All 微密圈 articles in 15 October 2010 鈥� Page 5
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FeaturesHow SMEs cut carbon: Best foot forward
SMEs have a vital role to play in helping the UK meet its carbon reduction targets. So they鈥檇 better be ready for the challenge, says Kristina Smith, because more and more clients are relying on these firms to help them shrink their carbon footprint
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Comment
Belfast's new troubles
Regarding the planned spending cuts in Northern Ireland, if ministers would get some sort of PPP in place to fill the public sector funding void, privatise water and other public bodies and sort out the planning system, the cuts would not be so severe
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NewsUcatt cries 鈥榖ias鈥� in election ballot probe
Union complains about investigation into election of general secretary Alan Ritchie
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CommentComprehensive Spending Review: Brace yourself for bad news
Kier topped our monthly business barometer chart thanks to contracts worth 拢160m. This time last year it was also in the lead, but then its haul was 拢660m
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Speedy Hire hit by bad debt
Plant hire group Speedy Hire is set to lose 拢1.7m because the collapse of Connaught has left it with debts that are unlikely to be paid and equipment that will not be recovered
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NewsCredit crunch returns as lenders turn away buyers
Redrow鈥檚 Steve Morgan warns of 鈥檔osedive鈥� as lending falls and tighter mortgage rules loom
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NewsMcClay Library wins RICS award
Shepley Bulfinch-designed library at Queen鈥檚 University in Belfast wins sustainability award
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Aukett to end year debt-free
Listed architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has announced that it expects to have eliminated its debt of 拢1.4m when it reveals its end-of-year results
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NewsShepherd plans London assault
Richard Vining, the new chief executive of Shepherd Construction, has announced that the company will open a central London office to boost its position as a national contractor
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DJ Deloitte sets up QS arm
The former head of Davis Langdon鈥檚 commercial sector surveying team will head a new cost consultancy division at Drivers Jonas Deloitte (DJD)
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FeaturesArena Stage, Washington by Bing Thom: Through a glass darkly
Peer closely and you鈥檒l make out not one theatre behind that glass facade, but three. It鈥檚 Bing Thom Architects鈥� audacious response to the need to make artistic and architectural sense of two dysfunctional theatres in a deprived area of Washington DC. Ike Ijeh was wowed
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NewsHill wins APWA award for Californian project
Consultant鈥檚 work for South Bonnyview Road Widening project named 2010 Project of the Year
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NewsAcademy award
Willmott Dixon has signed a 拢25.7m contract with Northamptonshire council for the 1,100-place Kettering Science Academy.
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Government to enforce 30-day payment period
The government is to make 30-day payment periods compulsory in order to enforce prompt payment to subcontractors.
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CommentA decade on from PPC2000: Carry on partnering
A decade after it was written, a review of PPC2000 shows that it really does pay to partner, no matter how chilly the economic weather is becoming
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Features微密圈 Intelligence Q2 2010: Surprisingly buoyant
The gloomy forecast in the Tracker is in stark contrast to a surprisingly buoyant second quarter. Now, the good news, from Experian Marketing Information Services
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NewsBarratt boss pockets 拢568k bonus despite firm鈥檚 拢163m loss
The total pay package of Mark Clare, Barratt鈥檚 chief executive, shot up by more than two-thirds this year, despite the firm making a 拢163m loss.
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NewsGalliard reports 拢16m loss despite 50% rise in turnover
Galliard Homes鈥� pre-tax loss fell to 拢16.8m in 2009, on turnover up more than 50%, according to accounts posted this week
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Latest construction appointments: 15 October 2010
Balfour Beatty Engineering Services has appointed John Sharp as the company鈥檚 business services director.
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NewsGrosvenor framework saves 10% on 拢250m pipeline
Four-strong team will handle all construction work across 120ha Mayfair and Belgravia portfolio