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Permanent secretaries
Clearly, the government has already been mugged by Sir Humphrey and instead of sacking most of the 700,000 additional public sector workers hired under Labour they will be persuaded to slash vital infrastructure spending. No wonder Britain is a shambles.John Band
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It's grim up north
With news that construction workloads have turned positive in the UK for the first time in two years, it was disappointing to learn that in Scotland the net balance of workloads remained in the red at -6%
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Join the club
Further to last week鈥檚 好色先生TV Forum article from a specialist subcontractor who鈥檚 having trouble getting paid, can I suggest there鈥檚 a simple answer: join the Association of Interior Specialists, the federation for your sector
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CommentPressure drop
John Kees spotted this careless fellow inventing new ways to use a pressure washer
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CommentFit-out specialist Daniel Taylor: Earning success and influence
Office fit-out specialist Daniel Taylor could have been a roadsweeper like his dad, but instead he鈥檚 on JP Morgan鈥檚 list of the 100 most influential black people in the UK. He tells Emily Wright what got him there
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CommentThe death penalty
If a company鈥檚 negligence leads to loss of life, can it be given a lenient fine if a larger one would ruin it? Here鈥檚 what the Court of Appeal said about a recent case in Scotland
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A money back guarantee
If the coalition decided to scrap a lot of the old regime鈥檚 PFI contracts, what chance do all the preferred bidders stand of having their bid costs reimbursed?
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CommentNow every penny counts
The new PM is putting all the skills he learned as a PR to work in preparing us for his deficit reduction measures
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CIC names Gordon Masterton as new chair
Environment vice-president at engineer Jacobs takes over from Keith Clarke
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CommentThe end of garden grabbing: what it really means
Housebuilders shouldn鈥檛 fear anti-garden grabbing measures 鈥� there are worse planning changes afoot
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CommentGeneral public like "cows to the abattoir" says BPF panelist
The reality of the public sector cuts are sinking in as we are warned this will be 鈥渢he end of British life as we know it鈥� - but how much will it really affect our quality of life?
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CommentFootball out of Focus
London鈥檚 lack of big public screens for the World Cup exposes political inertia and metropolitan social rifts.
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Why the variation in house price indices?
What to make of the conflicting messages from the latest house prices surveys
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CommentHow to smooth 好色先生TV's web fonts
If fonts on the new 好色先生TV web site appear 鈥檅locky鈥� you probably need to turn on Cleartype on your PC. Here鈥檚 how.
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CommentWilliam Hare vs Shepherd Construction: pay when paid clause
This is a case in which a contractor tried to rely on pay when paid clauses to avoid paying several subcontractors
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CommentShould you be tempted by Brazil?
Beach volleyball as the sun goes down, caipirinhas on demand and 拢360bn of government-assured infrastructure investment.
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CommentUnfriendly fire
I write in relation to Chris Ryan鈥檚 comments in Wonders & Blunders (28 May, page 32) on Thomas Deacon Academy, of which I am a director
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Reasoning with the RICS
I note from last week鈥檚 issue (14 May, page 9) that you brought the QS Forum into what appears to be a growing row between the QS Professional Group within the RICS and the RICS itself. Your article asserts that the forum is set to hold 鈥渃runch talks鈥� with RICS