All articles by Roxane McMeeken – Page 2
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FeaturesCrouching tiger: Buying a business in China
Tempted to get a foothold in China by buying a business there? It’s a strategy that can pay dividends, but is strewn with hidden dangers
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NewsQatar launches £28bn rail mega project
Scheme includes high speed link between Doha and Bahrain
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NewsTop 250 consultants: Make sure your firm is on the list
If you want to appear in Building’s annual league table of construction consultants, here’s what to do…
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UAE's Sharjah in mega regeneration scheme
Emirate follows neighbouring Dubai and Abu Dhabi with 25-year construction project
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FeaturesFate of firms taken over by Erinaceous: To fight another day
The companies taken over by ’one-stop consultant’ Erinaceous, aka the exploding hedgehog, have spent two years struggling to safety. Roxane McMeeken reports live from the front line
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FeaturesRICS recession survey: The sum of all our fears
Well, the surveyors are worried, anyway. After a year of increasing optimism, they now predict more redundancies, less work and greater pressure on margins. So is construction heading for a double-dip recession
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NewsDispute on Dubai's Burj causes fit-out firm loss
UAE interiors specialist blames £18m H2 loss on claim relating to world’s tallest tower
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NewsDubai's Deyaar could drop Flamingo Creek
Developer reports £43m loss for second quarter of 2010 admidst concerns over scheme within The Lagoons
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Dubai's expats adjust to life in the slow lane
Visiting Dubai last week, one of the most noticeable differences from previous trips was that I managed to reach all my meetings on time.Gone are the days of sitting in static queues of nose to nose SUVs frantically tapping the blackberry trying to reschedule meetings.Dubai has clearly slowed since the ...
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Government burglars
As Brian Green points out in his column on drumming up work, the government has pretty much kept the industry in business during the recession. About 40% of construction work undertaken in Britain is bought by the taxpayer, compared with 31% in the days when Northern Rock was just a ...
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Stop kicking Dubai
I am fed up of people gloating about Dubai going belly up. Rod Liddle’s piece in the Times this weekend said nothing new and got certain facts wrong. The piece is a prime example of the Dubai baiting that’s been done to death lately.The worst thing about the article is ...
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Education is flourishing
It was uplifting to see so many fantastic examples of school design recognised at the awards last night hosted by the British Council for School environments. Also great to share the upbeat mood of those in a sector that is still flourishing – for now at least – who ...
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