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Industry: cut VAT to dampen house prices
Treasury officials will be urged by the construction industry to cut VAT on domestic repair and maintenance work to help solve the problem of spiralling house prices.
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MDA under fire over deal
Shareholders at the former holding company of QS MDA have raised concerns over the restructuring of the firm, which led to the group being put into administrative receivership.
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Redrow boosts Tay’s margins
Redrow has raised margins at Tay Homes, which it bought in January, from 6% to 16%. Chief executive Paul Pedley said this had been achieved by reducing Tay’s cost base from £6m per year to £1m through redundancies and office closures.
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WSP: Falling shares rule out imminent purchase
WSP chief executive Chris Cole has ruled out an acquisition in the near future because of the group’s falling share price.
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Another case of the PFI blues
When it rains it pours – at least for troubled support services firm Amey, which has lost yet another senior manager this week. So what's going wrong?
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Foreign agents
Jonald Vos, recruitment consultant at Hays Montrose International Executive, gives advice on how to take those first steps in the overseas recruitment market
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NewsFoster called back to save Elephant & Castle scheme
Council backtracks and asks architect to return five months after it was kicked out along with its consortium.
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NewsWimpey deal to buy Laing Homes fails to materialise
Disappointed City cuts share price of the firms after they do not announce sale at their interim results meetings.
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Comment
Life should mean life
What's the point in paying for long-life products if you can't sue when they fail after the limitation period? Not much – but fortunately, a new law is on the way
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FeaturesAfter the fall
A year after the day that everybody said would change everything forever, we have apparently returned to business as usual. But, as Matthew Richards reports, the commercial and psychological trauma of 11 September is still very much with us
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NewsBBC suspends decision on £200m Broadcasting House
Corporation still split between construction managers Schal and Bovis Lend Lease for high-profile scheme.
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NewsAmec shares slump after profit falls to £12.3m
Contractor announces disappointing half-year results after restructuring costs knock £15.7m off bottom line.
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FeaturesPure genius
Having made his millions with his own construction firm, Irishman John Fleming now wants to become the UK's biggest supplier of prefab housing. But he's prepared to make us wait until his system is perfect …
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TRAK eyes up collapsed contractor Swallow
Regional contractor TRAK Construction has emerged as the frontrunner to buy Swallow Construction after the £40m-turnover Northamptonshire firm collapsed last week.
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Cambridge may slash spending by one-third
Cambridge University is to review its building and maintenance programme after it predicted revenue deficits over the next three years.
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Terminal 5 must have union official on site, says UCATT
Call comes after breakdown in talks between construction unions and Laing O’Rourke over workers’ pay.
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NewsMPs: London does not need tall buildings
Select committee report says high-rise towers do not make best use of space or prevent urban sprawl.
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National Trust presses ahead with £50m housing scheme
Redrow and Bryant to build 650-home development in Cheshire – 25 years after it was first suggested.