All Hansom articles – Page 7

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    Hansom: Where the money is

    2018-08-24T06:00:00Z

    Accountants charge up to £1,156 an hour to sort out Carillion, and an MP gets on stage to prove once again that politics is just showbusiness for ugly people

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    Hansom: Ups and downs

    2018-08-10T06:00:00Z

    From news stories to new storeys, Building’s former home is flattened for redevelopment, while a new office block in Clerkenwell just looks demolished

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    Hansom: Lazy-hazy-crazy days

    2018-08-03T06:00:00Z

    President Trump makes a few more lives difficult and Jacob Rees-Mogg assures us he’ll find a way to improve ours; meanwhile, everyone else just wants to put their out-of-office on and get away

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    Hansom: Confusion reigns

    2018-07-31T06:00:00Z

    Willmott Dixon’s suppliers confront their inner rubber ducks, and the waters rise at the Houses of Parliament

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    Hansom: What a coincidence

    2018-07-20T06:00:00Z

    England hung on in the World Cup for just long enough to inconvenience consultants’ party planning – and is it Big Ben’s lack of hands that has removed parliamentarians’ sense of urgency about Brexit?

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    Hansom: For a better world

    2018-07-13T12:01:00Z

    This week, women in construction stick the boot in, scientists harness the power of mushrooms for a more eco-friendly brick and the words ‘coffee mug’ get a whole new meaning

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    Hansom: Industry exposure

    2018-07-06T06:00:00Z

    The housing sector gets a dressing-down on The Archers, the leader of the Lib Dems unsettles the RIBA and Interserve skirts around the issue of a major loss. Well, they say there’s no such thing as bad publicity …

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    Hansom: Who, me?

    2018-06-29T06:00:00Z

    Confusion reigns as a four-year-old building ends up with a RIBA award and the Commonwealth Games tries to keep the identity of its demolition contractor secret

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    Hansom: Sharp words

    2018-06-22T06:00:00Z

    Interserve chief Debbie White counters the verbal jabs of government with understatement, while even a toddler can see the lack of progress on a road upgrade

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    Hansom: Breaking news

    2018-06-15T06:00:00Z

    Haringey should take a look at Croydon to see how long it takes to build homes and there’s yet more bad news for Carillion employees

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    Hansom: Mind your language

    2018-06-11T09:23:00Z

    While Taylor Wimpey takes to literature to win over the nation’s youth to the construction cause, some people just need to wash their mouths out

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    Hansom: Crazy for you

    2018-06-01T06:00:00Z

    A Ferris wheel causes a little too much excitement, and a new book reveals the psychopathic secrets of chief executives’ success

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    Hansom: It’s all in the timing

    2018-05-25T06:00:00Z

    Carillion’s former finance boss is recognised for his judicious timing, while Willmott Dixon’s snapper captures just the right moment (smile!)

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    Hansom: All directions

    2018-05-18T06:00:00Z

    Jeremy Corbyn ventures southwards while HS2 mixes up England and Scotland and a New York seller is resorting to launching customers into space to flog flats

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    Hansom: Funny business

    2018-05-11T06:00:00Z

    Interserve’s finance director is good for a laugh – and the share price deal he got for himself certainly gives him something to smile about 

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    Hansom: Identity issues

    2018-05-04T15:49:00Z

    Voltaire gets confused with Spider-Man, site hoardings sport mystery monikers in place of logos, and a minister almost dives headfirst into a – luckily only virtual – road that he’d mistaken for a swimming pool    

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    Hansom: The way things were

    2018-04-27T06:00:00Z

    Ah, the olden days, when you could buy a house for £9 a week – and get planning permission to build one in less than eight weeks. This week, it’s all about nostalgia

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    Hansom: Straight to the point

    2018-04-20T14:43:00Z

    This week: sky-high asking prices at Centre Point, an enigmatic Libeskind video, and rail strikes make Parisians go green

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    Hansom: Ground control

    2018-04-13T06:00:00Z

    This week: dodgy moves for tackling the pay gap, Battersea Power Station lowers its profile, Hoover makes a clean sweep, and an old home finally bites the dust

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    Hansom: Paxman-style tactics

    2018-04-06T15:17:00Z

    For once I get the chance to use the phrase ‘health and safety gone mad’ justly, gender pay gap figures bring up unsaid questions and Interserve’s chief exec races against time