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The taxman cometh
This was a trial of a preliminary issue. The issue was whether the contract for supply of building workers to London Recruitment Services was a contract with one subcontractor (Euro Pay Limited) which held a Construction Industry Scheme Tax Certificate or whether Euro Pay was itself contracting as agent for ...
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CommentDont touch that dial
It’s tough being an arbitrator. You’re expected to have expert skills in your field and be able to shoulder a weighty judicial burden. And one wrong move, such as making a simple phone call, will get you thrown off the job …
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CommentA model answer to a difficult problem
Future schools have to use a fraction of the energy of the ones we have now. Here Simon Foxell and Bill Bordass explain what designers can do to make it happen
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CommentNow and then — Penned in a nest
David Rogers on whether you would wish your wife or your servants to live in a block of flats …
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CommentFond farewells
This week we come to terms with the eventual departures of Colin Harding and Sir Peter Mason, bid adieu to the women-only construction empire and kiss goodbye to our invite to CLM’s all-night party
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What have you missed?
If you’ve been away this summer, the government’s latest requirements for planning applications may have passed you by. They aim to make developers provide more detail at outline planning stage, and inevitably will cause headaches
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What's yours is yours
State your case — When a contractor goes bust it’s simply accepted that poor old subbies hand over all materials on site to the employer. But this could be an infringement of their human rights
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Feathering your nest
Tax tips — Bird protection areas are thwarting schemes and reducing land values. But, according to Salvador Amico, you may be able to improve your cash flow by deferring your tax liability
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More than a short-term fix
I read with interest the article on health and safety training for foreign workers (25 August, page 24). At Six Two Training, we are offering CSCS courses for foreign workers in a variety of languages, including Polish, Russian and several others. Despite actively marketing the courses, the uptake has been ...
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An uneven load
Tony Bingham’s article (25 August, page 44) was interesting but I wondered if Mr Moon had any responsibilities?
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CommentUpdating heritage
Constructing Excellence South West supports the 99% Campaign. I would be interested to have a discussion with someone about involving English Heritage in this process as I believe that listed buildings and buildings in conservation areas have a contribution to make.
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Crossed wires
Gardiner & Theobald provides a very useful cost comparison between wired and wireless networks (14 July, page 80). Wireless technology is shown to be about 35% the cost of a wired network.
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Bricking it
Did anyone else see the feature on TV on 17 August about A level results and school leavers.
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Watch those lawyers
I have often been forced down the lawyer path of giving construction dispute advice with the preamble of “on the one hand, and on the other”, I was thus somewhat surprised to read that Helen Garthwaite (23 June, page 80) has the confidence to take a firm view.
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CommentWhat I saw on my holidays
Mark Nash of the Architects Design Group spied these workmen while holidaying in Budapest this summer. “No scaffolding, no harness, no margin for error,” he notes. Beautiful city though the Hungarian capital undoubtedly is, I doubt the view was worth it …
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CommentLife in the inbetween
Whether you think its right or wrong, Tony Blair’s impending eviction from Downing Street is going to have repercussions for the industry.
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CommentUnbalanced, unfair, ignorant
Many readers will have seen the Channel 4 documentary Dispatches on 14 August, which was the latest in a spate of media attacks on the private finance initiative.