More news – Page 2861
-
Comment
Observations on Beckett's first speech as housing minister: 2
There was one intriguing bit in Margaret Beckett's speech to the Housing Market Intelligence conference yesterday that baffled me at the time and I am glad to say baffled others.She said: "On land supply, there may be ways that we can reduce the risk to new developments, by bringing forward ...
-
Comment
Observations on Beckett's first speech as housing minister: 1
I spent yesterday at the Housing Market Intelligence conference in London. Naturally I found it excellent. Of course I would say that as I'm involved in it.Bias taken into account, here is just one of a many of observations from the conference.Margaret Beckett gave her first speech as the newly ...
-
Comment
Bright spots in the gloom says Experian's latest construction forecast
I've just received an email from James Hastings, head of construction futures at Experian Business Strategies with the latest forecast update attached.And, not a surprise, it was gloomier than the summer forecast, which then saw the industry overall stumbling rather than plunging into recession this year and next. It is ...
-
NewsContingency funds of £95m released for Olympic village
Credit crunch means 50% of finance needed has yet to be secured
-
NewsHow to... attract and retain staff
Employers need to challenge their staff and provide them with the right incentives to stay
-
-
-
NewsHOK reveals designs for Bahrain Water Garden City
Coastal scheme developed by Albilad Real Estate will have housing for 40,000 people
-
NewsVideo: On site at Dubai World Trade Centre with WSP
Building speaks to WSP associate director Bart Leclercq about progress on the redevelopment of the World Trade Centre area in Dubai
-
NewsCouncils to meet ministers over Icelandic banks crisis
Local authorities seek government aid and demand inquiry into faulty investment advice
-
NewsTop services tips that have saved one firm's clients £220,000
Consultancy shows how to fit a building's use to design for energy savings
-
NewsJobless total soars to 1.79m
Government makes £100m available to retrain workers who lose their jobs
-
NewsCommercial property slumps in Japan
IPD index shows returns to end June are just 8.4%, with capital growth at only 3.3%
-
News
Mitie found guilty after electrician dies
Mitie Engineering Services convicted of breaching health and safety legislation but individual managers acquitted
-
News
Docks manager in court over 'free' wall
Man charged with requiring contractor on supply depot construction to carry out free work at his home
-
News
Funding withdrawal halts £79m Penrith scheme
Lowther Manelli's New Squares scheme grinds to a halt after National Australia Bank pulls out
-
News
APC Trainer on... T067 with sample questions on cost reporting
The Project Financial Control and Reporting competence tests whether you can control costs once a project is on site
-
NewsHouse prices to fall by up to 10%, MPs told
But top economist says market will stabilise next year
-
NewsTaylor Wimpey appointment may bring forward refinancing deal
Christopher Rickard's banking experince could prove catalyst to talks
-
NewsLondoners wait over a decade for social housing, says report
Housing Corporation study finds two out of three families in temporary accommodation live in the capital