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CommentHansom: Charity begins at home
Spurs prepare for demolition, the industry bikes to Cannes, there鈥檚 a bargain in Chelsea, Laing O鈥橰ourke is prepared for change (still), and Prince William attends a charity bash. Plus, Swiss restaurateurs want to get high
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CommentOnline poll: Spring budget
Did Philip Hammond鈥檚 Budget do enough for the construction industry? Vote here
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CommentMind the tender price gap
Cost pressures have hit new highs, creating a lag between initial project costs and the final tender price, so what鈥檚 to be done?
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CommentIt's not a housing supply crisis, it's an affordability crisis
The government can鈥檛 see house prices continue to rise while also delivering affordable homes, so a boost for the rental market is a neat sidestep
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CommentThe need for International Women's Day
Gender equality in the workplace is not a 鈥榳omen鈥檚 issue鈥�, the fact that it is still an aspiration has huge economic implications for us all
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CommentWhy women don't pick construction careers
Women in Construction Week should prompt us all to think about how the industry can discard outdated stereotypes
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CommentGrow your own apprenticeships
Firms should use the apprenticeship system to meet the industry鈥檚 long-term needs as competition with other industries is set to increase
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CommentEcobuild blog: Driving sustainability - a constant in an ever-changing world
Dulux's outlook on sustainability combines being environmentally friendly with customer benefits. Duncan Lochhead talks about its new specifier tool Halo and the Smarter Spaces scheme
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CommentHansom: Best picture goes to 鈥�
Film crews horse around at Heathrow, there are Luddites at the palace, and at least one person is pleased HS2 is coming through Birmingham. Plus, analyst in Alpine holiday shock and a TV titan returns to White City
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CommentTrain to win
The apprenticeship levy is coming, so we might as well make the best of it. And how we do that is by thinking smarter and working together to make the scheme succeed for us
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CommentWe need a boring Budget
Next week the chancellor will unveil his spring Budget, let鈥檚 hope he uses it to strengthen existing policies and provide certainty rather than unleash any big surprises
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CommentOnline poll: Apprenticeships levy
Will the government鈥檚 all-industry apprenticeship levy work for construction? Vote here
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CommentMaking the private rented sector work
Successful affordable rented schemes are ones that allow communities to grow, and to do that we need to listen to tenants鈥� needs
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CommentStemming the skills shortage
Companies need to work hard to persuade students in school of the importance STEM subjects can play in their future careers
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CommentHitting NHS deadlines
Getting stakeholder engagement right at the start is key to successful management of healthcare projects
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CommentEcobuild blog: Regeneration for everybody
A year on from architectural collective Assemble's Turner Prize win, we speak to Fran Edgerley about its groundbreaking Granby Workshop and the importance of community-led regeneration
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CommentCPA/Barbour ABI Index: More contracts but mixed fortunes
January鈥檚 index is up but there are mixed fortunes across sectors
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CommentHousing is a numbers game we are not winning
Private housebuilding is the fastest growing sector in construction but major investment is needed to solve the housing crisis
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CommentHansom: Drinking in the view
This week involved an enjoyable combination of sights and sipping. A swimming pool will offer uplookers an eyeful, the view from my HQ has an unexpectedly named watering hole and the Ally Pally seeks booze
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CommentSomething in the air
Construction should be getting behind Sadiq Khan鈥檚 proposals for tackling air pollution from site machinery