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    Allen to sell construction arm after shock £13m loss

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Group to take on name of Speedy Hire business as it exits contracting to focus on equipment hire.

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    Talks held over Constructionline

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Talks have been held over the future success of the government's vetting body Constructionline.

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    Tube losers' compensation to rise

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    the four bidders for the £10bn part-privatisation of London Underground this week received letters believed to contain improved compensation offers

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    Victoria Station masterplan approved

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    A £300m masterplan to redevelop Victoria Station, central London, has been approved by Westminster City Council.

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    BDG McColl to focus on design

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    BDG McColl has closed its £5m-turnover design-and-build business to concentrate on design.

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    CPA calls for tax cuts

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    The Construction Products Association has called for the Treasury to cut VAT on all domestic repair and maintenance.

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    St Modwen profit up 16%

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    St Modwen Properties saw pre-tax profit jump 16% to £21.5m last year from £18.5m in 1999. Results for the year to 30 November 2000 also showed a net rental income increase of 14% to £22.5m in 2000, compared with £19.8m in 1999.

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    Pidgley rules out merger

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Berkeley chief executive Tony Pidgley has ruled his company out of the latest round of industry consolidation as any potential targets would be too expensive.

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    Audit office probes Treasury PFI

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    THE National Audit Office has launched an investigation into the £100m PFI redevelopment of the Treasury headquarters.

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    Mayor questions South Bank scheme

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Rick Mather's masterplan for the South Bank Centre has been called into question by London mayor Ken Livingstone.

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    CABE boss warns Leeds on design

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Jon Rouse, chief executive of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, this week called on Leeds to keep driving for better buildings.

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    Report sets rail fatality target

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    more than one in 10 000 railway workers die every year and trackside workers are exposed to similar risks as workers in construction, a Health and Safety Executive report has found.

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    Atkins lands education PPP

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    WS Atkins has been awarded the public–private partnership to take control of the London borough of Southwark's education authority.

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    Countryside scores hat-trick

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Developer Countryside Properties has been awarded three estate regeneration contracts.

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    BAA to run £2bn Terminal 5 project itself

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Client will project manage Heathrow Airport extension, taking on risk and forming management team.

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    CITB pleads for cash to combat skills crisis

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    The Construction Industry Training Board is calling for extra resources to combat the training and recruitment crises in the industry.

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    Change adjudication law, CIB tells Raynsford

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Construction Industry Board recommends banning companies from writing clauses to deter adjudication.

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    Morgan Sindall issues wake-up call to City

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Brokers support John Morgan's call for the City to value construction companies at their true worth.

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    Miletrian growth slows

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Profit and turnover growth at one of construction's star performers has fallen for a second year.

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    Tilbury Douglas to change name

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Contracting services specialist Tilbury Douglas is to break with more than a century of tradition and change its name.