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NewsStyles & Wood enters crunch talks with investors
Cheshire fit-out firm woos turnaround specialists as it races to bolster balance sheet
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NewsTolent’s profit slumps 80%
Developer was hit by property writedowns and loss on a Sheffield residential scheme
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NewsCommercial drought forces Keltbray to plan redundancies
Groundwork and demolition specialist Keltbray has said it will be forced to lay off staff as medium-sized commercial jobs dry up
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NewsContractor is thrown off Viñoly’s visual arts centre
Colchester council removes Banner Holdings from £26m project, but faces law suit for contract breach
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News2012 media centre kicks off one month early
Structure is last of the main five Olympic venues to get started
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NewsEast London housing scheme set to start
Former hospital site will include 950 homes, of which 50% will be affordable
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NewsHomes with negative equity hits 900,000
Council of Mortgage Lenders says negative equity is contributing to fall in property sales
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NewsVerry drafts in director to sort out pay row
Verry Construction has brought in an operations director to sort out payments to subcontractors after a series of complaints over late payments and unpaid debts
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NewsDocklands Light Railway to get £18.2m upgrade
Capacity of Beckton route of London train to rise 50% in time for 2012 Olympics
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News£50m Liverpool building submitted for planning permission
18-storey tower, designed by Broadway Malyan, will attempt to win tenants from relocation of government offices
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NewsSenior director leaves Costain
Costain’s commercial director has left the company “by mutual agreement”
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NewsTate Modern to use Thames to heat and cool extension
Use of groundwater from gravel beds could help cut energy and carbon emissions by half
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NewsUAE site workers are slaves, says lobby group
Pressure grows on UK firms to push for improvements in conditions after Panorama investigation
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NewsIndustry holds its breath on Budget VAT cut
A cut in the rate of VAT levied on refurbishment is at the top of the construction industry’s wishlist for next week’s Budget
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NewsPartnerships for Schools exceeds targets
Delivery agency has built 54 schools and says it plans to open more than 200 a year by 2011
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NewsConstruction boss kidnaps bank manager
A debt-ridden building entrepreneur in Spain takes extreme measures to get loan
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A hat-trick of hospital wins takes BAM to the top in March
Business barometer: Dutch firm beats Vinci to first place as total volume of work falls 23% on 2008
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NewsSay your prayers
Architect Glyn Parkes points out that the gutter on this church in Hungary has already been removed so there is nothing to break these non-harnessed construction workers’ fall. Bet the view’s good, though
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NewsWill it ever take off? Hydrogen fuel cell technology
Hydrogen fuel cell technology has the potential to halve carbon emissions from our homes – if the price can be reduced to less than six figures
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NewsCombination boilers
Combiplus is a range of domestic combination boilers from Ravenheat which, according to the company, will outperform the best SEDBUK-listed band A boilers