All Leader articles – Page 25

  • Tom Broughton
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    Nuclear reaction

    2011-03-18T00:00:00Z

    This week’s news is dominated by the crisis in Japan. We also look at the OFT fines saga, what the Budget might bring and how underbidding is affecting the industry

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    Frameworks: Putting SMEs in the frame

    2011-03-11T00:00:00Z

    This weeks biggest stories are frameworks, SMEs and Mipim

  • Tom Broughton
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    Green wash

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Regulation and clarity have been called for regarding the Green Deal. How is the government responding?

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    Revolution!

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    It’s chaos for construction in the Middle East. So what’s the outlook in the longer term?

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    Lean and mean

    2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Are subbies’ margins being damaged by a new procurement squeeze?

  • Tom Broughton
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    Family contractors: Adapt or die

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Willmott Dixon shows it’s not good enough just to sit still

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    Localism in Walthamstow: Down at the local

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    For an unsettling preview of where the localism agenda may be heading, take a look at our piece on the battle of Walthamstow Stadium. It’s a familiar story of an ambitious developer expertly jumping through all the regulatory hoops to overhaul a popular local landmark.On paper the plan looked a ...

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    Travellers' tales

    2011-01-28T08:46:00Z

    Will Nahkeel’s problems put firms off venturing abroad?

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    A harsh reality check

    2011-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Arup’s redundancies this week are an unfortunate reflection of the state of the industry

  • Tom Broughton
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    Money where the mouth is

    2011-01-14T00:00:00Z

    It’s already turning into the kind of high-stakes City game where fortunes and reputations can be made or broken.

  • Tom Broughton
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    Bye-bye Bovis

    2011-01-07T00:00:00Z

    The year has just begun and already one of the oldest names in UK construction is on the way out

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    Once upon a year ...

    2010-12-17T00:00:00Z

    For many of you, 2010 has been a year of little comfort and even less joy

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    It's even tougher out there

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    The world is about to get nastier for construction. Having endured months of uncertainty and finger-in-the-air budgeting, you’ll no doubt want to wrap your 2010 numbers up and dump them in the bin, along with those of 2009 and 2008

  • Tom Broughton
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    Attack of the clones

    2010-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Atkins this week becomes the latest British firm to reveal it has fallen victim to Chinese fraudsters

  • Tom Broughton
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    Fairness heads south

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Come back John Prescott, all is forgiven! You probably never thought you’d hear such a plea

  • Tom Broughton
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    Who'd be a specialist?

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Specialists contractors are being squeezed from all sides

  • Tom Broughton
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    A riches to rags story

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    The sudden suspension on Monday in the shares of Rok - “the nation’s local builder” - would have surprised few in the City.

  • Tom Broughton
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    Paul Morrell's first year at Whitehall: Paul's plan

    2010-11-05T00:00:00Z

    The government’s construction advisor has been in the job for a year - we take stock

  • Tom Broughton
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    What Dan Labbad told us

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Labbad seems to want Bovis to emulate companies such as Berkeley Group, which are able to change their strategy on a sixpence and leave threepence change

  • Tom Broughton
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    Spending review: What’s the damage?

    2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

    We now have certainty and the knowledge that government plans to invest