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NewsStarting up your own business, part two: Money matters
You've made the mental leap from life as an employee to being your own boss, but now you need to work out the finances carefully...
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Mace drafted in to take on Savoy hotel refurb
Project manager Mace has been drafted in to the £100m refurbishment job at the Savoy hotel amid rumours of further delays and cost overruns on the project
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Row erupts as Ucatt derails directors’ safety talks
A last-minute intervention by construction unions has scuppered a meeting of health and safety chiefs over new guidance for company directors
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HSE to review crane rules
The Health and Safety Executive is to consider whether to lower the maximum wind speed in which tower cranes operate, following a review of a fatal accident in Liverpool 2007
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NewsPremium Bond
Sheffield Hallam University has appointed local architect Bond Bryan to design a £25m building in the city’s Cultural Industries Quarter
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Civil engineers: Recession will get worse for construction
Thousands more construction jobs are at risk as the recession in the industry looks set to deepen, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association has warned
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Thames Gateway schemes face £20m Olympic raid
London and Thurrock development corporations to have budgets cut to fund East End public spaces
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‘Plan B’ for Preston scheme
Public bodies in Lancashire are putting together a “plan B” for the troubled £700m Tithebarn retail-led regeneration scheme in Preston, after one of its development partners backed out last month
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London mayor pledges £220m to 50 public realm projects
Boris Johnson has said 50 public realm projects throughout the capital will receive £220m of funding from various bodies, including Transport for London and the London Development Agency, over the next three years
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NewsPhoenix rises
Leicester’s £21.5m Phoenix Square development opens its doors to the public this week
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GB Building fights slump by boosting repeat business to 69%
Martin Smout, chief executive of GB Building Solutions, has said the company boosted repeat business from 60% to 69% last year, to help combat the recession
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Balfour takes on Texas
Balfour Beatty has bought SpawMaxwell, the largest interior construction contractor in Texas, for $25m (£15m)
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Spring in Boot’s step
Henry Boot has said in a trading update there are indications housebuilding is slowly recovering
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Keller’s resilient year
Groundwork specialist Keller has said its performance so far this year has been “resilient” despite the downturn
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Interserve on track
Interserve has said trading is in line with expectations, thanks to a strong performace in the Middle East and stability in the UK public and utility sectors. Its future workload is £6.7bn.
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Avonside hits the roof
Roofing contractor Avonside Roofing has made six acquisitions in recent weeks, which it said will boost turnover by £13m to £45m next year
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NewsOlympics boosts Byrne turnover by a third
London 2012 Olympic work has helped concrete specialist Byrne Brothers boost turnover by a third
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Tory plans to shift risks of PFI spark warning
Tory plans to transfer risk to the private sector in a reform of PFI could kill off their attraction as investment opportunities, according to experts
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‘10 worst railway stations’ to get £50m for repairs
The government has unveiled £50m of emergency funding to carry out repairs at the country’s 10 worst railway stations, as identified in a report commissioned by the Department for Transport
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NewsFoster’s all at sea
A yacht designed by Foster + Partners launched this week at the Perini Navi boatyard in Viareggio, Italy