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Dawnus expects strong growth in 09
Dawnus Construction, the fast-growing Welsh contractor, increased sales by nearly 10 per cent in 2008, bucking the gloom in the construction industry, and giving an upbeat outlook for its growth prospects.
Rok extends payment terms for new suppliers
Rok has doubled its standard payment terms from 30 to 60 days for new suppliers, prompting criticism from small business organisation the Forum for Private Businesses.
Morrison starts work on 2012 canoe centre
Morrison Construction today started work on the white water canoe centre for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Human skull uncovered on school construction site
Construction workers carrying out excavation work for a new school have uncovered a human skull.
Balfour boosted by public projects
UK building giant Balfour Beatty is looking forward to a strong performance this year supported by its new place on the FTSE 100.
Balfour Beatty: Close imminent on Carlisle Development Route
Balfour Beatty has this morning told shareholders that it expects to reach financial close on the much-delayed the £147 million Carlisle Northern Development Route project “shortly”.
Construction still shrinking
The construction sector shrunk for the sixteenth consecutive month in June, according to the CIPS/Markit Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index.
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Skanska/Serco consortium wins £600m prison job
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Minister to discuss building project funding with college for disabled students
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Wates looks to HCA partnership
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Major transport projects under threat from £30bn spending gap
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Planning incentives 'cause delays'
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Union plans talks over steel jobs
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Colleges pressured to cut subcontractors costs
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McLaren picks up Birmingham Masshouse job
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Woolwich Crossrail station faces cash threat
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Contractors urged to join house building market as HCA partner
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Bovis and Cadbury head for courts
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MPs back developers’ funding pleas
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Legislation could enforce use of local labour
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Safety chief frustrated by refurb deaths
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Materials suppliers see sales crash
BUDGET 2009
Budget college “boost” threatens jobs
More than 25,000 construction industry jobs are under threat after the Government admitted it was unlikely to get more than a third of the 71 stalled college projects underway in the next five years.
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Budget 2009 Analysis: Trade credit scheme “doesn’t deal with problem”
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Budget 2009 Analysis: Contractors search for clues as £300m colleges cash is placed
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Budget 2009 Analysis: Five off-shore wind farms will go ahead after Budget cash boost
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Budget 2009 Analysis: Initiatives are welcomed – now let’s see some delivery
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PICTURES: Construction worker saves drowning woman
A heroic construction worker has rescued a drowning woman from in a dam in Iowa, in the USA.
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PARLIAMENT THIS WEEK
Construction Parliamentary Update - 03 July 2009
A round up of all the construction news from Westminster this week brought to you by the Madano Partnership.
