Persimmon shares in £9m Scottish funding to help house builders
Posted: 27 November 2008Persimmon Homes has emerged a winner in a £9m funding deal from the Scottish government to get builders back on sites.
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Latest progress on Olympic Velopark and Village - PHOTOS
Posted: 27 November 2008The Olympic Delivery Authority has released new aerial photos showing the progress being made on the London 2012 Olympic Velopark and the Olympic Village.
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Scotland to miss out on nuclear power renaissance
Posted: 27 November 2008Scotland will miss out on a nuclear power renaissance because of its anti-nuclear stance, French energy experts have warned.
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Jarvis' recovery gains momentum - £4m interim profit
Posted: 27 November 2008The rest of the world might be on the slide but Jarvis is on the up. Now out of the red, the group has reported an interim pre-tax profit of more than £4m.
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Morgan Sindall to deliver £350m Swindon scheme
Posted: 27 November 2008Morgan Sindall is expected to start work next year on one of the largest-ever regeneration schemes in the South West.
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A483 scheme linking Wales and England gets the green light
Posted: 27 November 2008Plans to move the A483 trunk road around a Welsh village have been given the go-ahead after years of delays.
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Pettifer Construction in administration, 120 redundancies
Posted: 27 November 2008120 Pettifer Construction staff have been made redundant after the firm went into administration.
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Ambitious thieves attempt to steal entire Dorset home
Posted: 27 November 2008Ambitious thieves not content with household burglary tried to pinch an entire Dorset property brick by brick.
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Latest progress on Olympic Stadium - PHOTOS
Posted: 27 November 2008The Olympic Delivery Authority has released new aerial photos showing the rapid progress being made on the London 2012 Olympic Stadium.
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Climate change expert backs Heathrow expansion
Posted: 27 November 2008Approval of a third runway at Heathrow airport could be back on track after the government’s leading climate change advisor said it may not destroy a pledge to tackle climate change.
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Commercial/Residential/Hotel/Tourist (New Build), Cardiff, £40M
Posted: 27 November 2008Detail Planning. Mixed use development comprising retail, student accommodation, office, hotel, residential accommodation and multi-storey car parking.
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Speedy Hire revenue up but 492 jobs cut
Posted: 26 November 2008Speedy Hire has made 429 of 492 planned job cuts, closed 33 depots and reduced its vehicle fleet by 260 units, despite reporting a 22% rise in revenue.
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Construction firms in biggest ever Middle East trade mission
Posted: 26 November 2008A delegation of construction and engineering firms are in Dubai hoping to secure new business as part of the biggest ever trade mission to the region.
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Morgan Ashurst to scoop £15m University of Leicester job
Posted: 26 November 2008Morgan Ashurst is set to walk away with the £15m contract to build a new Student’s Union building at the University of Leicester.
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Builder gets rid of gypsies by digging a moat around their camp
Posted: 26 November 2008Gypsies proved no match for a Bedford builder who forced them off his land by digging a moat around their camp.
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Atkins still has new jobs on offer - Keith Clarke
Posted: 26 November 2008Atkins continues to offer new jobs even after taking on more than 1,000 new employees in the first half of the year.
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MOT-style tests proposed to assess buildings' energy efficiency
Posted: 26 November 2008Homes and offices should have annual MOT-style tests to asses their energy efficiency and encourage green retrofitting, a government thinktank has suggested.
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HSBC planning a £300m data centre in York
Posted: 26 November 2008HSBC is planning a £300m mega data centre in York that would employ around 2,000 construction workers during its build and fit out stages.
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Stanhope joint venture wins £150m Lewisham College job
Posted: 26 November 2008A joint venture led by Stanhope has been appointed preferred developer to build a £150m skills college campus at Deptford Bridge.
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Knight Build sue Urvasco in latest Strand hotel dispute
Posted: 26 November 2008Legal woes continue for the developer of an 11-storey hotel on the site of the BBC’s first radio broadcast, with a plant and materials supplier filing a lawsuit.
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