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CommentObliterated by obsession
The amusingly acerbic judgment from a Canadian case offers a darker reminder of what happens when reason fails
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VAT rules cripple business
Essentially we鈥檙e paying someone else鈥檚 tax for the privilege of acting as unpaid tax collectors for HMRC
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It could be like buying a car
We could choose the right base model for a building off the shelf and personalise it by colour, alloys, fabric, and so on
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CommentWhy Labour must think long term
Most political crises come and go in a short period, which is why it is more important than ever for the opposition to focus on the big issues if they are to regain power, writes David Blunkett
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CommentThe UK economy: Kill or cure
Recent figures show the UK economy is back in recession - and it鈥檚 the construction sector that put it there. In the first of a two-part look at the handling of the economic situation Joey Gardiner examines why the government鈥檚 course of treatment is failing to deliver a recovery
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CommentMy Digital Life鈥� Robert Deatker
The Turner & Townsend project director on why he doesn鈥檛 own a Mac, vaporizing Network Rail employees and dancing around the sitting room to David Guetta
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CommentHansom: Critical condition
It鈥檚 all a bit confrontational this week as Giles Coren offers his opinion on the Shard and David Lock takes on Nick Raynsford鈥� let鈥檚 hope Sir John Armitt finds more satisfaction in his role as wedding planner
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CommentWonders & blunders with Matt Lown
Matt Lown hails the impressive comeback of a sixties icon, and blows the whistle on a former MI6 building unconvincingly disguised as an apartment block
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CommentCrystallisation of disputes: Working Environments vs Greencoat Construction
In this case a Judge examined whether it was possible to severe an adjudicator鈥檚 decision to exclude issues that fell outside of a crystallised dispute
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CommentHow the 3% fall in construction output could have been worse
Brian Green praises hawk-eyed Office for National Statistics staff
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CommentThe secret schools report: Lessons from school
If the government continues to block access to vital schools data, it risks undermining its aim for school building in an era of austerity
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CommentHansom: Bit of a cover-up
From the site hoardings obscured by topiary to the 2012 Sir John Armitt swimsuit calendar, this column wonders when it鈥檚 best to keep some things under wraps 鈥�
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CommentSupport your supply chain
According to 微密圈鈥檚 new white paper, specialists fear the pain is about to get even worse - which makes the issue of fair payment more critical than ever, says Suzannah Nichol
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Fresh standards
The government hasn鈥檛 moved away from standardisation for school designs - it鈥檚 just avoiding being too prescriptive
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Knowledge is power
The government should publish its post-occupancy schools research - it doesn鈥檛 matter when it was commissioned
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CommentThe bad side of good faith
鈥楪ood faith鈥� clauses might sound like a bit of modern touchy-feeliness, but they carry a real sting if you fail to heed them
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Battersea: why not demolish it?
The site should be used as efficiently as possible to provide housing and other facilities
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Fuel poverty looms for many
Most of the comments on the FITs debate seem to forget that there are legions of people who spend a considerable portion of their day at home