All Specialists articles – Page 18
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NewsAreva seeks suppliers for UK nuclear programme
Website aims to locate UK plant and engineering firms for nuclear alliance with Balfour Beatty
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NewsCaterpillar axes 20,000 jobs as profit slumps
Plant giant also plans factory closures as profit falls 32% despite record sales
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General Demolition parent names new chief exec
Geoff Taylor moves over from William Verry to head the General Group
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NewsBrighton roofer found guilty of corporate manslaughter
Colin Hooper convicted over fall that killed employee through inadequate safety
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CommentNow you’re asking for it: Performance bonds
Feeling the pinch and tempted to sign up to the harsh conditions of a performance bond? Read this first
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NewsHow to launch a business in a downturn
Ditching a steady job on the eve of recession: now there's a cunning plan! Why – and how – did he do it? Read the blog and find out…
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News'Boom time' in construction – for dispute resolution firms
Dispute settlement company Driver Group reports 43% increase in turnover last year
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NewsCornish builder goes into administration
John Nicholls Builders of Truro falls victim to credit crunch after 47 years of trading
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NewsElectrician sentenced for fraud
Maidstone worker who cheated creditors of £30,000 given suspended 51-week sentence
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NewsSafety act threatens bosses with prison
The Health and Safety Offences Act comes into force today, threatening company directors found responsible of work-related accidents with up to two years in prison
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Self-build 'could save 50,000 construction jobs'
Report claims government intervention could double self-build in a year
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NewsMore jobs go at JCB as orders plunge
Plant contractor blames lack of available credit among customers
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NewsDubai scheme gives boost to aluminium firms
Al Fajer's nine-tower Jumeirah Lakes Towers business centre orders £45m of aluminium and glass work
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NewsWelsh builder named as UK’s worst penny-pincher
Tightest Briton cleans house with tiny toy dustpan and uses each teabag three times
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NewsTower Hamlets council fined £15,000 after worker badly burned
HSE slams council and lighting contractor for ‘dreadful’ safety practice on lamppost installation
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NewsHSE prosecutes over fatal scaffold collapse in Milton Keynes
Three firms and one director face charges following worker's 2006 death on McAleer & Rushe site
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Styles & Wood names new non-exec chair
Fit-out specialist promotes senior independent director and audit committee chairman Jim Martin
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NewsHampshire firm fined for scaffolding injury
HSE blames failure to keep other workers clear of scaffold dismantling for injury by falling pole
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SMEs face 120-day payment wait
Subcontractors are having to wait more than 120 days for payment as the downturn hits construction supply chains, it has emerged.