All Leader articles – Page 26
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CommentAttack of the clones
Atkins this week becomes the latest British firm to reveal it has fallen victim to Chinese fraudsters
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CommentFairness heads south
Come back John Prescott, all is forgiven! You probably never thought you’d hear such a plea
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CommentA riches to rags story
The sudden suspension on Monday in the shares of Rok - “the nation’s local builder” - would have surprised few in the City.
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CommentPaul Morrell's first year at Whitehall: Paul's plan
The government’s construction advisor has been in the job for a year - we take stock
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CommentWhat Dan Labbad told us
Labbad seems to want Bovis to emulate companies such as Berkeley Group, which are able to change their strategy on a sixpence and leave threepence change
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CommentSpending review: What’s the damage?
We now have certainty and the knowledge that government plans to invest
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CommentComprehensive Spending Review: Brace yourself for bad news
Kier topped our monthly business barometer chart thanks to contracts worth £160m. This time last year it was also in the lead, but then its haul was £660m
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CommentDon't kid yourself
Our Top 250 consultants league table shows the harsh realities gripping the construction sector, and there’s no sign of improvement yet
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CommentHello, Ed …
Ed Miliband took to the Labour party conference stage this week and declared himself firmly on your side. “You see, when you cancel thousands of new school buildings at a stroke, it isn’t just bad for our kids, it’s bad for construction companies at a time when their order books ...
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Spending cuts: Education was just the start...
After the shock of the education spending massacre, the cutbacks will probably provoke despair rather than anger
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CommentKicking out the jams: Academies framework
If contractors were peeved at not being on the academies framework before, they’ll be shedding some tears after the latest piece of news…
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CommentWe've failed economics
You will no doubt recall the talk from David Cameron during the election about the big society that was to replace big government
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CommentMaglev vs high-speed rail: Should we change trains?
The billions we will spend on HS2 will get us from London to Birmingham 28 minutes faster than the present system does. After Birmingham, the trains will travel on old lines
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CommentThe fire alarm is ringing
It’s official: if a timber-frame building catches fire, it will suffer more damage than if it were built using other forms of construction
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CommentDavis Langdon takeover: Making painful progress
So the industry’s worst-kept secret is out: Aecom is taking over Davis Langdon
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CommentWe haven't lost them ... yet
Those who have entered the construction sector in the past few years could be forgiven for feeling they had made an error on the scale of marching on Russia just as the nights are drawing in
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CommentLow carbon agenda: Mixed greens
To a minister in Whitehall, bringing forward regs changes by a year may not seem like much of a leap. But for firms in the real world, it promises massive disruption
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CommentThe times they have a-changed
When the head of construction at John Lewis says competitive tendering gets projects done for 10% less than partnering, it’s clear the paradigm has shifted
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CommentAlternative medicine
The gp consortiums will not be a few go-getting practices clubbing together - they’ll be huge organisations that operate over whole counties