All articles by Tom Broughton – Page 3

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    Green wash

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Regulation and clarity have been called for regarding the Green Deal. How is the government responding?

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    Revolution!

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    It’s chaos for construction in the Middle East. So what’s the outlook in the longer term?

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    Lean and mean

    2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Are subbies’ margins being damaged by a new procurement squeeze?

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    Family contractors: Adapt or die

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Willmott Dixon shows it’s not good enough just to sit still

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    Localism in Walthamstow: Down at the local

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    For an unsettling preview of where the localism agenda may be heading, take a look at our piece on the battle of Walthamstow Stadium. It’s a familiar story of an ambitious developer expertly jumping through all the regulatory hoops to overhaul a popular local landmark.On paper the plan looked a ...

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    Travellers' tales

    2011-01-28T08:46:00Z

    Will Nahkeel’s problems put firms off venturing abroad?

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    Money where the mouth is

    2011-01-14T00:00:00Z

    It’s already turning into the kind of high-stakes City game where fortunes and reputations can be made or broken.

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    Bye-bye Bovis

    2011-01-07T00:00:00Z

    The year has just begun and already one of the oldest names in UK construction is on the way out

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    Once upon a year ...

    2010-12-17T00:00:00Z

    For many of you, 2010 has been a year of little comfort and even less joy

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    It's even tougher out there

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    The world is about to get nastier for construction. Having endured months of uncertainty and finger-in-the-air budgeting, you’ll no doubt want to wrap your 2010 numbers up and dump them in the bin, along with those of 2009 and 2008

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    Attack of the clones

    2010-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Atkins this week becomes the latest British firm to reveal it has fallen victim to Chinese fraudsters

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    Fairness heads south

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Come back John Prescott, all is forgiven! You probably never thought you’d hear such a plea

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    Who'd be a specialist?

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Specialists contractors are being squeezed from all sides

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    A riches to rags story

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    The sudden suspension on Monday in the shares of Rok - “the nation’s local builder” - would have surprised few in the City.

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    Paul Morrell's first year at Whitehall: Paul's plan

    2010-11-05T00:00:00Z

    The government’s construction advisor has been in the job for a year - we take stock

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    What Dan Labbad told us

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Labbad seems to want Bovis to emulate companies such as Berkeley Group, which are able to change their strategy on a sixpence and leave threepence change

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    Spending review: What’s the damage?

    2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

    We now have certainty and the knowledge that government plans to invest

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    Comprehensive Spending Review: Brace yourself for bad news

    2010-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Kier topped our monthly business barometer chart thanks to contracts worth £160m. This time last year it was also in the lead, but then its haul was £660m

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    Don't kid yourself

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Our Top 250 consultants league table shows the harsh realities gripping the construction sector, and there’s no sign of improvement yet

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    Hello, Ed …

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Ed Miliband took to the Labour party conference stage this week and declared himself firmly on your side. “You see, when you cancel thousands of new school buildings at a stroke, it isn’t just bad for our kids, it’s bad for construction companies at a time when their order books ...