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Five things about the Employment Act 2002
Sweeping changes Legislation contained in the new act will come into effect from 2003 and will make big changes to existing employment law that could affect your small business.Dispute resolution The legislation will require employers to implement statutory dismissal, disciplinary and grievance procedures, which, for the first time, will have ...
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FeaturesAct of union
Creating an underground link between two of Edinburgh's most revered art galleries would be a challenge under any circumstances. But with one-third of the site tied up in political red tape and a big Monet exhibition looming, the 拢28m Playfair project has become the stuff of nightmares 鈥�
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Looking forwards
Your annual performance appraisal is your chance to talk with managers about your career goals. Victoria Madine tells you how to make the most of it
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Cost update: December 2002
In this quarter's Hot Rates, Davis Langdon & Everest throws the spotlight on concrete prices, and overleaf there's an update on the latest labour costs and materials price changes
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Front line
Is the decent homes standard a valuable targeting tool or just more bureaucracy? Jeffrey Adams thinks it can work, but Ben Derbyshire is underwhelmed
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The great kitchen and bathroom giveaway
Britain's public housing is getting a makeover to meet the government's decent homes standard 鈥� kitchens and bathrooms are being fitted at a rate of knots. Trouble is, once they're done the tenants go right ahead and flog them, playing havoc with housing association balance sheets and depleting the already ...
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FeaturesEverything and the kitchen sink 鈥�
A housing association in Coventry has lured tenants out of council hands by offering improved homes with a new kitchen and bathroom. Josephine Smit met two of the residents who made the leap.
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Skills card may be extended in crackdown on illegal workers
Head of Construction Skills Certification Scheme to present case to Home Office for its use in other industries.
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Staff bail out High-Point Rendel
Directors and management step in to save troubled Birmingham consultant by taking pay delays and offering loans.
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FeaturesWhat's going on, John?
One minute Prescott is slamming housebuilders for the shortage of new homes, the next he's hitting key developments with planning demands so tough that the schemes screech to a halt. No wonder the industry is a little dazed and confused 鈥�
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Foreign affairs
With European Union enlargement only months away and more clients dipping into international markets, what better time for consultants to set up shop abroad? Victoria Madine considers the different approaches that UK organisations take to forge overseas links.
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Just the job
Simon Wallace, Turner & Townsend's head of management consultancy, talks about his new role and why the next wave of consultants are likely to come from construction
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Europe here we come
Thinking of expanding into Europe? The benefits may well outweigh the risks
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Five lessons in entrepreneurship
A good idea is not enough 鈥� although it's a good start. Ingenuity and hard work are just as important as a good idea. Having said that, a simple idea can reap rich rewards. A good idea also requires persistence. If you lose heart in your idea, you won't have ...
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Bowmer & Kirkland surges ahead to steal the top spot
Midlands firm continues to astound as it beats off Sir Robert McAlpine 鈥� which hangs onto yearly pole position.
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FeaturesSpace station
In the planet's most barren landscape, a highly-trained crew of scientists are on a single mission: to track inter-stellar activity using the world's largest telescope. But they need somewhere to live 鈥�
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FeaturesTo be Frank
Realising an unwieldy Frank Gehry design means learning to work the Gehry way, as the team on his Dundee cancer therapy centre quickly found out. And although the architect's first UK building is surprisingly small, the difficulties it caused were anything but 鈥�
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Lead times: Piling
Lead times are fairly balanced in the final quarter of the year, with an equal number of sectors lengthening and shortening deliveries, according to Mace. And overleaf, Gardiner & Theobald throws the spotlight on piling 鈥�