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| 30/07/2010 Fines Follow Worker's Death Fall An architect's practice and a construction company involved in a Somerset development have today been fined a total of £195,000 following a fatality on the site. Express Park Construction Company Lim.... |
30/07/2010 New Leisure Centre Approved For Lewisham A new two-pool leisure and fitness centre, to replace Forest Hill Pools on Dartmouth Road, has been approved by Lewisham Council Planning Committee. The facility is Lewisham's fourth new leisure cent.... |
30/07/2010 Morgan Sindall Completes College Contract Morgan Sindall has handed over the keys to the new Transforming Education Needs (TEN) Centre at Harrop Fold Specialist Arts College in Hilton Lane, Worsley, Manchester. The completion marks the end o.... |
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| 30/07/2010 Shepherd Graduates To Liverpool Uni Contract Shepherd Construction has been awarded a £16.5 million contract to build a new research facility for the University of Liverpool . The 5950m² Apex facility will be built on land adjacent to the Unive.... |
30/07/2010 Sisk Scoops £13.8m Co-Op Distribution Project Sisk has won a £13.8 million project to fit out a new distribution warehouse and office facility for Co-Op (part of the Co-operative Group) in Newhouse, near Motherwell, Scotland. Owing to a programm.... |
30/07/2010 Benoy Secures Major Contracts In India British architectural firm Benoy has announced the signings of three new high-profile contracts for the Company in India. The landmark developments will deliver world-class shopping, leisure, luxury .... |
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| 30/07/2010 Changes To National Qualifications In The Glass And Related Industries The Qualifications Credit Framework (QCF) being introduced throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland is intended to make the national qualifications system simpler to understand and use and offer.... |
30/07/2010 Rockwool Helps Woods Estate On Low Carbon Work has begun on the extensive low carbon refurbishment of the Edward Woods Estate near Shepherd's Bush in London. The project involves renovation of three 24 storey towers of this 1960's social h.... |
29/07/2010 Connaught Secures £15m 'Emergency Funds' Social housing group Connaught has agreed an additional £15 million short-term overdraft facility with a deferral of interest with its bankers. The cash strapped firm said earlier this week that its .... |
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| 29/07/2010 Quarry Fined After Loader Overturns A quarry operator was today fined £30,000 after a 30-tonne wheel loader vehicle overturned and slid almost 16ft down a sand stockpile. Humberside Aggregates and Excavations Ltd, of Newport Road, Nort.... |
29/07/2010 Free Information To Be Given To Home Buyers Home buyers can access more information about their new home without having to pay for the information, the government announced today. The law is being changed to stop people being charged a £22 fee.... |
29/07/2010 House Prices Drop By 0.5% UK house prices fell by 0.5 % in July, the first time since February according to the Nationwide. This takes the average house price to £169,347 and the annual rate of inflation slips back to 6.6% M.... |
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| 29/07/2010 £600,000 Boost For Swansea's Urban Village Swansea's Urban Village is set to benefit from £600,000 funding from the Welsh Assembly government's Strategic Regeneration Area programme, Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration, Jocelyn Davies.... |
29/07/2010 CIH Welcomes Home Office Call For Change The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) today welcomed Home Secretary Theresa May's intention to review the tools used to tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB). Speaking at the Coin Street Community .... |
29/07/2010 Command Unit 'Major Policing Investment' Kier Southern and Hampshire Police Authority have celebrated a topping out ceremony at Southampton's cutting-edge, £30 million new operational command unit. The ceremony was marked with the placing .... |
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| 29/07/2010 Cooling Solution For New Sushi Concept Cold Control, the award winning refrigeration and air conditioning specialists, were selected as the preferred contractor for the design, specification and installation of all the cooling requirements.... |
28/07/2010 Public Sector Cuts Threatens Recovery Cuts in public sector spending are threatening previous signs of recovery in the construction industry according to the latest Nationalist Specialist Contractors Council (NSCC) State of Trade Survey. .... |
28/07/2010 Smaller Builders' Workloads Continue To Fall The amount of construction work being commissioned from small building companies has continued to decline for the tenth consecutive quarter, according to the latest State of Trade Survey from the Fede.... |
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| 28/07/2010 Development Promises Affordable Homes Work is about to begin on a £2 million affordable housing development to provide much needed affordable homes for people with a local connection to Marlborough in the South Hams. Hastoe Housing Assoc.... |
28/07/2010 British Gas Announces 98% Profit Rise British Gas have announced profits of £585 million for the first half of the year - a rise of 98%. Centrica, which owns British Gas, has attributed the rise to the cold winter, as well as the additio.... |
28/07/2010 EU Energy Sector Boost For Pembrokeshire A £2.2 million scheme to help over 1,200 employees boost their skills and support Pembrokeshire's growing energy sector has been announced by Science, Innovation and Skills Deputy Minister, Lesley Gri.... |
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| 28/07/2010 Bonnington Visits Uni Sports Project World-renowned mountaineer and Lancaster University Vice Chancellor Sir Chris Bonnington recently witnessed work in progress at the university's new sports centre which is being built by Galliford Try.... |
28/07/2010 Lovell Gets Business Development Boss Kevin Willetts has been appointed to the Board of Lovell as Director of Business Development. He joins the company from national building and maintenance specialist Rok and brings extensive experienc.... |
28/07/2010 Weston Decorating Launch Corporate Website Weston Decorating Specialists has just launched their new corporate website at www.Westonpaintingcontractors.co.uk The constr.... |
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