All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 55
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Agenda 15: What you said
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø has been asking the construction industry what policies the next UK government needs to adopt - here we review your responses
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Top 150 contractors and housebuilders 2014
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøâ€™s annual list of the UK’s biggest performers in the construction sector shows that housebuilders have enjoyed the past 12 months most. But many predict the tides are ready to turn for contractors, as Joey Gardiner reports
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Galliford Try moves into top 10 contractors
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøâ€™s annual Top 150 contractors and housebuilders league sees the firm move up to eighth
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Miller construction boss departs
Chris Webster departs from Miller Group in the wake of the sale of Miller Construction to Galliford Try
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Training to nowhere
Plenty of young people across the UK are signing up for construction training - the real problem, according to a report out today, is that many are taking courses that simply don’t meet the industry’s needs.
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Aedas launches London office after splitting from UK arm
Architect targets £20m turnover on commercial projects; UK arm rebrands as AHR with public sector focus
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Galliford Try twice walked away from Miller deal
Firm took tough stance in negotiations to drive down price; Miller Construction chief to stay with Miller Group
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Barratt profit set to double
Housebuilder says it sold the greatest number of homes for the last six years in 2014 trading year
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Galliford Try buys Miller Construction
Firm pays just £16.6m for £410m turnover construction business
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Councils to procure work on £2bn priority schools phase
SMEs disappointed by regional framework decision could benefit from ‘mixed’ procurement approach
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Aedas UK in 'conscious uncoupling'
Giant architect to split from Hong Kong arm and rebrand as AHR
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Blacklist compensation scheme launched: full details
Campaigners furious at offer of £4,000 - £20,000 fast-track for affected workers
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The biggest client of them all
The industry needs to address its structure before the skills gap can be bridged
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MJ Gleeson sees house sales soar
Housebuilder raises profit expectations in pre-close trading update
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Balfour issues huge new profit warning
Contracting giant to restructure M E business after identifying deepening problems
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EFA looks at revising cost benchmarks because of rising prices
Director of capital at education body says next £2bn phase of PSBP will take account of cost pressure
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Time to act: Debating UK infrastructure policy
As the Institution of Civil Engineers delivers a worrying State of the Nation report on UK infrastructure, ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø charts the changes that the sector believes should be prioritised by the next government
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Cable: Industry must reform to end skills 'horror story'
GCS latest: Business secretary Vince Cable says construction must end its reliance on subcontracting and invest in apprenticeships
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Contractors picked for £1bn rental housing pipeline
Balfour Beatty and Brookfield top list of five firms picked by developer Essential Living
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Latham's report: Did it change us?
Twenty years after the publication of Sir Michael Latham’s Constructing the Team, Joey Gardiner looks back at the report’s impact, whether it changed construction for the better and if its grand ambitions survived the financial meltdown