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Limited clarification on TUPE
When can an employer change employees' terms and conditions of employment following a TUPE transfer? The answer remains hazy.
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PFI: the state of the art
The move from private finance initiative projects to public-private partnerships has thrown up innovative devices to free procurement from legal and commercial constraints.
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External affairs
Specifiers working on major projects have a wide choice of external envelopes available to them. What factors should they consider before making their decision?
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Merger mania
When HBG Construction was formed, three bespoke IT set-ups had to be integrated. How did IT services director Martin Brunning ensure that all systems were go?
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Happy hunting
Vivienne Packer of construction and property headhunter Alexander Hughes tells Nancy Cavill how to get noticed and what to do when you get the call.
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Appointments
Contractors David Corry has joined Højgaard & Schultz Construction as commercial director. David Wheeler has been appointed business development director at civil engineering and utilities contractor McNicholas. John Fidler has been appointed surveying director at Try Construction. Housebuilder Mike Killoran , group financial controller at Persimmon Homes, ...
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CITB fund to boost standards
The construction Industry Training Board is to spend more than £34m on a system of on-site skills assessment and training for up to 500 000 workers. Under the new system, which was launched this week, workers who have worked in construction without a formal qualification will be able to convert ...
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Specialists back CITB
Specialist ontractors this week welcomed the CITB's new on-site assessment initiative. Robbie Beattie, training officer for Birkenhead-based housebuilder Porterbuilders, which last year took on 19 apprentices, said the initiative would create more opportunities for training. Monitoring the process will be the key to its success, but I'm hopeful it ...
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NHBC under fire for failing to protect buyers
A leading housebuilder has called for changes to improve the tarnished public image of the National House Building Council, including league tables of housebuilders. John Callcutt, chief executive of Britain's 14th-largest housebuilder Crest Nicholson, said the NHBC must change the way it operates to pay more heed to the ...
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Eco-activists step up pressure on Persimmon
co-warriors urged to take a stand against green-belt development.
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Tesco loses building chief to rival John Lewis
Nigel Keen takes up position as deputy director of building at superstore's rival retailer
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BAA casts off architects after reshuffle
Airports operator BAA has axed Percy Thomas Partnership and Kohn Pedersen Fox from its list of preferred architects. The architects are the latest to be dropped as BAA whittles down its list of consultants. The client has already ditched four quantity surveyors and Bovis and Schal as construction managers. It ...
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UK slams Euro grout ban
A European move to ban the use of tunnelling and formation grouts has been met with a chorus of protest from UK contractors and consultants. Construction Confederation president Sir Martin Laing and chairman Alan Crane will head a delegation going to Brussels next week to lobby against the proposals. The ...
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Manchester ploughs ahead with stadium
Six shortlisted for £90m stadium despite rumours that Manchester City Council is facing a shortage of funding for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
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Allott & Lomax directors hand firm to staff
Employees' trust fund will gradually buy out shareholders and take on ownership of engineer.
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Servisair blasts Amey's 'inadequate' takeover bid
The takeover battle for airport services group Servisair heated up this week when the company accused Amey of trying to buy it on the cheap. Servisair's management dismissed Amey's "opportunistic" 200p a share offer in a defence document released this week. In it, chairman John Willis said: "[Amey's] ...
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Bank backs firm's one-stop shop
South Wales contractor Castleoak Construction, part of £25m-turnover Castleoak plc, has landed £30m of backing for a new venture from banking giant Credit Suisse First Boston. The £15m-turnover contractor has set up Castleoak Design Build Finance, a new company offering a one-stop building service for clients in the healthcare sector. ...
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Office market gloom
Survey for last quarter of 1998 shows confidence languishing at four-year low.
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Split mooted as buyers approach Swan Hill
The break-up of developer and housebuilder Swan Hill looked possible this week after the firm revealed that it had become a takeover target. The £88m-turnover company was asked to make a stock exchange announcement after a sharp rise in its share price led to speculation that a buyout offer had ...
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The City firm taking control of construction
It has £60bn at its disposal. If it wants to, it can sack the board, split the firm or sell it. And, more and more, it wants to. Meet Phillips & Drew Fund Management, harbinger of a new breed of investor.