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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓOFT press release: Construction firms fined for illegal bid-rigging
Over 100 firms have been fined a total of £129.5m for bid rigging by the OFT
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓFormer Alfred McAlpine directors jailed for fraud
Senior construction executives made up about £10m of expected payments, and deceived auditors by showing them stockpiles of slate with the other crates empty
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓEU complaint delays water regs by six months
The implementation of water-saving regulations has been delayed for six months after a last-minute EU intervention
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Unlimited liability time on cards
Contractors could be left with huge bills and no insurance, if a proposed law is passed
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓDoon Street scheme planning decision upheld
High Court rejects opposition to leisure and residential development by English Heritage and Westminster council
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓInternational anti-corruption initiative to be launched
UK will be among seven countries involved in a pilot scheme to improve transparency in public sector construction
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓRICS faces legal action over New Rules of Measurement
Construction Confederation furious at exclusion from document, which it says breaches its copyright
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OFT drops cases against ‘up to a dozen’ firms
Charges have been dropped against a number of firms investigated as part of the Office of Fair Trading’s inquiry into tender malpractice in the construction industry, following concerns over the evidence offered by one witness
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Judge proposes test cases to resolve blacklist legal actions
Workers who are taking legal action against employers on the grounds that they were refused employment after being blacklisted may have their fate decided by three test cases in north-west England
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓAuthorities arrest 21 people in dawn raids
Cash and class A drugs seized by officers investigating multimillion-pound construction fraud
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓTwo firms fined after teenage worker's accident
Scottish contractors to pay out £9,000 after 19-year-old labourer fell nearly 10m through factory roof
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓBovis to spot-check site staff in alcohol clampdown
Construction giant to exercise ‘extremely low’ tolerance levels in its random tests on workers
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓScottish government to end right-to-buy
New bill will introduce a social housing charter to raise standards
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓCorby council to appeal birth defect judgment
Legal team claims 'serious and significant flaws' in court decision that reclamation works could have led to birth defects
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓAbu Dhabi's first construction court
Arbitration is becoming more popular as a means of deciding construction disputes in Abu Dhabi, but the emirate hopes to change that by establishing the Gulf's first construction court. Will it work?
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓGovernment faces High Court over regulation u-turn
Energy body threatens legal action over axing of ‘consequential improvements’ from Part L consultation
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓDubai legal body ‘swamped’ as dispute backlog hits £3bn
Claims expected to triple this year, as payment problems continue for UK contractors
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓAlstom warns union off strikes
Lawyers for French engineering giant Alstom have written to the GMB union threatening legal action if it goes ahead with planned strikes in September
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EU rules could force out agency labour
New EU regulations on workers’ rights could spell the end of agency labour in the construction industry, experts are warning
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓCorby council could pay £4m costs to birth defect families
Judge awards interim payment of £1.6m for legal bill of mothers exposed to poisonous waste