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Golden Gordon
Gordon Brown's pre-budget report has particular tax consequences for small and medium-sized businesses. Here's a round-up of what the chancellor is about to do for your economic well-being.
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Foreign parts
Tired of rainy days and grey skies? How does a job in the Caribbean sound? Here are some hints to get you going.
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Appointments
Contractors Refurbishment and fit-out specialist Higgins City has appointed Simon Baker senior contract surveyor and Steve Pritlove contract surveyor.EBC Group has appointed Peter Griffin as a non-executive director. Richard Gunning has been appointed area director in Bristol.Graham Cocking has been promoted to managing director of the building division of Norwest ...
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Site death toll surge puts industry on spot
Ministers set to lay down the law at crisis meeting after HSE figures show 59% jump in deaths.
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Three vie for one of UK's worst estates
Shillam + Smith, PRP Architects and HTA Architects in frame to win £70m 10-year redevelopment of deprived east London estate.
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White paper signals start of urban renaissance
Government announces a five-year regeneration timetable in an attempt to stem urban exodus.
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Eden Project co-founder files £5.5m writ
THE co-founder of the £80m Eden Project, which includes the world's largest greenhouse near St Austell in Cornwall, this week spoke of his anger after filing a £5.5m writ against his former partners.
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Picketts Lock stadium is 'still on track' for 2005
THE Lee Valley Regional Park Authority insisted this week that the Picketts Lock stadium in north London was still on target, despite scepticism about the project.
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MOD may go for fewer, bigger deals
Defence Estates considers cutting the number of regional construction and repair packages from 13 to as few as six.
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Berkeley withdraws from £100m Rochester scheme
Housebuilder pulls out of flagship regeneration project after failing to agree a price with Medway council.
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Health PFI to total £2.3bn over two years
A further 18 PFI hospital schemes worth a total of £2.3bn will be advertised over the next two years, said health secretary Alan Milburn.
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£110m to be spent on St Pancras Chunnel project
CONTRACTS worth £110m to convert St Pancras station into London's second Channel Tunnel terminus were advertised this week.
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Deputy mayor slams London housing design
Nicky Gavron calls for innovations and higher density in a stinging attack on architects.
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Building group journalists honoured in awards
Jo Smit, editor of Building's sister magazine Building Homes, and former Building business editor Dominic White have been honoured in two prestigious magazine awards.
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Churchfield director quits after 10 months
Martin Tidd leaves interiors specialist after it puts plans to enter London new-build market on back burner.
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Fairview MBO offer rejected as too low
HOUSEBUILDER Fairview Holdings' plan for a management buyout hit another snag this week when independent directors rejected an offer of 175p a share as too low.
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Industry divided over Brown's tax concessions
Industry gives mixed reception to the chancellor's changes to the tax regime for contractors.
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RMC looks forward to savings of £50m
Materials company RMC this week said it expected to make better than expected saving from its strategic review, first announced in September.