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    Warings falls £161k into red

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Warings fell into the red in 2007 with a pre-tax loss of £161,000 on the back of £81m turnover.

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    Dutch disappointment

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Profit at Dutch builder Heijmans fell by a third in 2007 to £42.5m, compared with £62m in 2006.

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    FM business bought

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Europa Support Services has bought the facilities management arm of United Utilities for an undisclosed sum.

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    Broadway profit soars

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Turnover at Broadway Malyan jumped 31% to £41.1m in the year to 30 April 2007.

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    Hammerson’s plunge

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Pre-tax profit at Hammerson fell from £792.4m to £110.4m in the year to 31 December 2007 after a £457m writedown on its portfolio.

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    Norwest in North-east

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Norwest Holst has bought Newcastle upon Tyne contractor Gordon Durham for an estimated £5m.

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    Minerva makes loss

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Property group Minerva made a pre-tax loss of £114.5m in the six months to 31 December 2007, down from a profit of £15.4m last year.

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    Aye, there’s the hub

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Feilden Clegg Bradley has won a competition to design the London Greenhouse, a 70,000ft2 building that will act as a “hub” for research into environment issues.

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    ‘Sacrifices must be made’ to hit environmental targets

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    The government will have to choose between meeting green objectives and other aspirations, the chief executive of housebuilder Crest Nicholson told the EcoBuild conference.

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    User manuals for green homes

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Home buyers should not be able to buy a zero-carbon house without guidance about how to live in it, according to the head of the National House Building Council.

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    Six in running for £2.5bn east London estate regeneration

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Six bidders are in the running to build a £2.5bn flagship regeneration scheme near the Olympics site in east London.

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    GLA calls for buy-to-let reform

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    The planning system needs to make “build-to-let” developments more attractive to institutional investors, according to a report out today.

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    Linden regional boss

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Chris Coates, the former managing director of Linden Homes in the South-east is to leave Galliford Try, the firm that took over Linden in March last year.

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    Tescos Wear plan

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is in talks with Sunderland council over proposals for a retail park to the north of the river Wear.

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    Atomic Zog

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    English Partnerships has appointed Zog Brownfield Ventures (ZBV) to redevelop its Atomic Energy Technology Centre in Dorset.

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    Moseleys accord

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Moseley & District Churches Housing Association will join the Accord Housing Group in the autumn.

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    Zero-carbon deal

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Inbuilt Consulting and Ecofirst Consult will provide sustainability advice to Gladedale Consortium on its bid to build a zero-carbon community of 450 homes in Peterborough.

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    Big plans for Brum

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Birmingham council unveiled its regeneration plans to developers this week.

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    Fit for a king (and The Guardian)

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Kings Place, a limestone-clad building that will house a public concert hall, sculpture gallery and the offices of The Guardian, is nearing completion.

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    Trade unions express amazement as ODA rejects T5 pay deal

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Unions have expressed amazement at the Olympic Delivery Authority’s refusal to adopt the same pay deal offered to electricians at Heathrow Terminal 5.