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Opening doors
I am a second-year occupational therapy student at Coventry University. I am interested in receiving information regarding door access for some coursework
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CommentPulling a fast one
My, some folk have been quick off the mark this year: the government on high-speed rail, Masdar on its zero-carbon accounts, Bellway’s boss on getting to work, and nearly all Dubai on Dubai’s great ‘secret’
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FeaturesMission: impermanent - Atkins' Olympics
Good afternoon Mr Atkins. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to design, procure and build 98 competition venues, operation centres, drug testing clinics, flag storage areas and training grounds complete with power, water and security … Airport and station extensions must be added as and when required. ...
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … Balfour Beatty’s birthday
The cold snap hasn’t broken yet and I’m shivering beneath the magnificent arch at the entrance to the Natural History Museum.
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Keepmoat profit soars 25%
Social housing group Keepmoat has announced that profit rose by a quarter from £20.8m to £25.9m in 2008.
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Profit drops but turnover jumps to £10.1m at Hopkins
Hopkins Architects has posted a 4% fall in pre-tax profit from £1.82m to £1.75m in the year ended 31 March 2008.
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Barratt debt down
Barratt reduced its net debt by £230m to £1.42bn at 31 December 2008, according to a trading update.
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Aukett turnover rises
Architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson boosted turnover by 14% from £19.7m to £22.6m in the year to 30 September 2008.
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Sweett appointment
Cyril Sweett has appointed Chris Goscomb, its present treasurer, finance director.
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Services firm bought
Hurley Palmer Flatt has bought Glasgow engineering services group Atco Consulting for an undisclosed sum.
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The tracker: A very slight improvement
The good news is that the industry’s activity index grew by two points in November. The bad news is that this only took it to 35. Experian Business Strategies reports on continued industrial decline
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NewsLevel best
A planned development of 34 homes in south London could be among the first large schemes to reach level five of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
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Cowboy agents should be publicly shamed, says report
Rogue property companies should be named and shamed, a report commissioned by the government says
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Gosport regeneration
A £140m regeneration programme for the Rowner estate in Gosport, Hampshire, has been submitted for planning permission.
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Local labour boost
Councils should make better use of planning agreements to secure jobs for local people, MPs have said.
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HCA appointment
The former chairman of Lend Lease Europe has been appointed to the government’s new housing agency
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NewsCitywatch: Strange but true …
… last month Barratt and Taylor Wimpey both outperformed the FTSE 100. Some may argue that when your share price is so low, any slight movement will produce a big percentage swing
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CommentGet the mechanics right
The delays to the Learning and Skills Council’s £5bn programme to upgrade further education colleges is a stark reminder of the reality gap between the government’s desire to accelerate public programmes and its ability to actually make this happen
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NewsThe bright lights of Norfolk
Great Yarmouth council has given the green light to a £35m leisure complex, designed by architect ColladoCollins.