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NewsAre government green tax cuts enough?
Head of Gleeds Financial Services asks if the tax incentives are enough to encourage true eco-initiatives and returns for property occupiers and investors
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NewsNick Raynsford wins Personality of the Year Award
Last night's Building Awards 2008 ceremony honours former construction minister
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NewsSustainability TV: Jones Lang LaSalle interview part 2
Boss of global property outfit discusses what his firm is offering to clients to reduce their environmental impact
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine pre-tax profit drops 14%
Profit slump comes as contractor picked to build Olympic Stadium writes off £2.6m in 2007
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NewsContractors wanted for 2012 handball arena
ODA puts last permanent Olympic Park construction projects out to tender
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Draft Heritage Bill gives English Heritage new powers
EH director says Bill would ‘streamline decision-making process’
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Cost of zero carbon homes deters buyers
NHBC report says home buyers see low carbon features as 'deal-breakers'
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NewsIndustry leaders back immigrant workforce
Speakers at Building's Business Leaders Forum slam House of Lords committee finding that immigration had little benefit to the UK
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T5 lost bags sent by lorry to Milan
BA says sorting and delivery by Italian courier firm will be quicker for some baggage than waiting for space on flights from Heathrow
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Amec buys Rider Hunt International for £25m
Project services firm will continue as standalone operation
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NewsMortgage approvals hit 13-year low
Bank of England figures illustrate continuing decline in UK housing market
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NewsWSP buys Charterhouse Building Services for £2.4m
Consultant agrees acquisition of building services firm based in the South-east
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NewsBrown speaks up for migrants
Prime minister strongly rejects Lords' view that foreign workers do not benefit Britain
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NewsGreen housing policy leaves older homes out in the cold
Committee of MPs says focus on new-build homes has led to lack of action on energy efficiency of existing housing stock
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Buyers and sellers feel construction market shudder
If the RICS construction survey is a good indication of what the future may look like, then the monthly Purchasing Managers Index produced by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) tends to give a fair indication of the mood of the moment.So when the March results released today ...
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There may be trouble ahead
How worried should we be about the the findings by the surveyors body RICS in its latest construction market survey showing that the outlook for the industry is at its worst for a decade?The short answer is seriously concerned. But that is only a partial answer. It certainly does not ...
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Property outfit launches green wing
The new dedicated group of NB Real Estate will address political, social and business pressures relating to property management, head promises
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NewsEPCS: unresolved issues
While government has answered some of the outstanding confusion about EPCs in a January guidance, Andy Land, senior surveyor, CNP, raises some outstanding questions over the implementation of the certificates
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NewsGrowth in construction hits ten-year low
Credit crunch hits construction sector as growth in workloads fall to lowest levels for ten years
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HSC and HSE merge into one regulatory body
Health and Safety minister announces merger creating one organisation overseeing health and safety at work