All Editorial articles – Page 6

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    The train line

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    News that the likes of BT and Network Rail have been inundated with applicants for their apprenticeship programmes should be welcomed.

  • Comment

    What's wrong with Laing O'Rourke

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Further to your article about Laing O’Rourke laying off 17,500 workers, when I worked there I only ever got in trouble for telling them their business models were flawed

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    It's just a step to the left ...

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Our thanks, and the usual £25 voucher, go to Mukesh Modhvadia, a commercial manager at the King’s Cross Redevelopment Programme, for these aerobic pictures of a window cleaner living dangerously.

  • The firm’s £31m Bede Academy in Blyth
    News

    Newcastle's Surgo hopes to see off heavyweight rivals

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    SME profile Tyneside firm believes regional education will enable locals to compete with nationals

  • Ivan McKeever
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    Styles & Wood halfway through recovery plan

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Fit-out firm climbs out of trouble as order book swells - but market remains tough

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    Great Strides

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Architect Stride Treglown and developer and contractor Marcus Worthington have secured permission for a 13-storey student accommodation tower block in Preston, Lancashire

  • This house was designed to be highly sustainable – and it is!
    Comment

    You've got the wrong house

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    I was very disappointed to read the main headline accompanying your article on the energy performance gap in new house building (“This house has been designed to be highly sustainable

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    Two into one won’t go

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    The public sector is as diverse and complex as the private sector, says Paul Morrell. Treating the two as if they were the same will stop us building a collaborative relationship between them

  • News

    Mouchel shrugs off gloom

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Consultant Mouchel has said the outlook for its UK business is improving and has appointed a finance director

  • News

    Industry’s fears over fate of HCA framework put to rest

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    More than a dozen housing schemes have been tendered to contractors and housebuilders on the Homes and Communities Agency’s delivery partner panel since the general election

  • News

    House prices fall

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    House prices in August had the biggest fall in 16 months, according to data from property researcher Hometrack

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    Fire-rated doorsets

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    The £20m North Glasgow College campus includes more than 400 doorsets from Leaderflush Shapland’s Extended Performance and Designer ranges

  • News

    Fire-resistant doors

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Wrightstyle has launched a range of unlatched, fully-glazed interior and exterior fire-resistant doors

  • News

    Door operators

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Dorma UK has launched the ED100 low-energy swing door operator which is suitable for situations where users may be hampered, for example people carrying shopping or using push chairs

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    My digital life: Leigh Jennings

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Are you into social networking?

  • News

    Leeds halves housebuilding targets to thwart developers

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Council says move will help protect greenfield sites after government abolishes spatial strategies

  • News

    Utilities save the day

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    North Midland Construction posted a 49% rise in pre-tax profit from £1.3m to £2m in the first half of 2010 after doing more in the utilities sector.

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    Hansom: Under cover

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Our usual quest to stick our noses into the private business of others takes us from the corridors of power at the RICS to a private betting circle, pausing briefly to admire some tugs in Afghanistan

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    Composite windows

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Window manufacturer Idealcombi has launched the Futura+ range of composite doors and windows which feature a polyurethane core to enhance thermal efficiency and help designers meet the new Part L of the ΢Ȧ Regulations.

  • News

    OFT fines ‘will be coming down’ say contractors

    2010-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Several of the 25 contractors appealing against a combined £79m fine by the OFT for pricing collusion have said they expect to get back “millions” as the legal arguments draw to a close