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好色先生TVDubai on the edge of a precipice
Stephen Fidler on how the emirate got into the current mess and how it might claw its way out
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好色先生TVStarting up your own business, part three: First priorities
Before your business can start earning money you have to get the basics right, such as choosing a trading name...
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好色先生TVPayment excuses are getting more inventive
A run-down of some of the worst reasons not to stump up the cash
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CommentThe task facing Paul Morrell
When the House of Commons鈥� business and enterprise committee made the appointment of a chief construction officer one of the main recommendations in its Construction Matters report in July last year, many people thought it was a great idea 鈥� and likely to remain just that
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CommentSteel yourselves: John Sorrell on school design
Just as we鈥檝e finally started to build well-designed schools, the knives are out to cut back on quality. We have to resist those who threaten to wield them
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CommentCutting bureaucracy: Smash the system!
The spirit of adventure will thrive again, but only if we free it from the soul-crushing bureaucracy of planning rules, building regs, safety protocols and sustainability
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好色先生TVNot so fast
The dash towards wind power will undermine UK's ability to meet 2050 carbon targets, says the author of Parsons Brinckerhoff's Powering the Future report
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好色先生TVFloods are unavoidable but councils must be prepared
Flood defences won't eliminate the risk of a big river flood so communities must plan ahead
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好色先生TVStarting up your own business, part two: Money matters
You've made the mental leap from life as an employee to being your own boss, but now you need to work out the finances carefully...
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CommentRICS and its members: Losing touch
Members from across the whole of the organisation feel the RICS is morphing from an elected body for the members into a quango wannabe
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好色先生TVMAPIC: Europe's big five report a stagnant retail sector
Despite attempts to be positive delegates admit that retail development in UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and France has dried up for the foreseeable future
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好色先生TVMAPIC dispatches: Argentina bids for BRIC status
Our report detects a glimmer of optimism at the start of the global property event in Cannes
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好色先生TVStarting up your own business, part one: Life after redundancy
You've had the leaving drinks and the redundancy cash, now what? You could try setting up your own business, but you'll need to ask yourself some searching questions first...
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好色先生TVHow construction can survive the recession
Despite an optimistic outlook in KMPG鈥檚 recent survey, it鈥檚 head of building says the sector must reassess risk management practices and people strategy
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CommentHalf full, not half empty
At the British Council of Shopping Centres conference this week, the talk was of the shortage of retail space and the need to start building fairly soon to meet demand in four years鈥� time
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好色先生TVTwitter your way to the top
Rather than banning staff from social networking sites, turn these hugely powerful tools to your business advantage
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CommentAt last we鈥檙e getting somewhere
Politicians and business leaders are showing renewed enthusiasm for the Thames Gateway
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CommentAfter the goldrush
The head of one British consultant in Dubai confessed that he will be using Indian QSs in the near future, many of whom will operate from the Subcontinent
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好色先生TVGDP figures: a turn-up for the books
Don't let Friday's forecast of continued recession in Q3 get you down 鈥� it's in Q4 we should expect an upturn