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NewsConstruction purchasing drops at fastest rate for three months
Rate of job losses in September was also worst in three months, but housing sector showed first rise in 22 months
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NewsRobertson falls £2m into red
Scotland and northern England based company posted 4% fall in turnover to £157m
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NewsHousebuilder anger grows over tax crackdown
Builders’ groups attack plan to bring all workers under PAYE, despite support elsewhere
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NewsWhy we put in cover prices
So, the OFT has announced who’s being fined what for cover pricing and bid-rigging. But what was it like to be one of the firms involved? The finance director of a contractor that was fined told us his story, on condition of anonymity
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NewsOne man, eight ladders
Adam Meacham, health and safety adviser for Sir Robert McAlpine, has been taking his work outside the office – which is why we have this photo of a brilliantly improvised cladding in Portsmouth …
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Calls to redundancy helpline fall to lowest level in a year
The number of small and medium-sized contractors seeking employment advice has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year, the National Federation of Builders has revealed
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NewsBright young thing
This vibrant structure, designed by Jonathan Clark Architects, is part of a £1.1m extension and partial conversion of a two-storey sixties school in Feltham near Heathrow
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Strata Homes renews borrowing deal as it falls £7.4m in red
Northern housebuilder Strata Homes has fallen £7.4m into the red after land writedowns of £2.6m
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MJ Gleeson posts £54m loss
Urban housing and regeneration specialist MJ Gleeson has made a pre-tax loss of £54.3m after land writedowns of £44.6m
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Flat performance at PRP as it reports turnover of £38m
Residential and mixed-use architect PRP posted turnover of £37.6m in the 18 months to 31 March 2009
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NewsRamboll: 'RYB Konsult buy is first of many'
Engineering firm Ramboll UK has bought services engineer RYB Konsult for an undisclosed sum in what the company promises will be the first in a string of acquisitions
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Major lenders return to social housing sector
Dexia and Lloyds are among banks seeking competitive deals as lending periods treble
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Enfield refurbished
The London mayor and the Homes and Communities Agency have agreed £54.4m funding to refurbish more than 400 homes in Enfield
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Lib Dems for housing
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to increase investment in new social housing and bring every social home up to the Decent Homes standard within two years if they come into power.
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More decent homes
Inspace, Willmott Dixon’s social housing arm, has been awarded a £1.8m contract by Berneslai Homes to bring 202 homes up to the Decent Homes standard in South Yorkshire.
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Net lending positive
Net lending turned positive for the first eight months of 2009, totalling £5.5bn
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South-west delay
The government will delay the South-west spatial strategy for the second time, after the High Court ruled that it did not carry out an adequate strategic environmental assessment in May.
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6,000 Bolton homes
The Homes and Communities Agency announced plans to build 6,000 new homes in Bolton through the Transforming Estates initiative
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NewsBermondsey grows up
The £18m Eyot Heights development is part of the second phase of Levitt Bernstein’s masterplan for Bermondsey in south London
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Persimmon is hiring again
Housebuilder Persimmon has hired 50 people to work on sites across the country in the past two months and is on the lookout for at least 20 more employees