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Government to launch major construction labour review

2016-01-22T07:00:00Z

Construction Leadership Council will oversee report by consultant Mark Farmer on how to reform industry

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Interview: Peter Hansford

2016-01-22T00:00:00Z

Until two months ago Peter Hansford was the government’s chief construction advisor. Now the position has been abolished. Here, he talks frankly about the state of the industry and how his legacy will be perceived

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Bam wins £20m Tata job

2016-01-21T14:22:00Z

Contractor to build out Euro HQ in Leamington

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Balfour UK procurement chief leaves

2016-01-21T10:07:00Z

Martin Chown latest to go, while outsider gets international procurement job

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Longcross owed £51m at collapse

2016-01-21T09:45:00Z

Trade creditors could recover less than 0.5p in the pound for debts

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House prices buoyed by buy-to-let surge

2016-01-21T06:29:00Z

The RICS reports rush of buyers looking to purchase before April tax changes

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Countryside pins growth plans on estate regeneration

2016-01-20T07:00:00Z

Housebuilder praises government announcement of £140m to revamp failing estates as it prepares for IPO

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Cameron’s estate regeneration plan is ‘unrealistic’ say experts

2016-01-13T07:00:00Z

Housing experts say £140m pledged for plans to regenerate 100 of the UK’s most deprived estates is not enough

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A non-starter?

2016-01-08T07:00:00Z

In a week in which the government announced its intention to ‘directly commission’ up to 13,000 homes, you might think it had begun, finally, to get a grip on housebuilding. But its flagship Starter Homes policy is set to shake up the development industry, causing delays - and fears it ...

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Housebuilders wary of direct commissioning plan

2016-01-05T17:40:00Z

Industry gives cautious welcome to plans to sell publicly-owned sites with planning permission to SME builders

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Review of 2015: Part 3

2015-12-18T07:00:00Z

Part 3 of ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s end-of-year TV guide features Christmas blockbusters – the biggest tales of 2015

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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Christmas challenge: A touch of frost

2015-12-18T06:00:00Z

Five construction figures and two ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ journalists sculpt landmark buildings. Who kept their cool and who felt a nasty chill?

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Laing O’Rourke’s Anna Stewart ‘expected to return as CEO’

2015-12-17T07:00:00Z

Former group boss who stepped down last week due to ill health could be back in driving seat ‘within months’

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Review of 2015: Part 2

2015-12-17T07:00:00Z

Part 2 of ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s end-of-year TV guide features a year in quotes and remembers those the industry said goodbye to

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Review of 2015: Part 1

2015-12-16T12:40:00Z

¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s end-of-year TV guide picks out the people, stories and events that were unmissable over the past 12 months. First off, Christmas specials

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Paris summit: Feeling the heat

2015-12-10T06:00:00Z

At this week’s UN Climate Change Summit, the UK could no longer boast of having the greenest policies in the room. So after several months of Conservative policy changes, how is the country measuring up to its own targets?

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Union targets Wates for low pay

2015-12-07T15:01:00Z

Ucatt to stage demonstration outside Wates Group head offices

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Hansom: The hours of folly

2015-12-04T06:00:00Z

Errors this week include an estate agent praising TV’s latest satire on house prices, the mayor of London shooting himself in the foot, and an awkward discussion at ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Live. Plus, can readers help with a history project?

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Life of Pycroft

2015-12-02T13:05:00Z

He’s the boy from Bradford, done good – a ‘tough as nails’ business leader who built the Shard and steered Mace to become one of the UK’s most prestigious multidisciplinary construction firms

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Mace restructures as it homes in on £2bn turnover target

2015-12-02T07:00:00Z

Mace boss Stephen Pycroft tells ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Live his firm is ‘well on track’ to meet target by 2020