Highways Agency: "We are spending fiscal stimulus cash"
Posted: 30 September 2009Highways Agency chiefs have hit back at claims that fiscal stimulus cash is not being spent on the nation's road network.
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Recruitment agencies fined £40m for price fixing
Posted: 30 September 2009The OFT has imposed fines totaling almost £40m on six recruitment agencies
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CSCS forgers get 14 years
Posted: 29 September 2009Three men have been jailed for a total of 14 years for forging document including CSCS cards.
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Four vie for £100m Barnsley Council deal
Posted: 29 September 2009Four contractors have been shortlisted for a housing repair and maintenance framework in Barnsley, worth up to £100m.
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Enterprise closes in on £400m water framework in North West
Posted: 29 September 2009Utility contractor Enterprise has been named the preferred bidder for a five-year contract to maintain and renew clean and waste water assets for United Utilities.
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Garvis Snook appeals for Royal repairs
Posted: 29 September 2009Rok chief executive has called on the government to pledge additional public money to repair Royal properties.
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HCA unveils two-year plan to build 117,000 homes
Posted: 25 September 2009The Homes and Communities Agency plans to deliver 117,000 new homes in England by March 2011, nearly half the 260,000 to be built over this period.
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Bidders sought for £151m Stafford barracks redevelopment
Posted: 25 September 2009Defence Estates is seeking bidders for the redevelopment of Beacon Barracks in Stafford.
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Applications to build new homes rise
Posted: 25 September 2009Applications to build new homes have risen for the sixth quarter in a row.
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Merton Priory Homes invites tenders for £200m R&M deal
Posted: 25 September 2009Local authority posts 10-year R&M contract.
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MJ Gleeson losses deepen
Posted: 24 September 2009MJ Gleeson has seen its pre-tax loss for 2009 widen to £54.3m, on a heavily reduced turnover of £55m.
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Housebuilders Barratt and Redrow look to raise £876m
Posted: 23 September 2009Barratt looks to raise £720m as it reports a £679m pre tax loss.
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Plant hire’s future is online
Posted: 22 September 2009With the online ground broken by specification of products and materials, contractors are now turning to the convenience of the internet to hire plant. Colin Sowman explains how the traditionally conservative plant hirer became curious.
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Education (Extn), PADDINGTON, £1.75M.
Posted: 22 September 2009To provide a new children’s centre. St Mary of the Angels RC Primary School
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Bam Construction wins Co-op headquarters contract
Posted: 18 September 2009BAM Construction has won the £100m contract to build the Co-op’s new headquarters.
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Link of Crossrail and Thameslink at Farringdon station approved
Posted: 15 September 2009Islington Council has backed Network Rail's plans to link the new Thameslink and Crossrail services at Farringdon station.
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Carillion to sell Enviros environmental business
Posted: 15 September 2009Carillion has put its environmental consulting division Enviros up for sale, the last big disposal in the wake of the £570m acquisition of Alfred McAlpine.
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John Laing wins approval for first phase of £450m Croydon scheme
Posted: 15 September 2009Croydon Council and John Laing have gained planning approval for the first project from their pioneering partnership to deliver the £450m regeneration of the town centre.
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Residential (New Build), THETFORD, £9m
Posted: 09 September 200965 two bedroom, three bedroom four bedroom and five bedroom houses, 33 one bedroom and two bedroom self contained flats and 2 two bedroom disabled bungalows
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Galliford Try wins hotel and residential contracts worth £82.8m
Posted: 07 September 2009Galliford Try has won four contracts in the hotel and residential worth £82.8m.
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