Construction's last word on G&T's cash bonanza, QSs in reality TV and London buses

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Confused over who pocketed the biggest wad of cash at Gardiner & Theobald? QS News confidently plumped for the incoming bigwig Simon Jones as the man to have earned a tasty three quarters of a million quid in 2004/05. Other reports claimed it was Peter Sanders, the soon to be retiring managing partner. It turns out we might have all been right. When control of the firm was handed down from former senior partner Michael Coates back in 1999 it was passed on to a quartet consisting of Jones, Sanders, Roger Fidgen and Colin Wyatt - the latter two have now moved on. They are all believed to have been on similar packages, hence the fact that the current controlling duo may well have been paid the same amount. Spare a thought for the two of them, though. Apparently when the firm was making profits pushing £15m earlier in the decade, the top earners at the firm were on seven figures. Hold the personalised Aston must be the cry from Bedford Square.

Davis Langdon stars in reality TV

Glad to see Davis Langdon doing its bit to spread the word globally on the importance of our profession. The firm's Asian arm Davis Langdon Seah is currently being filmed at its office and on site for a local documentary called Menara Impian.

Reports of UK boss Rob Smith auditioning to take part in Celebrity Big Brother 2007 have yet to be confirmed.

Double deckers transformed from workaholics to temporary home-makers

We are desperately trying to resist motoring puns as we bring you news of an intriguing project to convert a fleet of double decker buses into accommodation. The buses sleep five and will provide temporary digs for construction workers, emergency services and the homeless.

MDR Associates designed the interiors and Southeast Coach Works did the fit-out.

There. We did it, without so much as a tap on the accelerator that could have sent us hairing off down a road of hackneyed clichés.

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