how you can get on board
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NewsMortgage lending drops 9%
Council of Mortgage Lenders warns it is too early to spot pattern of recovery for housing market
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NewsUS housing starts lurch downward
Surprise record low crushes widespread hopes of upturn in housebuilding
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NewsBalfour Beatty seals £200m schools partnership deal
Partnership will aim to deliver more than 10 schools project in Southwark area
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FeaturesBudget hotels: Premier Inn's purple reign
Alex Flach, the man in charge of building the Premier Inn budget hotels, says he wants to build, build, build – which should give some of you looking for work a good night’s sleep. Especially if you like purple
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Rivals circle failed consultant CNP
£14.5m-turnover building consultant seeks suitors to pay off parent LandAmerica's creditors
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NewsLandSecs boss: 'no market recovery until 2013'
Chief executive Francis Salway warns industry colleagues of a long wait ahead
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Swine flu delays Mexican projects as firms shut offices
Construction projects in Mexico City look set to suffer delays as a result of the swine flu outbreak, as UK firms shut down their offices in the country
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FeaturesBoris Johnson assessed: one year on
After his election last May, many people had difficulty seeing Boris Johnson as a credible mayor. Now he’s had a chance to do his stuff, has anyone changed their mind?
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NewsVideo: Five-storey building collapses in New York
Front half of the building collapsed on a construction site in the Tribeca district
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NewsSwine flu shuts McBains' Mexico office
Fear over outbreak of fatal swine flu prompt a week's closure for McBains Cooper's Mexico City office
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NewsCurrie & Brown cuts quarter of Middle East staff
Currie & Brown has slashed staff numbers in the Middle East by a quarter in the past seven months
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NewsJoyriders crash 75-ton crane into ditch
Two teenagers were arrested after crane in Indiana was hijacked
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NewsAnother US firm nabs Crossrail contract
Jacobs Engineering's appointment as project representative follows wins by Bechtel and Transcend
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NewsDrugs make Mexico top investment risk
Fears grow that foreign cash could be put off as world's biggest companies warn about narcotics-related violence
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NewsAftershock: Rebuilding after an earthquake
Philip Esper, the RICS expert on disaster management, spoke to Building about preventing and repairing damage in earthquake zones
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NewsJobCentre egg hunt prizes include site work licence
Southwark Easter event is branded demeaning for job seekers
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News‘A register could make a real difference to the safety of people who work in construction’
Work and pensions secretary James Purnell reveals how the government was won over to Building’s Safer Skyline demands – and his plans to bring in a crane safety register next April
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FeaturesMarkets: your best bets
The recession is long, resources are short and bidding is always a gamble. So which sectors should you have a punt on? Sarah Richardson and Emily Wright run an eye over the runners and riders