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Your chance to play: Fantasy Chancellor and swing that spending axe
Feel that fantasy football is a bit old hat? Think you have outgrown FIFA Manager 09 and are itching to run something bigger than a football club?Well why not try playing Fantasy Chancellor and conduct your very own Spending Review 2010.If it grabs your fancy, then those zany guys at ...
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NewsVideo: Geoff French on global infrastructure
The chairman of Scott Wilson and the Association for Consultancy and Engineering discusses the prospects for more investment in infrastructure and attracting talent to the industry
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NewsKeith Clarke: I can't remember when we last had sensible energy policy
World leaders must thrash out Climate Change agreement at Copenhagen says Atkins boss
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Carillion boss calls for BSF sample schemes to be scrapped
The chief executive of Carillion has said that up to a quarter of the cost of the government’s Building Schools for the Future programme could be saved by scrapping sample schemes and reducing build costs
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NewsCo-op’s coup
Architect 3D Reid has been granted planning permission for a headquarters building for the Co-operative Group in Manchester
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Top US developer may invest in private rental scheme
LeFrak considers joint venture with Chelsfield in Homes and Communites Agency initiative
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Trailblazing UK Passivhaus set to hit only code level three
Research shows Denby Dale home would reach only level three of the Code for Sustainable Homes despite high fuel savings
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NewsNew relationships
Croydon council has given planning consent to a 389,000ft2 “public service delivery hub” in its town centre
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When I grow up …
Let’s face it, we’re all getting old. So, it’s in all our interests to develop homes that allow the elderly to live independently in the community, with the right amount of support
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Kickstart kicks off
John Healey, the housing minister, has named the first 10 projects that will receive Kickstart cash
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East Midlands work
Eleven firms, including Morgan Ashurst and Mansell, have been picked for framework for the East Midlands Property Alliance, available to 46 local authorities and worth up to £2m.
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Regeneration cuts
Development agency One North East has slashed its regeneration budget over the next two years to £80m from £120m
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House prices rising I
UK house prices increased 2.1 % in the three months to July, compared with a fall of 2.8% for the previous quarter, according to the communities department
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House prices rising II
The house price balance turned positive for the first time in two years, says the RICS
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CommentOFT investigation: It’s wrong – but how wrong?
The recession has weakened regional contractors to the point that a fine set at the ‘lenient’ level of 2% of turnover may force many to close down
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Bovis Lend Lease on top form with £250m of schools work
Business barometer: August league table leaves no doubt about importance of education sector
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NewsMorgan installs new managing director in Redrow shake-up
Steve Morgan’s latest shake-up at Redrow Homes will install John Tutte, the chairman for the east of England, as group managing director
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NewsEC Harris posts healthy profit
Consultant EC Harris has unveiled a full-year pre-tax profit of £41.1m, down slightly on the previous year’s £41.4m
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Government to take on £1.1bn Olympic debt
The government is preparing to take on the £1.1bn of debt racked up by the London Development Agency when it bought the site for the Olympic Games, in order to safeguard post-2012 regeneration plans