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FeaturesHarry Patch (1899-present)
Reluctant celebrity Harry Patch still shudders to recall the horrors of the First World War - as well as the dangers he faced back home as a high-rise builder. 黑洞社区 met the 107-year-old
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FeaturesOut of the shadows
The internal life of NG Bailey, the UK's largest M&E firm, has always been a dark secret. Now chief executive Mark Andrews has given its first interview, and in it he talks (fairly) frankly about past troubles and future plans.
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FeaturesA self-made man
Craig Phillips is not your typical Big Brother survivor, scraping a living from their diminishing fame. Rather, he has invested his vast energy in a vast range of projects, including a skills centre in his native Liverpool.
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FeaturesThe old friends
The old friends giggle as the photographer asks them to move ever closer. The RIBA HQ in central London is playing host to two of the foremost signature architects of the past 30 years, and they respond by embracing and mocking each other as they ham it up for the ...
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FeaturesThis is Devon Buchanon
Over the course of his life he has dated Jamie Lee Curtis, partied with Mick Jagger, managed the UK's first all-black dance group, been personal assistant to Grace Jones, acted as a stand-in for Burt Reynolds, and provided the teeth for a Colgate advert.
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FeaturesNo more messing about in boats
He may wonder why on earth a sailor was put in charge of the Ministry of Defence's 拢15.3bn estate, but vice admiral Peter Dunt has attacked the job with military precision. He talked to Mark Leftly about PFI, budget cuts and how he got the job
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Features鈥楢nyone can be a millionaire. it's so easy, it's boring'
At 19 Duncan Bannatyne was behind bars. Today the entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den star has amassed 拢136m with shrewd investments in ice creams vans, care homes and gyms.
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FeaturesIan Simpson
This man knows a thing or two about civic identity and pride of place: after all he’s the architect behind the buildings that have defined modern Manchester. Here he tells Martin Spring why London should watch and learn 鈥�
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FeaturesLife after alsop
A year ago Christophe Egret caused a huge stir when he quit Alsop to start his own practice with fellow escapee David West. Vikki Miller found out what's happened to him since then, where he's planning to go next - and what's in his little black books.
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FeaturesSir Steve Redgrave
Britain鈥檚 leading Olympian has retired from the soul-bending agony of international athletics and has begun a number of jobs in construction, the industry he left 20-odd years ago. Tom Broughton found out what they are, and why he鈥檚 returned.
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FeaturesIn the shadow of the heron
Stephen Stone had just taken up the top job at Crest Nicholson when rumours began to circulate that Gerald Ronson鈥檚 Heron International was hatching a second takeover bid.
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FeaturesCharm offensive
Despite his continuing war with the Labour party, the Daily Telegraph and the US Senate, George Galloway has opened a new front against Tower Hamlets council. 黑洞社区 reports on the leader of Respect鈥檚 struggle to persuade tenants to fight their council鈥檚 housing policy
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FeaturesThe old romantic
He may no longer be the carefree youth who proposed to his wife a week after they met, but Keith Miller鈥檚 more considered approach to business looks set to see the Miller Group pass the 拢1bn-turnover mark.
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FeaturesThe maverick
He鈥檚 proud to be a QS, he鈥檚 not afraid of enjoying himself and he doesn鈥檛 think every big practice should be an LLP. Mark Leftly met Richard Steer, senior partner of Gleeds, and found a leader in his prime.
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FeaturesMalcolm Wicks
The energy minister knows a crisis is looming 鈥� what he doesn鈥檛 know is how to find a quick fix. Instead, he鈥檚 looking at all the long-term options 鈥� such as wind farms in the South-east and plans for a new generation of nuclear plants.
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FeaturesRelax 鈥� it could be so much worse
Nick Leeson learned a lot about stress when he lost 拢862m, went on the run and ended up a Singapore jail. Now he鈥檚 sharing his coping strategies in a new book and executive workshops. Nick Jones introduced him to the famously relaxed Stef Stefanou, and felt his own blood pressure ...
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Features
Alun Michael
Once upon a time, the government saw construction as a vital lever for regulating the economy, and gave it an entire minister. These says it gets an average of seven minutes of Alun Michael鈥檚 day. So what can he accomplish in that time?
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FeaturesI鈥檒l be seeing you 鈥�
Stephen Williams has just been appointed head of construction at the Health and Safety Executive. As 黑洞社区 discovered, he is a man with an intense interest in the industry 鈥� and plans personally to visit as many sites as possible.
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FeaturesDo you trust this man?
Ian Livsey, head of the new TrustMark accreditation scheme, wants to banish cowboy builders from the market. But how will he get the industry on side?
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