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NewsLow cost eco-housing on show at Interbuild
Birmingham exhibition to showcase offsite affordable housing which costs £60,000 per unit as well as timber-framed Code Level 5 house
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Comment
OFT must act to stop suicidal bidding in the face of recession
If Mervyn King says we are about to head into recession, frankly it's pretty much a done deal.No matter how much the Government says it wants to protect construction, in reality there is only so much it can do. The industry is heading for recession, if it is not already ...
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NewsSpiderman strikes again
He may have a hard hat and hi-viz jacket, but will that help him scale a concrete pile?
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NewsRecruitment firms accused of price fixing
OFT accuses recruitment companies of breaching competition law in supply of candidates to construction firms
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NewsGovernment housing measures hurt market
Housebuilders say small government initiatives make buyers delay purchase
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Construction worked killed in New York state
Safety violations are suspected at site after excavation collapse leaves 20-year-old dead
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NewsUK leads world in offshore wind power
But more funds needed to meet future targets, energy leaders warn
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Northamptonshire contractor goes into administration
Mainland Construction Group calls in administrators and tries to sell plant arm while closing construction and civil engineering divisions
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NewsGovernment to pay small firms in 10 days
Mandelson announces pledge as part of package to aid small businesses through hard times
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Construction in Poland hit by global recession
Decline in foreign investment has resulted in construciton projects being shelved
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US crane accident kills another construction worker
Welder killed after being hit by swinging boom and falling 8m
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NewsLiverpool student wins contest with fish'n'chip shop design
Architecture student inspired by fish’n’chips and tea rooms scoops first prize for ’quintessentially British’ pier at New Brighton
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NewsRussian war sparks Georgian development crisis
Lending restrictions in wake of conflict have slashed development activity
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NewsLow housing demand shuts insulation plant
Knauf takes St Helens factory offline after demand from housebuilders drops
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NewsSmall builders count on Cameron's support
FMB chief reports 'very positive' meeting with Tory leader on helping small contractors
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NewsBloor sells excess units to housing association
First housebuilder takes up government offer to part-fund transfer of unsold homes to public sector
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News£44k fine after builder paralysed in fall
HSE highlights need for height risk assessment after man falls two storeys on site
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NewsYorkshire firm has high hopes for 'incredible' material
Recycled plastic can pass for steel, cement or wood
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Comment
New depths reached in housing market sales
The latest statistics from HM Revenue & Customs show that new record lows have been plumbed by sales in the UK housing market.On a seasonally adjusted basis, sales in September dropped to just 38% of the peak level reached in December 2006.Taking a broad brush view, it would seem that ...
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Comment
Is this the worst time to be "more relaxed"?
I am sure I will not be the only one who draws this parallel. But I suspect it is a classic illustration of why credibility matters in both politics and economics.George Bush on the US economy, October 2008: "I have heard that people's attitudes are beginning to change from a ...