All Letters articles – Page 35

  • Comment

    More egg baskets required

    2009-05-15T00:00:00Z

    I worked for Taylor Woodrow International from 1975 to 1980 in various parts of the world and its geographic and sectoral diversification was one of its greatest strengths

  • Comment

    Off-site really is the answer

    2009-05-15T00:00:00Z

    So the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is launching a drive to boost the private rental sector. As residential property prices fall, rental yields are starting to look more attractive to investors and pension funds, so the opportunity is there for the taking

  • Comment

    Spitting in the wind

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    What options are we exploring, apart from wind farms, as alternative energy sources?

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    Dubai’s secret shame

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    The plight of a significant number of Dubai’s migrant workers from the Indian subcontinent is appalling

  • Tesco is tough alright, but it’s also systematic and fair
    Comment

    Why Tesco is a good client

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    When prices are falling so quickly, owing to lack of workload and competition to secure projects, it is disingenuous to hear clients such as Tesco being criticised for taking advantage of their position

  • Comment

    British jobs for team players

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Regarding Nick Chronias’ article on equal opportunities (“Lip service won’t do”, 24 April, page 52), what a lot of waffle to say that we should all uphold the law

  • Comment

    Looking on the bright side …

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    That an industry in recession has managed to retain almost 700 apprentices who were at risk of not being able to complete their training is a significant success – which was sadly not reflected in your recent feature (“Displaced persons”, 24 April, page 24) which chose to focus on trainees ...

  • Comment

    Korea advice

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Alistair Darling’s Budget announcement of £405m for “energy efficiency” spending is peanuts (24 April, page 12)

  • Comment

    Action first, regs later

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    We must conserve our energy and improve the existing building stock to reasonable, if not high levels, as well as raising construction standards

  • Comment

    Too little, too late

    2009-05-01T00:00:00Z

    With reference to your article on the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) funding situation (3 April, page 24), it should also be pointed out that an aspect that contributed greatly to the overspend on many colleges was the LSC’s decision in the summer of 2004 to not approve funding for ...

  • Comment

    Tools for the job

    2009-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham, in his column on 3 April (page 56), made reference to “that wonderful book … A Dummies’ Guide to Risk and Shafting” to help contractors survive the recession.

  • Comment

    Terminological imbroglios

    2009-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Robert Adam (17 April, page 22) must move in very eccentric – and exclusive – circles

  • Comment

    Foul-weather friends

    2009-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Working as a senior procurement manager for a national housebuilder, I wholeheartedly concur with the frustration felt at how those offering trade insurance are reacting in these straitened times (17 April, page 28)

  • Contempt of courts: was the Wimbledon media centre project destined to end in legal action?
    Comment

    We fight the law …

    2009-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Reading the story in ڶ on 9 April (BDP faces £4.6m claim over Wimbledon media centre), I was disappointed, but sadly not surprised, to see yet another high-profile court case involving latent defects

  • Comment

    We fight the law and the law wins

    2009-05-01T00:00:00Z

    I was pleased to read James Bessey’s article (How to look good in public, 9 April, page 47)

  • Comment

    Emirates united

    2009-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Your article of “Why we are not Dubai” (17 April, page 32) took many of my comments out of context.

  • Comment

    Just plane wrong

    2009-04-24T00:00:00Z

    It’s easy to portray Tamsin Omond as childish (27 March, page 42), but setting her against an ageing politician (whose age I noted wasn’t published) just doesn’t work

  • Comment

    It's an ill wind...

    2009-04-24T00:00:00Z

    There will be some positive outcomes from this global recession. The office market is a case in point and I believe that the economic climate will lead, and is already leading, to higher quality, better functioning buildings

  • Comment

    The noble game

    2009-04-24T00:00:00Z

    I am fixture secretary for Peper Harow Cricket Club, and we are desperately trying to raise funds to complete phase two of our pavilion

  • Comment

    Correction

    2009-04-24T00:00:00Z

    Due to a production error, the photographs of Andy Ritchie, global board director of Ryder Levett Bucknall, and Phil Dalglish, Saudi Arabia director for Buro Happold, were inadvertently transposed in the article “Make a wish” (9 April)