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Colleges pressured to cut subcontractors costs
The Learning and Skills Council is putting pressure on the 13 colleges it has shortlisted for funding to renegotiate their construction contracts.
Construction still shrinking
The construction sector shrunk for the sixteenth consecutive month in June, according to the CIPS/Markit Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index.
Skanska/Serco consortium wins £600m prison job
A Skanska/Serco consortium has won contracts with a combined value of £600 million to build and operate two new prisons at Belmarsh West in London and Maghull in Liverpool.
Minister to discuss building project funding with college for disabled students
A Gloucestershire college for people with disabilities that is fighting to reverse a decision to withdraw “essential” funding for a construction project said it has secured a meeting with the Further Education minister
Wates looks to HCA partnership
Wates boss Paul Drechsler has said the firm would “definitely” pursue a partnership with the Homes and Communities Agency to develop public land for housing.
Major transport projects under threat from £30bn spending gap
The £16 billion Crossrail project could be delayed and the Highways Agency’s £6 billion road building programme cut, according to memo leaked to The Guardian detailing a potential £30bn spending gap.
Planning incentives 'cause delays'
Cash incentives for councils to speed up construction of major housing developments may actually be adding to delays, says the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.
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Union plans talks over steel jobs
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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
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ProCure 21+ contractors must perform or be frozen out by NHS
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Morgan Ashurst looks to poach college jobs among other targets
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Contractor sought for £60m offices development in Rochdale
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Ashford seeks administrators
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Land Securities gets green light for 720 homes
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Mace appoints new MD for construction management
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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PARLIAMENT THIS WEEK
Construction Parliamentary Update - 26 June 2009
A round up of all the construction news from Westminster this week brought to you by the Madano Partnership.
