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New role for Crosby
Sir James Crosby, the former chief executive of HBOS, is to chair the Northern Private Investment Commission, a new body to promote business investment in northern England.
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NewsArup called in at Camden
The owner of Camden’s Canal Street market has called in Arup to advise it on damage caused by a fire last weekend.
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Tubelines fears ‘knock-on effects’ of £2bn Metronet bill
Tubelines has voiced concerns that funding for the tube upgrade will be cut after it emerged that the government will have to spend £2bn to bail out rival consortium Metronet.
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NewsThe eve of Adamstown
The £300m mixed-use centre of Adamstown, Ireland's only independent new town, has been submitted for planning approval by London urban designer Metropolitan Workshop and Irish developer Castlethorne Construction.
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Ken Shuttleworth set to act as design champion on Crossrail
Crossrail has targeted Ken Shuttleworth to be a design champion for the £16bn project.
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Phase one rolls into Birmingham
Building is hosting another networking party for construction professionals in the first 10 years of their careers.
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CommentA done deal, but is it a good one?
Carillion boss John McDonough can’t be beaten for chutzpah.
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FeaturesThe evolving QS
With flotation looking distinctly iffy – as Turner & Townsend realised last week – cost consultants are looking for other ways to expand and survive.
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City sources put cost of delayed T&T flotation at £1m
Turner & Townsend’s shelved flotation cost the consultant £1m, City sources say.
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NewsSharewatch — Analysts lost for words as ‘yo-yo effect’ causes havoc
Yet another week of share price volatility saw analysts struggling to find fresh ways to describe the market.
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CommentLight relief
Housing ministers, newspaper photographers and 7ft rats are left floundering in the dark, while the bright lights of the Sheds conference attract a merry horde of musicians, pranksters and talking frogs
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NewsThink event assesses sustainability in a slowing market
Shadow Liberal Democrat chancellor Vince Cable and UK Green Building Council chief executive Paul King consider tough business and Government choices at Think Tank breakfast event
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NewsI'm on the phone!
Standing on a public phone box is certainly a novel way to access overhead wire cables...
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NewsConstruction prices rise in 2007 despite credit crunch
Davis Langdon report indicates 6% price rise in Greater London with further rise in City office development
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NewsCupid takes aim as architects meet developers on a speedy date
Can architects and developers ever fall in love? RIBA and Cabe's evening of speed dating revealed the answer
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NewsEC Harris wins contract for Romanian shopping centre schemes
Consultant cost and project manager on four giant stores worth £223m
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NewsEC Harris launches rescue service for property investors
New service promises better returns for investors in challenging UK market
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Is Prince Charles igniting a civil war?
When is an eco house not an eco house? When Prince Charles builds one. Or so the boffins at the BRE would have us believe.