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Software alliance to supply housebuilders
Construction software firms Ramesys and RCS Construction Software have formed a partnership to supply housebuilders.
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Scottish body calls for cowboy horror stories
Trade body Scottish Building has stepped up its campaign against cowboy builders by calling on 20 local associations to provide evidence of bad practice.
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Eye catching
This colourful residential block, decorated with polka-dot glazed bricks, is part of a mixed-use scheme in Fulham, west London, for Manhattan Loft Corporation and Osborne group.
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Arup says new aid rules will freeze UK out of Balkans
Consultant's chief says failure to tie donations to purchase of UK services puts firms at disadvantage.
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Natural science
The Clyde's armadillo-shaped conference centre now has a slug-like Imax theatre on the opposite bank – just one of a trio of structures that form the Glasgow Science Centre.
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Regional gulf opens as growth of output slows
Study finds activity still soaring in London but stagnating in North-west and Scotland.
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Chairman of Costain quits
Costain, still searching for a new chief executive, has been rocked by the sudden departure of chairman Michael Beckett after only three months in the job.
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Artisan sells two firms to revive shares
Alternative Investment market-listed construction group Artisan is to sell two contracting businesses for £2.65m in an attempt to boost its share price.
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Rok plans South-east shopping spree
Exeter-based construction group Rok is eyeing acquisition targets in the South-east after doubling its share price in the past year.
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Blair's £19bn challenge
Labour has promised to double investment in schools, hospitals and transport in three years. The evidence suggests that this is going to be almost impossible to achieve – for government and industry.
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Colin Busby
The man who took Kier from buyout to billion-pound business in under 10 years — by playing it safe. We meet a model contractor.
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Pevsner at 50
The Buildings of England, published 50 years ago, was a triumph. Rather than telling us what to see, Pevsner freed us to see for ourselves
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The building in front is a Toyota
Smooth on corners, metal trim, roomy interior … Toyota's new Epsom headquarters is a nice little runner. We take it for a spin.
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Coventry united
You can take on a job three times larger than your turnover, with a little help from your friends. We find there is strength in numbers.
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Five tips for a hot business plan
Play by the rulesThere is an established way of writing a business plan. It should start with an executive summary, covering all aspects of the business, followed by these points in more detail. It should also include a marketing strategy, financial forecasts for the first two years and details of ...
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State your position
As Ray O'Rourke will find out, changing the underlying vision and direction of a business is a vast and difficult undertaking fraught with risk
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Blame the parents
An effective way to get results in a dispute with A subsidiary is to launch an action against its parent company on the basis of a parent company guarantee
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Do what you do
Fish swim, birds fly, dogs bark and politicians lie. Similarly, lawyers have a duty to fight a hopeless case, even if they know they will lose. But they can't lie