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    Diploma to double intake

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Places on the construction and built environment diploma will be doubled for September 2009, under plans announced by the government.

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    Urban Splash plans hotel expansion

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Urban Splash has appointed architect Allford Hall Monaghan Morris to design the second hotel in its emerging hospitality division.

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    So that’s how it’s done

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Construction has begun on Eureka, a sustainable office building in Kent for developer Quadrant Estates.

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    The Pearl of Newquay

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Construction is about to start on this residential scheme on Newquay promenade in Cornwall.

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    Kinetics buys Rochdale fabric maintenance firm for £7m

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Maintenance contractor Kinetics Group has bought £20m-turnover fabric maintenance company Lord Group for an estimated £7m.

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    Cyril Sweett buys Nisbet

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Cyril Sweett has bought £7m-turnover consultancy Nisbet for £5.9m in shares and cash.

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    Sharewatch — Market buoyed by hints of US recovery

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Good news from the US meant housebuilders enjoyed a mini rally this week. US home sales rose for the first time in seven months in February – by 2.9% to just over 5 million. Although it was 24% down year on year, it prompted some to say the market had ...

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    Henry Boot calls for urgent cut in interbank lending rate

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Jamie Boot, group managing director of Henry Boot, says interbank lending rates must come down to give housebuilders some respite from the credit squeeze.

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    Eleco in confident mood after turnover and profit increase

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Timber-frame manufacturer Eleco is confident it will ride out the current financial downturn after posting a 36% rise in turnover for the six months to 31 December 2007.

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    OFT housing probe ‘will not consider planning’

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    The Office of Fair Trading has ruled out forcing a shake-up of the planning system as part of its investigation into the UK housing market.

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    2006 was best year for housebuilding in 20 years

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Almost 200,000 additional homes were created in England in 2006, the highest number for 20 years, according to the latest government figures.

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    Flint defends adaptable homes

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Housing minister Caroline Flint has defended the government’s decision to force housebuilders to make all new homes fit for older people to live in from 2013.

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    Greenwich à la Mode

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    This development of 207 homes on the Greenwich Peninsula regeneration site has been granted detailed planning permission.

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    The price of PFI

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Build costs for PFI social housing schemes are generally “significantly” more than those funded by traditional housing grant, a communities department study has found.

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    House prices stagnate

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    House prices rose 0.8% in March on the previous month according to Rightmove to an average of £239,655.

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    Guide to derelict land

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    English Partnerships has launched a guide on costing the remediation of contaminated and brownfield land, after the government announced further tax relief on derelict sites.

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    Gross lending down

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Gross lending declined in February, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

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    London Riverside

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    The London Thames Development Corporation has launched a document outlining plans for 10,800 homes and 17,000 jobs on the riverside in Barking, east London.

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    Rural investment

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    The Scottish Government spends £134 per person on rural housing, 10 times as much as the English Government, according to the National Housing Federation.

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    Cyril Sweett preferred bidder on £80m Scottish PPP scheme

    2008-03-27T17:12:00Z

    Consortium led by consultant will design, construct, finance and operate four new schools in Inverclyde