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NewsBarratt uses £2.2bn deal to reinvent its brand
Company becomes Britain’s biggest housebuilder after Britain’s biggest housebuilding takeover, and in the process moves upmarket and enters the FTSE 100
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NewsMuck, brass and building
COMPANY FOCUS Venerable family contractor Seddon is embracing recycling and regeneration
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Cabe reveals worst housing designers
Bellway comes bottom of Cabe's list which judges the quality of housing designs among the top ten housebuilders
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What the Barratt deal means for the sector
Barratt’s purchase of Wilson Bowden enables it to regain the crown of Britain’s biggest housebuilder, which it lost last year to Persimmon.
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NewsMystery firms close in on Foster
Four private equity firms are circling Lord Foster’s practice, the second round of bids for which are due in by the end of the month.
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Make replaces URBED at 90 acre west London site
Urban planner is dropped after council objects to number of homes and lack of public transport
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NewsSuperstar architects unveil cultural vision for Abu Dhabi
Hadid, Gehry, Nouvel and Ando plan district of theatres and museums in Arab emirate
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Alfred McAlpine buys environmental consultant Enviros
Contractor and support services company Alfred McAlpine has bought UK environmental consultant Enviros Group for £30m.
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Bellway completions up 10%
Housebuilder Bellway has achieved 10% more completions in the past six months than in the same period last year.
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Former Morrison boss to lead Skanska strategic review
Skanska UK has appointed an executive vice president to its board to lead a strategic review of the business.
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Buy-to-let investors nab 70% of London homes
More than two-thirds of the capital’s new homes are being snapped up by investors, a Greater London Authority (GLA) study has revealed.
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NewsContest launched for zero-carbon communities
A government competition has challenged housebuilders to come up with proposals for zero carbon developments.
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NewsBuschow’s Hemel breakthrough
After a long battle, Buschow Henley has succeeded in securing planning permission for 56 affordable and shared ownership flats in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
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Community hospitals u-turn
It is understood that the government has scrapped a multimillion pound programme to build 50 community hospitals.
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Interserve sacks four bosses
Interserve has sacked four executives who were involved in last year’s discovery of a £25m black hole in its industrial services division.
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Research shows decimation of UK industrial job market
A report on industrial property, commissioned by agent GVA Grimley, highlights changes in the sector over the past 20 years.
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Galliford in talks
Galliford Try demonstrated its appetite for growth this week as it announced that it was in talks to buy southern housebuilder Linden Homes for about £200m.
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Capita offices evacuated after letter bomb
Capita Group’s head office was evacuated on Monday after a woman was injured by a letter bomb.
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NewsBennetts into Europe
Bennetts Associates has landed its first win in an architectural competition outside the UK.
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FeaturesDealer’s choice
As head of joint ventures at HBOS, Bruce Anderson has been busy building up stakes in housebuilders, and now has his sights set on Crest Nicholson. But if he’s right that in a few years’ time there’ll be only three housebuilders left, he may have the chance to spend more ...