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NewsDubai's Emaar to shun $10bn bail out
Troubled developer says it will not ask for slice of emergency fund despite owing money
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NewsMortgage approvals up 16% in February
Number of approvals rises strongly but total lending only slightly up and still half that of a year ago
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NewsStyles & Wood ponders private equity sale
Fit-out firm is also exploring possible rights issue option as retail downturn hits
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FeaturesJust landed: Philip Bray goes to Dubai
Who in their right mind would go to Dubai amid the current turmoil? Well Philip Bray for one. He reckons there is still excellent business to be done in the troubled emirate. Bray joined UK project management and cost consultant, Millbridge in 2008 to develop the business throughout the Middle ...
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NewsAmec to buy Canadian consultant for £4.8m
Addition to firm's environmental division will be ninth such acquisition since January 2007
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NewsEleven die in collapse at Chinese plant
One worker still buried after ceiling collapsed during construction work on chemical factory in Chongqing
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NewsRICS tool aims to cut time overruns
Web-based calculator uses data from thousands of real schemes to predict more accurate project time frames
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NewsRoundabout deal unlocks Elephant scheme
Southwark council and TfL agree roundabout revamp that was holding up regeneration improvements
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Comment
Sorry to be a party pooper, but hold fire on bigging up the mortgage figures
There has been much joy in the housing sector at the news that the number and amount of home loans approved by banks grew for the third consecutive month in February, according to the British Bankers' Association.While this is clearly not more bad news for housing and homes loans businesses ...
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Comment
Not a good time to be taking risks
What do the latest inflation figures tell us?Firstly, we are set for a heightening of the row between the quantitative easers and those leaning towards the views of the Austrian school on the matter of pumping money into a busted boom. Put simply what should we fear most: deflation or ...
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NewsRoofer auditions for the circus
Poised on a bucket on a single scaffolding plank above thin air – this clown has missed his vocation. Let's hope he lives long enough to fulfil his circus ambitions in a more appropriate context
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NewsEcobuild 2009 video report
Package of interviews from the major sustainability event in early March
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NewsRICS cuts jobs and freezes pay
Trade body's dropping revenues from advertising and events blamed for cost-cutting measures
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NewsLearning and Skills Council head quits
Mark Haysom resigns over continuing problems with £2.3bn college rebuilding programme
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NewsRenew Holdings to cut more jobs
Contractor issues profit warning and plans to cut capacity in specialist building division as outlook 'deteriorates'
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NewsView from my office: Jason Hyett
The Gleeds Gulf regional director sees lots of part finished towers, a 12 lane highway and an elevated metro line
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NewsTop tips on surviving a redundancy
Sadly, times are tough and getting tougher, which is why it is good to be prepared in case of redundancy
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News£2bn funding gap threatens wind farms
Credit crunch means major schemes with planning approval may not be built unless government steps in to help
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NewsStanhope beats London & Regional to £1bn Noho Square
Developer is last man standing in bid for luxury London scheme
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NewsBaqus profit down 23% as margins cut
Turnover rises 8% as consultant cuts margins to win work but next year's orders down