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FeaturesConversation with a heretic
Nigel Lawson thinks Britain鈥檚 attempts to stop the world getting warmer are bound to fail and will wreck our economy in the process. It would be much better to spend the money and effort adapting to the inevitable.
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FeaturesGrace under pressure
You can throw what you want at the Currie & Brown chief executive 鈥� sackings, redundancies, takeover bids, irate shareholders, even a fire alarm 鈥� but he鈥檒l never agree he鈥檚 got his back up against the wall. Emily Wright meets one cool customer
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FeaturesAn audience with The Shahs
Not satisfied with taking on the print unions, millionaire businessman Eddy Shah is breaking into housebuilding by constructing a luxury property development on a golfcourse.
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FeaturesAinscow & Millett
She鈥檚 the enfant terrible who gave Manchester a whole new vibe. He鈥檚 the wunderkind who created a sensation when he quit Bovis Lend Lease. Now they鈥檝e teamed up to tackle the regeneration schemes that others won鈥檛.
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FeaturesDealer鈥檚 choice
As head of joint ventures at HBOS, Bruce Anderson has been busy building up stakes in housebuilders, and now has his sights set on Crest Nicholson. But if he鈥檚 right that in a few years鈥� time there鈥檒l be only three housebuilders left, he may have the chance to spend more ...
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FeaturesThe new boy
The previous chief executive of 好色先生TV Schools for the Future spent eight stormy months struggling with the brief before jumping overboard. Tim Byles, the local authority bureaucrat who replaces him, has a different plan, a different style, and (he hopes) a different fate.
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FeaturesAnthony Minghella
The director鈥檚 latest film stars Jude Law as a designer whose life twists out of control after he opens an office in King鈥檚 Cross. Sonia Soltani finds out what happens when Hollywood tackles love, crime and regeneration
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FeaturesA man of principle
Broadcaster Jon Snow may be better known for his loud ties than his knowledge of architecture and sustainability, but that is what he will be speaking about at the RIBA conference in Venice this weekend. Vikki Miller met the man who had a say in the commissioning of the Tate ...
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FeaturesHow Hodge will help us
After five years of feeling sidelined by ministers, the construction industry seems to have found a genuine champion in Margaret Hodge. Mark Leftly went to meet one of life鈥檚 enthusiasts
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FeaturesThe Gove in government
Michael Gove, the highly opinionated polymathematical star of the Tory front bench, might just get the chance to translate his thoughts on housing and planning into action soon. David Blackman found out what they are
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FeaturesConfessions of an impatient introvert
Galliford Try may be a bit of an odd shape for a listed company, but it鈥檚 going like a bomb, and those who know such things reckon it鈥檚 bound for greatness. Angela Monaghan met Greg Fitzgerald, the quiet man who鈥檚 driving with his foot on the floor
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FeaturesThree men and their boats
With just a month until the Little Britain Challenge Cup gets under way, Katie Puckett meets three industry amphibians who鈥檝e found true love off the coast of England
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FeaturesThe insiders
These men are paid to know your business better than you know it yourself. They are private investigators hired by construction firms hit by employee crime, whether on site or in the boardroom. Their job is to expose the enemy within.
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FeaturesWe dont shout from the rooftops鈥�
鈥� in fact Balfour Beatty鈥檚 boss shuns all industry and media attention. But here Angela Monaghan coaxes Ian Tyler into revealing what makes the man with the biggest job in construction tick.
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FeaturesLet's stay together
Bob Johnston was given the top job at Bovis and told to strengthen the bonds between parent and subsidiary. But that doesn't mean he's there to dispense group hugs. Angela Monaghan found out about his plans to double profits.
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FeaturesNo regrets
The chairman of Wembley National Stadium Limited has broken his silence on the project, but don't ask him to take the blame for its troubles.
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FeaturesKelly Holmes
The woman who beat injury and depression to win two Olympic golds has a new challenge: convincing east London's businesses to get on the regeneration bandwagon for the 2012 Games. Emily Wright met her.
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FeaturesSeconds to midnight
Worried about global warming? Don't be - it's too late to do anything about it 鈥� In the last of our series on the future of energy, Thomas Lane met James Lovelock, an eminent scientist who thinks at least 80% of the population of the planet is about to be ...
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FeaturesKeeping up with Jones
Ken Livingstone is determined to cut London's carbon emissions 20% by 2010 and Allan Jones is the man to help him do it.
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FeaturesSir David King
In the first of three interviews on the future of energy in the UK, the government's chief scientist tells Thomas Lane why we need new homes and new nuclear power stations.