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The IT manager and former travel rep tells Elaine Knutt why you can change direction without getting in a spin.
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Goodall’s mystery backer revealed
Andy Ruhan, son-in-law of Birmingham tycoon Roy Richardson, provides up to £8m for McAlpine stake.
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Planning delays hit Beazer results
Top three housebuilder sees profit rise just 3% after problems getting on site.
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WSP aiming for £150m turnover
Consulting engineer WSP is aiming for a turnover of £150m within two years after announcing that it is on course to hit its previous target of £100m by the millennium. WSP made a record interim pre-tax profit of £3m for the six months to 30 June 1999, 34% higher than ...
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New inquiry begins into Millennium Village fiasco
Greenwich jury wants to know who was to blame for downgrading of innovation targets on 2000 project.
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Morrison battles for role on £160m Liverpool scheme
Contractor to organise meeting with developer after Court of Appeal blocks city council plan for site.
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Kvaerner issues £12m writ over Scots factory
Kvaerner Construction is suing wood-based panel manufacturer Egger UK for the £12m it claims it is owed for building a £55m factory in Scotland.A Kvaerner spokesperson said: “We have issued a writ and it is to resolve the final account with the client. I doubt it will go any further ...
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Electricians threaten strikes over ‘rubbish’ JLE pay deal
Workers on troubled Tube line set to reject deal that gives a 26% wage rise but takes away other benefits.
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Steel erectors plan London overtime ban
Steel erectors are set to step up pressure over pay by banning overtime on London sites from 20 September.Projects likely to be hit include the Millennium Dome, HSBC’s Canary Wharf headquarters, the Merrill Lynch building in the Square Mile and St Catherine’s House in Kingsway, central London.The workers, who staged ...
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Inquiry into sagging roof at Midlands station
But project team insists competition-winning structure is behaving exactly as predicted.
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Demolition firm fined for deaths
Demolition contractor Keltbray has been fined £200 000 after two men fell to their deaths on a site in the City of London. Judge Elfer, who heard the case at Southwark Crown Court, said the Holborn-based firm was guilty of a gross breach of safety rules. The judge added that ...
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Agencies ‘at centre of Railtrack inquiry’
The British Transport Police investigation into Railtrack is believed to centre on the use of labour agencies in its London and South-east station regeneration programme.Police refused to name companies raided last month as part of the inquiry into alleged fraud and corruption, but it is understood that commercial groups hiring ...
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Report finds HAs racist
A report commissioned by the Housing Corporation has found housing associations guilty of “deeply ingrained patterns of institutional racism” in their attitude towards ethnic minority employees.The report, which is due to be published in mid-autumn, was compiled by researchers from the universities of Salford, Lincolnshire and Humberside. The researchers ...
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Industry presses Brown for 5% VAT
Sir Martin Laing urges chancellor to cut VAT rate on repair and maintenance work in battle against cowboy builders.
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Snapshots show dome zones on target for 2000
Views from the site reveal the millennium exhibition taking shape with 16 weeks to go to opening.
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Mansell plans international growth
Private company eager to break out of traditional role and form strategic alliances to meet client needs.
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Taylor Woodrow promises jam – but later
Taylor Woodrow chief Keith Egerton claims that a series of high-rise residential completions in the second half of 1999 will lift the group’s year-end figures dramatically above the interim results announced on Tuesday. Pre-tax profit was up only 6% to £51m for the six months to 30 June; however, Egerton ...
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Profit sinks 38% as Mace reorganises
Chief executive puts profit fall down to move to new headquarters and investment in new services.