All Leader articles 鈥� Page 7
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CommentHousebuilders' salaries are healthy - but is the market as rosy as it looks?
Despite soaring salaries in the housebuilding sector, there鈥檚 an air of nervousness that the government will burst the bubble by scrapping its Help to Buy scheme
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CommentThe human toll of poor payment practices
Business failures often seem abstract and remote.聽How does it actually feel to go through the process of winding up your own business?
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CommentThe Tories put housing in the spotlight
The PM surprised conference with a welcome boost to council house building, but elsewhere private housebuilders got a bit of a kicking
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CommentSurvival of the fittest: consultants in rude health - for now
Our Top 150 league shows consultants have enjoyed a strong year 鈥� but how long will the good times last?
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CommentLeader: Tomorrow鈥檚 world
Young people now entering the industry hold the keys to its future 鈥� let鈥檚 listen to them
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CommentWe apologise for the late-running Crossrail service 鈥�
Crossrail鈥檚 was supposed to be a good news story for construction - so what went wrong?
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CommentLeader: Education, education, education?
As new academic year starts, for the schools construction sector there is worry about the amount of work coming onto their books
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CommentLeader: Let鈥檚 get radical
Modular construction is being touted as the as way forward for housing build, but the market is still waiting for the breakthrough product
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CommentConstruction needs a deal
As things stand 鈥� more than two years after the Leave vote 鈥� we still have no idea what it actually means for any sector of the economy, least of all construction.聽
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CommentLeader: Taking a step back to go forwards
While it鈥檚 a grim picture for contracting, individual firms are starting to fight back. But the uncertainty of Brexit still looms large over the industry
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CommentLeader: Playing fair
It鈥檚 not just main contractors who have been at fault over late payments. Practices along the entire chain, right from the client, should be more transparent
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CommentLeader: Living on the margins
The big story in this year鈥檚聽Top 150聽league tables is contractors鈥櫬爌itifully low聽margins compared with聽housebuilders鈥� surging profits
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CommentRiding the storm
Yet another government reshuffle and another housing minister is in place, but does any of this Westminster chaos matter to construction鈥檚 core issues?
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CommentThe new you
We鈥檝e been looking at some of the themes that are driving change within the construction industry
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CommentA light at the end of the tunnel
How much has the government actually done since Carillion鈥檚 implosion to address unfair payment practices?
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CommentHomes, sweet homes - and votes
A raft of housing policy announcements this weeks were somewhat overshadowed by the Heathrow expansion vote - but they could be important steps in speeding up housebuilding
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CommentTesting times: Public inquiry
The details in Dr Barbara Lane鈥檚 report of what went wrong at Grenfell Tower are a sad indictment on the state of some elements of the construction industry
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CommentDon't panic
While the macroeconomic picture and wobbly聽domestic outlook do cause concern and create uncertainty, things are nowhere near as bad as they were a聽decade ago
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CommentThe not so new kids on the block
Smaller consultancies鈥� larger mid-sized competitors have a choice to make: continue going global or get down on the ground on service and price to win
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CommentRunning for cover
Rising premiums are set to continue for all after Grenfell, along with increased scrutiny and bureaucracy. The fear is that the problems will get worse before they get better