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Contractors call for changes at HSE
Contractors have called for a change in the way the Health and Safety Executive operates, as Lord Young prepares to announce the results of his review into safety legislation.
Weldon Plant in administration
Northamptonshire plant and construction firm Weldon Plant has gone into administration today after it failed to renegotiate its banking facilities.
Colas to cut 2,400 jobs after Central Europe slump
Bouygues is set to cut the European workforce at its road and rail specialist subsidiary Colas by 2,400 in the wake of a 20 per cent fall in operating profit for the first half of 2010.
Crossrail shortlist for Connaught Tunnel and Pudding Mill Lane jobs revealed
Crossrail has shortlisted four teams for both the Connaught Tunnel refurbishment and the Pudding Mill Lane Tunnel Portal with Vinci making the cut on both jobs.
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CIPS: New orders growth slows for third month
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Sales and profits up at support services firm Eaga
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Spanish/Welsh JV among those shortlisted for £180m roads deal
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Steel chief warns of tough market
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Costain chief hails contracts strategy
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Conmen pose as contractors to steal £500,000 from clients
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HCA rules on fresh wave of schemes
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Northern Irish duo beat major names to £85m health contract
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Warning over Northern Ireland job losses
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Barratt secures £30m North Prospect regeneration project
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Network Rail submits Crossrail plans ahead of schedule
Coalition Cuts
Costain chief hails contracts strategy
Costain’s strategy of targeting revenue from regulated sectors has helped it to a strong performance so far in 2010, chief executive Andrew Wylie said this week.
HCA rules on fresh wave of schemes
A raft of housing schemes in the North-east have learned their fate as the Homes and Communities Agency continues to make decisions on how to cut its spending.
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Questions hang over key housing plan
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Last BSF deals could be revised
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Councils seek clarity on saved BSF sample schools projects
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East Midlands Kickstart schemes lose £16m funding
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BSF approvals see off legal challenge
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Industry suffering in summer of cuts
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Council tax incentives questioned
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Doomed planning body gets first test
Regional News
Weldon Plant in administration
Northamptonshire plant and construction firm Weldon Plant has gone into administration today after it failed to renegotiate its banking facilities.
Editor's pick
Roman ruins uncovered during A1 upgrade scheme
A Roman ‘industrial estate’ has been discovered during work on the Highway Agency’s £318 million scheme to upgrade the A1 to a three-lane motorway between Dishforth and Leeming in North Yorkshire.
BUDGET 2010
JUNE BUDGET: £26bn of capital spending cuts to come
The chancellor’s emergency budget has confirmed eye-watering cuts of £26bn a year to capital expenditure by government departments by 2013/14.
JUNE BUDGET: Tax moves better than feared for construction
The chancellor increased VAT to 20pc in his emergency budget today, but lower levels of corporation tax and no change in the fuel duty should boost firms in the construction sector.
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CREDIT CHECK
ConstructionSkills webinar
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TALL BUILDINGS
UK's first 'Jump' lift installed in the Shard
The UK’s first Jump lift has been installed in the Shard at London Bridge as part of an effort to improve the efficiency and safety of the building’s construction.
