All Specialists articles – Page 14
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NewsGovernment U-turn on Part L provokes industry fury
Plan to force homeowners to include eco measures in home improvements dropped at last minute
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FeaturesEscos: One of our team is missing
Whatever happened to energy service companies, responsible for on-site renewables? Their near-disappearance is bad news for low-carbon development
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NewsInvestors flock to Styles & Wood share issue
Share placement as part of fit-out firm's refinancing operation is 43% oversubscribed
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NewsContractors invited to prison suppliers' day
National Offender Management Service event will inform firms about prison construction and maintenance
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NewsTalks delayed over striking refinery building workers
Unions to meet employers on Thursday to discuss dispute over sacking of 647 striking workers at Lindsey plant
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NewsTotal urges dialogue over refinery walkout
Lindsey oil refinery contractors encouraged to talk to unions over sacking of 647 construction workers
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NewsTwo-thirds of construction SMEs expect upturn
Survey reveals most small businesses are optimistic after worst six months ever experienced
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NewsEurolift (Towercranes) fined over crane collapse deaths
Case against second plant firm involved in incident is adjourned after it goes into administration
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FeaturesStuck in the middle: it’s a hard life for medium-sized contractors
When you’re too big to be small, and too small to be big, life can be very inconvenient – as Britain’s medium-sized contractors are finding out. Roxane McMeeken reports on their predicament
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NewsRecovery hopes boosted by plunge in helpline calls
Sudden fall in number of smaller firms seeking help on employment issues cheers industry bodies
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Plan to cut court bills on trial in Birmingham
A scheme to reduce the price of going to court for smaller builders is being tested at Birmingham’s branch of the Technology and Construction Court
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FeaturesCould it be magic? Take That's stage set
Well, with its giant mechanical elephant, big top and 10m-high puppet ringmaster, Take That’s new show is certainly surreal. But who designs and builds this sort of stuff? Thomas Lane went behind the scenes at the fastest-selling show in UK pop history
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NewsSMEs owed £2.5bn of late payment
Figures released by Barclays show customer and supplier payment delays cost £1,200 per business
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NewsODA advertises 2012 park landscaping contract
Work will include concourse connecting venues, soft and hard landscaping and demolition, construction and maintenance of post-Games development
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NewsM&E firms lend out staff to save jobs
Consultants in the M&E sector are being seconded to contractors as firms go to increasing lengths to avoid redundancies
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NewsBouygyes UK fined £18,000 after carpenter's 5m fall
HSE slates contractor's 'poorly supervised and inadequately trained system of harnessing'
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NewsPlumbers most likely to offer green advice
More than eight in 10 plumbers would offer advice on environmental efficiency, says new survey
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NewsSpecialists vent anger at 'bullying' contractors
Specialist contractors have demanded a meeting with the UK Contractors’ Group over allegation
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NewsProfit up 4% at plumbing group BSS
Preliminary results also show 4% rise in turnover at plumbing and mechanical ventilation firm
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NewsSubcontractors to make millions from M25 road deal
Thirty five multi-million pound packages will be let as part of the £1.2bn build cost of widening and improving the M25