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Stop the madness! The presumption of guilt under the Health and Safety Act
Are employers expected to guard against unforseeable actions on site
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Home prices slide but rate of decline has eased, says Nationwide
The latest Nationwide data on house prices is yet another pointer to suggst the slide in house prices is far from over.The April figure saw the average price fall by 0.4% in April after the upward blip of 0.9% a month earlier.The optimists may suggest this is a bottoming out ...
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NewsDesperate measures
Either that platform is so unstable it requires a very particular stance or somebody can't wait to get to the bathroom
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NewsVerry boss: 'Firm is about to go into administration'
Chairman of troubled firm admits its state on website of his football club
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NewsNuclear bidder pulls out as cost skyrockets
Reports say Iberdrola consortium has bowed out as government set to net £400m from nuclear land auction
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NewsBahrain labourers strike over colleague's death
Migrant site workers claim 30-year-old Indian was not sent home by employer despite ailing health
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NewsNew London training centre aids 2012 delivery
Centre will train 2,000 more tradespeople each year to help deliver major projects in the UK capital
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NewsKeltbray fined for fire
Firm breached health and safety regulations after it failed to ensure subcontractor did not cut through live gas pipe
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NewsSarkozy to unveil 10 visions of future Paris
Jean Nouvel and Richard Rogers among architects commissioned to design concepts for French capital
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NewsGrafton Group turnover falls 32%
Materials supplier reports £420m fall in quarterly revenue amid fallling housebuilding and repair activity
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Builders find message from Auschwitz inmates
Prisoners hid note in bottle at building site outside the concentration camp
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NewsLow demand hits wind turbine producer
World's largest manufacturer cuts 1,900 jobs and closes UK factory to counter weak demand in northern Europe
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NewsMies van der Rohe Award goes to Snøhetta's Oslo opera house
Landmark national cultural centre snares EU contemporary architecture prize for Norwegian firm
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Is Mrs Pidgley missing her horses?
Earlier this week the wife of Berkeley boss Tony Pidgley sold 250,000 shares in the company. It leaves her with just over half a million but at £9.60 a pop she netted £2.4m from the deal.The wife of FD and Pidgley protege Rob Perrins offloaded the same amount and director ...
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NewsBudget 2009: What it means for taxes
A legal expert considers some of the budget's implications for construction companies
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NewsCapita appointed to Canterbury sports club
Consultant and HSSP Architects will project manage local community sports centre scheme
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NewsCapita Architecture appoints associate director
Ex Hawkins/Brown, Will Alsop and Norman Foster designer joins firm
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NewsAn edgy painter
Three floors up, is this really the best way to paint the edge of a concrete balcony?
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NewsSwine flu shuts McBains' Mexico office
Fear over outbreak of fatal swine flu prompt a week's closure for McBains Cooper's Mexico City office
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NewsKier and ISG weigh up bids for Verry
Half a dozen companies understood to be considering making an offer for £100m-turnover firm