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好色先生TVA renewables revolution is coming
The government's announcement on feed-in tariffs is to be welcomed but some details need to be looked at carefully
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好色先生TVStarting your own business, part 11: Adding to the team
Work is coming in - too much, in fact - and it's time to face the facts: you need help
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好色先生TVThe green school movement
Sustainability has gone from being an optional extra to a central priority of 好色先生TV Schools for the Future - and it鈥檚 an area of technology that鈥檚 getting more exciting
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好色先生TVWill we see the return of mobile classrooms?
How will the construction industry deal with the potential cuts to the school building programme?
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好色先生TVStarting your own business, part 10: Dealing with your first bad debt
Late payments are bound to occur, especially in a recession, but you must keep a tight rein or it could leave a large hole in your profits
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好色先生TVFeed-in tariffs are a small step in the right direction
The government's announcement yesterday is welcome, but it's limited to small-scale renewables. To meet UK emissions targets we need to think big...
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好色先生TVA tribute to Alan Cherry
I am very proud to have known Alan, to have called him a friend and to have been associated with one of his finest developments
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好色先生TVBrighter outlook from forecasters, but severe risks remain
The forecasts from Hewes & Associates and Leading Edge sit interestingly against the other winter forecasts for construction output released over the past couple of weeks
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好色先生TVUnexplainable homes: Access to flats
David Birkbeck's look at the shock troops of housing design continues with a dramatic reinvention
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好色先生TVThe Prater principle: Michael Prater interview
Over 60 years, Michael Prater鈥檚 family firm has grown from a one-man band to become the country鈥檚 biggest envelope specialist. As the company fights off its fourth recession, he tells Roxane McMeeken how it鈥檚 done
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好色先生TVWe鈥檒l be getting off lightly if the workforce drops 400,000
The latest forecast from the Construction Skills Network (CSN) suggests that the current recession in construction will have led to a drop of about 400,000 in the number employed by the industry once job shedding ends in early 2011.This would mean a drop of about 15% in the workforce. That ...
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好色先生TVThe end is nigh?
If two consecutive quarters of declining GDP is most economists鈥� definition of a recession; how come only one quarter鈥檚 growth at 0.1% seems good enough to mark the end of it?
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好色先生TVAnshen + Allen's 拢80m cancer centre opens
Facility, which includes 16m deep basement and grade-II refurb, is largest private hospital in 30 years
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好色先生TVMum: Are we out of recession yet?
Officially the statistics say the UK economy has returned to growth, but remember these figures are only an estimate...
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好色先生TVCapita Symonds' 鈧�30m Budapest stadium
Consultant will provide multidisciplinary services on 22,000-seat venue
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好色先生TVUnexplainable homes: House or hovercraft?
The new series kicks off with how energy efficiency can become an eyesore
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好色先生TVMasdar City owner seeks $2bn loan refinance
Mubadala Development Company seeks to refinance after delays to sustainable city project
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好色先生TVDeloitte and Drivers Jonas: A toast to the happy couple
Congratulations are in order for this visionary merger that could benefit the whole sector
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好色先生TVHaiti: This time we must 'build better'
Poor quality buildings are responsible for the widespread death and devastation in Haiti, so the rebuilding effort must learn from other countries where a proactive approach has been taken
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好色先生TVBrickonomics: A long wait for commercial construction upswing
Each time a commercial property developer hints at making a move in the market I am confronted with the same question by those with an interest in construction work: Is this the start of the upswing?