All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 42
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Interview: Peter Hansford
Until two months ago Peter Hansford was the government’s chief construction advisor. Now the position has been abolished. Here, he talks frankly about the state of the industry and how his legacy will be perceived
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Balfour UK procurement chief leaves
Martin Chown latest to go, while outsider gets international procurement job
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Longcross owed £51m at collapse
Trade creditors could recover less than 0.5p in the pound for debts
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House prices buoyed by buy-to-let surge
The RICS reports rush of buyers looking to purchase before April tax changes
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Countryside pins growth plans on estate regeneration
Housebuilder praises government announcement of £140m to revamp failing estates as it prepares for IPO
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Cameron’s estate regeneration plan is ‘unrealistic’ say experts
Housing experts say £140m pledged for plans to regenerate 100 of the UK’s most deprived estates is not enough
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A non-starter?
In a week in which the government announced its intention to ‘directly commission’ up to 13,000 homes, you might think it had begun, finally, to get a grip on housebuilding. But its flagship Starter Homes policy is set to shake up the development industry, causing delays - and fears it ...
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Housebuilders wary of direct commissioning plan
Industry gives cautious welcome to plans to sell publicly-owned sites with planning permission to SME builders
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Review of 2015: Part 3
Part 3 of ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøâ€™s end-of-year TV guide features Christmas blockbusters – the biggest tales of 2015
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ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Christmas challenge: A touch of frost
Five construction figures and two ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø journalists sculpt landmark buildings. Who kept their cool and who felt a nasty chill?
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Laing O’Rourke’s Anna Stewart ‘expected to return as CEO’
Former group boss who stepped down last week due to ill health could be back in driving seat ‘within months’
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Review of 2015: Part 2
Part 2 of ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøâ€™s end-of-year TV guide features a year in quotes and remembers those the industry said goodbye to
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Review of 2015: Part 1
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøâ€™s end-of-year TV guide picks out the people, stories and events that were unmissable over the past 12 months. First off, Christmas specials
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Paris summit: Feeling the heat
At this week’s UN Climate Change Summit, the UK could no longer boast of having the greenest policies in the room. So after several months of Conservative policy changes, how is the country measuring up to its own targets?
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Hansom: The hours of folly
Errors this week include an estate agent praising TV’s latest satire on house prices, the mayor of London shooting himself in the foot, and an awkward discussion at ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Live. Plus, can readers help with a history project?
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Life of Pycroft
He’s the boy from Bradford, done good – a ‘tough as nails’ business leader who built the Shard and steered Mace to become one of the UK’s most prestigious multidisciplinary construction firms
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Mace restructures as it homes in on £2bn turnover target
Mace boss Stephen Pycroft tells ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Live his firm is ‘well on track’ to meet target by 2020
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Balfour regional offices face closure in consolidation plan
Up to four offices and 50 jobs under threat as firm deepens efficiency drive after three years of profit warnings