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NewsInspace to float on AIM in May
Wilmott Dixon will raise around £30m floating its support services business on the Alternative Investment Market.
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Enterprise buys Strategem for 12m
Support services group will pay £7.5m upfront for Strategem and Structural Change Consultants.
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LDA urged to shun foreign firms for Olympic contract
British consultants hoping to win 2012 Games project management job say overseas firms should not win.
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NewsFraud case against Bickerton seven may collapse
Doubts raised over whether Serious Fraud Office probe into failure of Hertfordshire contractor will go to trial.
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NewsStyles & Wood plans to double turnover to £300m
Fit-out specialist sets out options for expansion and restructuring on the back of strong 2004 results
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Fraud case against Bickerton seven may collapse
Doubts raised over whether Serious Fraud Office probe into failure of Hertfordshire contractor will go to trial
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Savills: No housing market boost from stamp duty cuts
Estate agent says Labour and Tory plans to cut stamp duty would have no lasting benefit
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Big three ready to take first bite at £400 million contract
Contractors prepare their bids for first phase of flagship development.
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Comment
The perils of not mediating
Burchell, a small builder, entered into a contract to build two extensions to the home of Mr and Mrs Bullard in Bournemouth. The contract provided for four stage payments. Burchell submitted his claim for the third stage payment, but the Bullards refused to pay alleging that some of Burchell’s work ...
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LDA urged to shun foreign firms for Olympic contract
British consultants hoping to win 2012 Games project management job say overseas firms should not win
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Bovis resolves foreign labour dispute at BBC site
Contractor holds emergency talks after labour agencies threaten to sue UCATT over unfair treatment allegations.
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OGC hires director to overhaul procurement
The Office of Government Commerce has appointed a construction director to manage its overhaul of public sector procurement.
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NewsTwo vie for stock exchange job
The shortlist to redevelop the former home of the London Stock Exchange is understood to have been whittled down to Bovis Lend Lease and Sir Robert McAlpine.
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NewsBuilding readers back Conservatives in survey
Conservative Party takes 3.5% more votes than Labour, despite support for government’s construction policies
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Sri Lankan conflict blocks tsunami reconstruction
British firms ‘frustrated’ by funding dispute between government and Tamil Tigers in north and east of country
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NewsBuilding readers back Conservatives in survey
Conservative Party takes 3.5% more votes than Labour, despite support for government’s construction policies.
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FeaturesThe quiet american
The winner of this year’s Building Award for Chief Executive of the Year is Charles Banks, boss of materials firm Wolseley – a man whose calm manner belies his amazing track record and aggressive hunt for acquisitions.
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Head for the hills
This month, Experian Business Strategies predicts that construction growth will continue its slowdown – and explains why it’s better to be working in Yorkshire or the North than London