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Government starts EDF talks to ensure Hinkley Point C investment
Energy secretary Ed Davey has confirmed talks have begun between the Department of Energy and Climate Change and EDF Energy/Centrica, to ensure an investment decision on Hinkley Point C is not delayed.
Greg Barker: July Feed-in Tariff cuts could be delayed
Energy and climate change minister Greg Barker has confirmed the government is planning to delay proposed cuts to Feed-in Tariffs in July.
In Pictures: A history of Thomas Vale
In the week that Thomas Vale was acquired by Bouygues, CN takes a look back at the history of the company, established in 1869.
Network Rail launches new infrastructure projects arm
Network Rail’s new infrastructure projects arm has come into operation today as it aims to deliver schemes worth £2bn annually.
Private eye loses Morgan Sindall case
A private investigator who brought a claim for breach of verbal contract against Morgan Sindall has had his case dismissed by London’s central employment tribunal.
Claim alleges ‘secret’ Mouchel JV deal
A collapsed joint venture that put a £4 million hole in Mouchel’s profits last year is now the subject of a High Court battle, with two subcontractors chasing the consultancy for over £500,000 it says it is owed by the JV.
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Residents consider legal action at vibrating Bellway block
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Supreme Court rejects government FiTs appeal
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West Ham confirms new bid for Olympic Stadium
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Major contractors have not voiced concerns over PFI uncertainty to me, says Mark Prisk
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HSE delays cost recovery scheme
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Subbie hit with £10k pay out for software piracy
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MJN Colston assets to go under the hammer
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Integral buys MOD contracts from MJN Colston administrators
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Battersea crane deaths inquest begins
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Firms face £180k pay out after demolition worker engulfed in fireball
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Taylor Wimpey and Steven Spielberg join fight for Twickenham Studios
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Snook says sorry over Rok ahead of new venture launch
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Subcontractor sues Styles & Wood over John Lewis asbestos work
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Legal challenge to £400m Aberdeen bypass refused
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Battersea Power Station up for £500m sale
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Public procurement revamp to save contractors from going bust
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Private investigator sues Morgan Sindall
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From ‘high fives and hugs’ to a tribunal
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Feed-in Tariff Supreme Court appeal to go ahead
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Glasgow contractor Donaghy enters liquidation as 175 jobs go
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Unions demonstrate in US over UK sparks dispute
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Row breaks out over Luton Airport expansion plans
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Shepherd returns to site of troubled Berners Hotel scheme in £33m deal
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HVCA claims 88pc of workers signed up to BESNA
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Law firms Pinsent Masons and McGrigors confirm merger
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Ed Davey replaces Chris Huhne as new energy secretary
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Chris Huhne resigns as energy secretary following charge of perverting the course of justice
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Balfour moves for court injunction after sparks vote to strike
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FOI shows slowdown in tower crane activity, with London worst hit
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JN Bentley hit with £200,000 pay out for 23 year old worker's death
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Government loses Feed-in Tariff appeal
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Chris Huhne sets out new Feed-in Tariff rates from 3 March
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OFT refers aggregates, cement, concrete markets to competition commission
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Lanes makes bid for Supreme Court following appeal verdict
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Balfour Beatty signs up 55pc of staff to new pay deal
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Galliford Try beats Lanes in multimillion pound appeal court case
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Nearly 40pc of Balfour sparks signed up to new pay terms
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Climate minister Greg Barker takes to Twitter to defend FiTs cuts
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Contractors criticised for passing levy fee costs to suppliers
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Judicial review date set on government's Feed-in Tariff cuts
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Reactor decision hailed as 'milestone' for UK new nuclear construction
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Friends of the Earth in final Feed-in Tariff plea before court showdown
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Dunstable Northern Bypass public inquiry set for February
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Company fined after workers engulfed in electrical fireball
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Indepth
Updating advice: Shepherd's defeat should be a reminder to contractors
Joanne Kelly is a partner in the construction team at Taylor Wessing
Why I'm taking the solar fight to government
Consulting engineering firm Encraft’s managing director Matthew Rhodes
We may not have heard the last of the OFT's cover pricing fiasco
Costs orders in excess of £1.5 million in favour of about half of the 25 successful appellants were made against the OFT by the Competition Appeal Tribunal over the past week and there are more costs applications yet to be determined.
