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Costa bundle
Forward funding agreements for property in Spain are almost as popular as beach resorts. But you'd better know how Spanish law treats them or risk paying out
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FeaturesHot stuff: Top 10 industry issues
We run down the juiciest topics of conversation in the industry this year
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FeaturesThe best of what happened
Here's a month-by-month summary of the biggest news stories to catch our eye throughout the year
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Simon's saga, part two
His credentials in construction law were impeccable, his experience undeniable, his preparations unquestionable. Here's how his home improvement went down the pan
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CommentWonders & blunders
Ben Schott likes nothing better than a glass of dry sherry in Barry's Reform Club, but the London Eye gives him a funny turn
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NewsFury as DTI rules out probe of Ballast Nedam directors
Victims of Ballast collapse express outrage as government says its hands are tied over activities of Dutch parent
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NewsBattersea gets powered up
Bovis Lend Lease has been appointed construction manager for the largest private urban regeneration scheme in the UK at Battersea power station, south London.The £600m scheme, developed by Parkview International, has received detailed planning permission and involves building over an area of 515,000 m2 on a 15 ha site. The ...
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NewsBreaking China
British architect Zaha Hadid, in association with long-standing collaborator Patrik Schumacher and Urban Design consultant Ricky Burdett, has completed the masterplan for the 32.5 ha SoHo China development in Beijing, China. The plan combines exhibition, residential and green spaces, and aims to create an alternative urban heart for China's capital. ...
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Prescott sets out his stall for town centres
Retailers are to be encouraged to develop in town and city centres under a revised planning policy statement issued by deputy prime minister John Prescott.
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NewsA Shoreditch thing
Merritt Design Partnership, in association with Emmerson Architects, has received planning consent from Hackney council for a mixed-use scheme in Shoreditch, next to Hoxton station on the future East London line extension. The scheme will include 98 residential units and 5778 m2 of floor space for offices. Hackney council has ...
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RICS confirms merger talks
The RICS confirmed this week it was in talks to merge with the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors.
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Brown delays revised CIS tax scheme until 2006
Chancellor Gordon Brown has postponed the introduction of a revised version of the CIS tax scheme because of technical difficulties.
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NewsCrest of a development wave
Crest Nicholson's masterplan for the mixed-use Harbourside regeneration scheme in Bristol has received detailed planning consent by Bristol council. The scheme is to include the Waterfront building, designed by Bristol architect Fitzroy Robinson, which will be a five-storey office building.The masterplan for the Harbourside redevelopment is to include a total ...
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NewsBroker's notes: Exchange of presence
Ho ho ho! It's Christmas. I realise that you, dear reader, were probably aware of this festive development, but I do get rather excitable at this time of year.
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Away with the danger
In this month's industry overview, Experian Business Strategies reports that pre-Christmas growth has been as stable as the nativity scene, and is expected to remain so into the new year
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Review of the year - 2003
2003 brought 12 months of drama, boardroom rivalry, epic overruns, and ballooning budgets. If you feel like you missed some of the action, our blockbusting review of the year will fill in the gaps