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CommentGovernment housing strategy: Falling short
This week鈥檚 government housing strategy offers some hope to first-time buyers but it is an inadequate response to the fact that we are not building enough homes
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CommentSolar industry lobbies MPs overs FITs cuts
Campaigners prepare to lobby MPs over the 50% cut in solar feed-in tariffs. Read live coverage here
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CommentWe need to look beyond the government's quick-fix housing strategy
Careful implementation of the government鈥檚 housing initiatives is vital - otherwise, there could be real problems in the long term
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CommentLife for BioRegional after Quintain
Co-founder of BioRegional disappointed by end of Quintain joint venture but says valuable lessons can be learnt
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CommentConstruction and the eurozone: It鈥檚 2008 all over again
It鈥檚 already difficult enough securing finance for UK construction projects, but the eurozone crisis threatens to do away with long-term project lending altogether锘�
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CommentHow bad are banks at lending to SMEs?
A new study suggest that the picture for SMEs and bank funding isn鈥檛 as bleak as sometimes painted
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CommentHouse building figures provide no comfort in an age of uncertainty and need
Is the housing minister losing credibility?
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CommentMy digital life鈥ith Carmen Erwee
This associate partner鈥檚 digital life is punctuated with emoticons :P
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CommentConstruction and the eurozone: Make it happen
锘縏he eurozone is in a mess, but then again so is the UK economy. What we need is to invest in design-led manufacturing so we earn a reputation for excellence
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CommentCPA/Barbour ABI Index: Decline in contract awards accelerates
Economic gloom cast a shadow over most sectors in October
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CommentCommercial Offices Index: Offices construction hit by eurozone crisis
October saw the commercial offices index fall by 9%
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Inbox: Quick fix
This week, readers want to help unemployed graduates, solve the problem of congestion on the M25 and see the government consider the consequences of reducing feed-in tariffs
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CommentGlazing over
Thanks to Martin Szajnar for sending in this snap - although he might want to give it to the local neighbourhood watch. As he points out: 鈥淎ny more pressure and he鈥檒l be done for breaking and entering.鈥�
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CommentWonders & blunders with Keith Pickavance
Keith Pickavance delights in the eccentricity of the Lloyd鈥檚 好色先生TV but the Prince of Wales鈥� fire station in Poundbury deserves to have the hose turned on it
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CommentHansom: So off message
This week protestors fail to spread the word to their comrades, a construction boss is embroiled in the DSK scandal and a press contact for the ODA knows nothing about the Olympics
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CommentNo sign in the data that construction employment is plunging again 鈥� not yet anyway
The construction jobs market has been holding up better than many have feared.
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CommentHow can we make the most of the public estate?
New structures for property management and ways of working can lead to leaner and greener public assets
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CommentSettled agreements: Thameside Construction Company Ltd vs Arthenella Ltd
This case highlights the importance of caution when entering settled agreements, and that once accepted, an offer to settle cannot be picked apart
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CommentLatest ONS construction data point to growth in 2011 鈥� that鈥檚 not what the industry thinks
The ONS need to explain why their output figures are so much more optimistic than other market indicators