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NewsStarting up your own business, part four: Cost control
Keeping set-up expenditure within budget is crucial, so watch out for unexpectedly costly items like indemnity insurance
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NewsCyril Sweett signs deal to work on £800m framework
After missing a place on Buying Solutions list, consultant teams up with Capita Symonds to supply QS and project management services
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NewsCarillion sells equity stakes in two PPP projects for £86.9m
Firm says disposal of investments in two accommodation projects will reduce group's net borrowing
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NewsGraphic detail: Report illustrates global impact of buildings
As Copenhagen gets under way, a visualisation by World Green Building Council shows steps taken internationally to reduce the impact of buildings
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NewsInspace bags £95m Birmingham contract
Five-year repair and maintenance deal for Birmingham council will start in 2010
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NewsHOK to design London medical research hub
UK Centre for Medical Research is scheduled to begin on site in 2011
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NewsDebt fears raised over Emaar owner Dubai Holding
UK banks warn that emirate investment vehicle which borrowed £7.3bn could default on debt repayments
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NewsMPs' report backs third runway at Heathrow
Transport Select Committee recommends high-speed rail network to support rise in demand for air travel
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NewsMinister announces 'energy makeovers' for 500 homes
Ed Miliband coincides announcement with first day of summit at Copenhagen and second reading of Energy Bill
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NewsUK signs up to Europe's first offshore wind grid
Energy minister confirms £1.75m low-carbon grant as cross-nation renewable energy project is announced
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NewsCopenhagen under the spotlight at Building virtual event
Sustainability Now examines issues such as Passivhaus design, waste, existing housing zero carbon and green entrepreneurs
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NewsRMJM wins approval for Sheffield university building
Design for learning hub combines new extension with conversion of grade II listed Edwardian structure
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What Tesco sales data can tell us about the construction jobs market
Practically all construction statistics are poor by comparison to the data in most other industries. It is not a fault of the statisticians or researchers. They have an unenviable job as the construction industry is, relatively speaking, very tricky to measure.So the best way to make sense of what is ...
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The number of architects, planners and surveyors signing off the claimant count in the six months to October 2009 to head abroad was 985.This compares with 80 in same period two years earlier.Source: National Statistics (Nomis: www.nomisweb.co.uk). Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller Office ...
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RMJM to masterplan Vladivostok's new gambling zone
Architect wins contract for massive new leisure zone including casino, marina, ski centre and hotels at Russian city
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NewsNetherlands nature centre makes a virtue of timber
Drost + van Veen's education centre at Oostvaarderplassen shows why wood is good as a key structural element
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NewsCopenhagen summit lit by solar-powered streetlights
Emissions-free outdoor lighting developed by Danish company will be a feature at the climate change conference
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NewsWrap waste supplement 2009: now online
'Time for a New Age' includes details of the latest developments in construction's war on waste
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NewsSearching online for work tops career survey
Survey finds majority look for construction work online and just under half are job searching abroad
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NewsRLB scoops Resourcing Manager of the Year award
Recruitment manager beats competition from Amec to win award at the Institute of Recruitment Professionals