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FeaturesSorry, but these rules don’t work
Quantity surveyors are piling pressure on the Home Office to rethink the laws that are keeping foreign workers out of the UK – and sending some badly needed ones back home.
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NewsKelly to toughen standards in private rented sector
But critics argue that the introduction of a ‘level playing field’ could put off many investors
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Morrisons drops NG Bailey after YouTube stunts
Supermarket ‘steps back’ from 30-year relationship after workers’ pranks are shown on internet
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Olympic body puts 2012 contract tenders online
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has put the tendering process for 2,000 Olympic contracts online.
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NewsBioRegional beats Dunster to zero-carbon project
Developer wins chance to build London’s first zero-carbon development in the Royal Docks
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NewsODA wins Olympic village payback
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is to receive a profit share from house sales in the £4bn Stratford City scheme under a deal to be sealed within the next two weeks, write Sarah Richardson and David Blackman.
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NewsDesign Building's office in Second Life
If you’re fed up with the planning restrictions in the real world enter our competition to design a virtual Building office in Second Life
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NewsITV Granada steps closer to Salford move
Architects working on plans for the BBC’s new home in Salford have been asked to draw up designs for a Granada base on the site
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Isn’t it time for a little bit of discrimination?
Allowing overseas project managers and QSs to stay in the UK would be a surefire way of bridging Britain’s talent Gap
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NewsSMC regroups after profit warning and share plunge
Stewart McColl reassures investors by bringing in a City figure as executive chairman
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CommentBoth ends against the middle
Tony Bingham Is it the dispute decider’s job to pick one of the warring parties’ positions and declare it the right one? Or can they come up with a solution that neither party argued for?
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FeaturesLife, or something quite like it
Second Life is the virtual world that has its own businesses, currency and an exchange rate with real money. And where there’s real money, developers are never far behind. Katie Puckett steps ‘in-world’ as Katarina Rockett (she’s the one with the red bunches) to investigate the world’s first virtual construction ...
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Spending watchdog probes housebuilders’ performance
National Audit Office examines why industry is still falling short of output targets
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ITV Granada steps closer to Salford move
Architects working on plans for the BBC’s new home in Salford have been asked to draw up designs for a Granada base on the site.
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What the law says about legal costs
If you think you have to operate complicated rules on invoices and payments, spare a thought for your legal adviser, who is under all manner of statutory obligations and constraints
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NewsGalliford buys Linden – at last
Galliford Try initially pulled out of the race to buy Linden Homes last year because it thought it was up against too much competition.
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CommentVisas alone are not the answer
The RICS’ campaign to persuade the Home Office to relax the rules preventing overseas QSs staying in the UK is a no-brainer.
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M&S to launch debut eco store in Bournemouth
Willmott Dixon appointed main contractor on Reid Architecture-designed refurbishment
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Engineers drafted in to fix Ascot problems
Civil engineer McArdle Group and structural specialist Intelligent Engineering Solutions have been appointed by Ascot racecourse