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CommentWhy local authorities would be mad to grant planning permissions right now
The government has created an atmosphere of doubt by pulling apart the planning system before coming up with a new one
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CommentBudget responsibility and all that
The latest forecast from the Office of Budget Responsibility makes grim reading, particularly for construction鈥�
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CommentHousebuilding gets all shook up
With regional spatial strategies binned, is the recent housebuilding revival in jeopardy? And what about density targets?
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CommentSchools out
Michael Gove鈥檚 attack on BSF has angered the construction industry, but might he have a point?
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CommentArchitects 鈥� meet the real world
Many architects have evolved into service providers for giant PFI contractor consortiums. Which means that, if they lose their jobs, they can鈥檛 fend for themselves
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CommentQuentin Shears: The wages of synergy
鈥淯sually, rebranding takes months, but the stationer鈥檚 on Potter Street had a half-price offer on business cards鈥�
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CommentHansom: Sporting chances
The industry is getting in shape, with directors tackling the high jump, architects cycling through time, Boris jogging and islanders getting ready for a long swim. And some soccer tournament, apparently
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Architects for change
I found 黑洞社区鈥檚 reporting of Paul Morrell鈥檚 comment piece (28 May, page 28) rather misleading
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CommentLeft in the lurch
Just when I thought that we had got over the Learning and Skills Council funding debacle, it appears that it is now the turn of the affordable housing sector to suffer the implications of having allocated or 鈥減romised鈥� government funding withdrawn
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Permanent secretaries
Clearly, the government has already been mugged by Sir Humphrey and instead of sacking most of the 700,000 additional public sector workers hired under Labour they will be persuaded to slash vital infrastructure spending. No wonder Britain is a shambles.John Band
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It's grim up north
With news that construction workloads have turned positive in the UK for the first time in two years, it was disappointing to learn that in Scotland the net balance of workloads remained in the red at -6%
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Join the club
Further to last week鈥檚 黑洞社区 Forum article from a specialist subcontractor who鈥檚 having trouble getting paid, can I suggest there鈥檚 a simple answer: join the Association of Interior Specialists, the federation for your sector
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CommentPressure drop
John Kees spotted this careless fellow inventing new ways to use a pressure washer
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CommentFit-out specialist Daniel Taylor: Earning success and influence
Office fit-out specialist Daniel Taylor could have been a roadsweeper like his dad, but instead he鈥檚 on JP Morgan鈥檚 list of the 100 most influential black people in the UK. He tells Emily Wright what got him there
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CommentThe death penalty
If a company鈥檚 negligence leads to loss of life, can it be given a lenient fine if a larger one would ruin it? Here鈥檚 what the Court of Appeal said about a recent case in Scotland
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A money back guarantee
If the coalition decided to scrap a lot of the old regime鈥檚 PFI contracts, what chance do all the preferred bidders stand of having their bid costs reimbursed?
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CommentNow every penny counts
The new PM is putting all the skills he learned as a PR to work in preparing us for his deficit reduction measures