All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 57
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Balfour Beatty boss resigns amid fresh £30m profit hit
Group chief executive to leave “with immediate effect” after further UK construction losses discovered
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Big six contractors facing increasing cash flow pressure
Analysis shows UK’s biggest contractors now have an aggregate net debt of £328m
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The pressure of payment reform
The launch last week of a new payment charter adds to the legitmate pressure on contractors to pay their subbies promptly. But this pressure could also starve contractors of the cash they need to invest, push up prices, and even push some firms over the edge
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Garden cities: Back to the future
Garden cities offered a utopian vision of town planning at the dawn of the last century. But could they be the answer to the current housing crisis? The coalition seems to think so
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Planning ‘easiest since eighties’, says Cala boss
Government reform has produced easiest environment to get residential approvals since eighties, claims house builder
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Interview: Alan Brown
With two investors behind it and the recent purchase of upmarket housebuilder Banner, Cala Group has come a long way from its precarious refinancing in 2009. Alan Brown talks about delivering volume at the top end of the market, and plans to treble turnover to £800m a year
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Miller Group confirms strategic business review
Scottish firm says it is “reviewing a number of strategic options”
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Workloads growing at fastest rate for 20 years, says RICS
Workload growth fastest since mid-nineties, according to the industry survey
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More than half of construction firms now using BIM
NBS survey finds that number of firms that have used BIM has jumped from 39% to 50% over last year
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NBS survey: The BIM that will bring us together
NBS’ annual BIM survey suggests that uptake of the collaborative technology has risen sharply over the past year. But is it really becoming the industry norm?
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Countryside says expansion plan is on track
Housebuilder returns to profit and posts 6% rise in revenue
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Fair payment charter: Cheque’s in the post
Few issues are more contentious in construction than payment practices. So will a new fair payment charter that asks contractors to commit to shorter payment times actually work - or merely add to the pile of previous failed attempts to reform the industry?
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Home labelling initiative launched
Pilot scheme aims to improve quality of new homes and information provided to prospective buyers
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Power games in the energy market
Can contractors working in the energy infrastructure sector survive the fallout from Ofgem’s competition review?
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Construction workers get 5.5% two-year pay deal
New BATJIC agreement will see rise of 2.5% this year and 3% in 2015
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Putting the wind up construction
Ofgem’s announcement last week that the six big energy firms face a competition inquiry has spooked the market and alarmed construction firms relying on new energy generation capacity. But are things really as bleak as they seem?
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Tax changes for temporary site workers
In a radical move that seems bound to increase labour costs, the government is clamping down on temporary site workers claiming to be self-employed. And as if that wasn’t bad enough news for construction companies using this kind of labour, they’ve only got two weeks to prepare for the change ...
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This is one tax change we should welcome
In amending its false self-employment rules HMRC is giving employers a chance to change the construction industry’s image
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WYG to beat profit expectations
Engineer said it will beat market forecasts by 10% as economy recovers