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"Wrong tactics" by sellers stoke asking prices for homes
The rise in Rightmove's asking price index to a new record high is the result of out-of-touch discretionary sellers testing the spring market with unrealistic prices, according to the property website's commercial director Miles Shipside.Despite the almost overwhelming gloom in the market, Rightmove posted a rise of 1.2% in asking ...
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NewsArup proposes Eurostar extension to Heathrow
New line would extend high speed continental rail link to the north of England via a huge new transport hub at Heathrow
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FeaturesNeil Sachdev: Want to work for Sainsbury's? First stack some shelves ...
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s plans to spend more than £700m annually on growing its space by 10% over the next three years. But if you want to impress commercial director Neil Sachdev, you’ll need to know your way around the shop floor.
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CommentFirst impressions: Projects by Make and Sheppard Robson
Another veteran First Impression panellist, this time from Nottingham University, returns to comment on recent images of new projects on the Building website
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NewsChalcot estate: Altered towers
The refurbishment of a sixties north London estate could serve as a template as attention turns to cutting CO2 emissions from existing housing. Stephen Kennett reports
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NewsPlanning review: Teaching tortoise to gallop
The latest planning review aims to ‘weed out bureaucratic hurdles’. Jon Neale asked senior figures at every stage of the planning process to tell us exactly what is going wrong
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CommentLegal special: The OFT and us
Mark Jones and Victoria Slater kick off the analysis by explaining the background to the OFT’s interest in the building industry – which shows no signs of subsiding
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FeaturesThe plot to escape Erinaceous
When Britain’s fastest growing consultant began to fall apart, the firms it bought had to find a way to avoid sharing its fate. For seven months they fought a hidden war to save their lives. Sarah Richardson found out how six of them pulled it off
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CommentIt just gets worse
When the Office of Fair Trading accuses the supermarkets of price fixing, consumers don’t demand assurances at the checkout that the butter they’re buying has been fairly priced.
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NewsRedrow slashes staff by 15% as housing reservations halve
Housebuilder acts to cut costs and blames shortages of mortgages for paralysing market
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NewsEco-town faces challenge from Leicestershire council
Tory-led authority considers launching judicial review of government’s shortlisting process
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News‘Near’ zero-carbon house planned
Housebuilder Stewart Milne and Oxford Brookes University will carry out a full post-occupancy evaluation of its prototype house
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FeaturesProduct placement: Wolseley Sustainable Building Center
Wolseley has decided that the best way to market its sustainable products is to build a showroom out of them. But how well does the idea stand up?
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The tracker: On the cusp
There’s been negative sentiment in the construction industry for a while now, and Experian Business Strategies’ March survey does nothing to ease fears of a serious downturn
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Joint names insurance: Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions vs Rolls Royce Motor Cars
Rolls Royce Motor Cars Ltd built a new manufacturing plant in West Sussex. Tyco Fire & Integrated Solutions (UK) Ltd was contracted to provide fire protection services, including a sprinkler system.Unfortunately, during construction, one of the mains supply pipes burst and caused a flood, damaging both the construction works and ...
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CommentYour questions answered: Julia Barfield discusses design and BSF
Last month architect Julia Barfield took part in our webinar on Builidng Schools for the future, here she responds to questions sent in by readers at the time
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Your questions answered: Bidding for BSF schemes
After last month's Building Schools for the Future webinar, EC Harris' James Bowyer responds readers queries on tendering, whole life costs and resources
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NewsScrap tuition fees for engineers, says ACE
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering says that there must be incentives for students to enroll on courses