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NewsConstruction workforce rose to 2.2 million in 2013
Construction’s workforce grew three consecutive quarters at the end of last year
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NewsTreasury slashes £7bn from green levies
Budget latest: Move designed to boost energy intensive industries
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NewsOsborne pledges 200,000 new homes
Budget latest: Help for smaller firms and self-builders outlined in addition to Help to Buy expansion
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NewsOsborne confirms clampdown on bogus self-employment
Budget latest: Government crackdown on bogus self-employment to take effect from this April
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NewsMersey Gateway bridge gets £270m guarantee
Budget latest: Chancellor also announces £140m boost to flood repairs spending and £200m for potholes
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NewsBudget 2014: live
Live coverage of George Osborne’s Budget speech, with all the key announcements impacting on construction
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NewsOsborne set to confirm crackdown on bogus self-employment
Move to come as part of clampdown on tax avoidance, despite lobbying from industry to delay measures
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NewsUnite wins planning for £93m student digs
Property in Islington north London will provide 900 student beds
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NewsFour contractors picked for £1.5bn Heathrow work
Exclusive: Four firms make the cut for massive programme of works, but Laing O’Rourke, Skanska and Vinci are among those that miss out
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NewsFreedom of Information law to cover private contractors
Ministers says Freedom of Information law will be extended to private companies carrying out public contracts
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FeaturesBIM debate: A premium process?
Building Information Modelling is intended to reduce risk and increase accountability. So will it mean paying less on your insurance? Experts debated the question at a seminar hosted by Building and Zurich Insurance
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NewsCarillion wins £37m Birmingham uni library job
Exclusive: Contractor sees off competition from five rivals including Sir Robert McAlpine to win Associated Architects-designed library
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CommentPickles' hypocrisy in scrapping local energy standards
The communities secretary is a poodle of the big housing developers
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CommentConstruction is now on the front foot
Tomorrow’s Budget is likely to be positive for construction, but in any case things are looking up
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NewsHaydon sale hits profit at Mears
But social housing provider reports rise in profit from continuing operations
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CommentWhy Higgins' HS2 gamble may just pay off
By refusing to back cost-cutting, Higgins has confidently raised the stakes over the high-speed link
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NewsInterserve completes £250m deal to buy Rentokil’s FM arm
Contractor’s shareholders approve deal to create one of the UK’s top three FM firms by turnover