All articles by Michael Willoughby – Page 21
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McCarthy & Stone shuts office and cuts jobs
The UK’s biggest builder of private retirement housing is shedding 120 jobs and closing an office in its latest round of cuts
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'Boom time' in construction – for dispute resolution firms
Dispute settlement company Driver Group reports 43% increase in turnover last year
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EU law changes threaten Kingsnorth coal plant
Amendments to EU pollution directive could halt construction of new UK coal plant and close many more
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Mansell launches Midlands health division
Martin Farrell moves over from building solutions division to head new unit at contractor
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West Midlands housing industry gets £53m bail out
New government scheme includes £12m to buy housebuilders' unsold stock for use as affordable homes
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Government consults on cash for council house plans
Councils may soon be able to keep rental and receipts from Right to Buy sales
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Network Rail names seven firms for £800m track renewal programme
Amey Colas, Babcock Rail, Balfour Beatty, Carillion, Grant Rail, Jarvis and Trackwork selected to carry out track enhancement
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Complaints commissioner appointed for Crossrail
Transport minister and London mayor make joint appointment to handle complaints about Crossrail building work
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UAE commits to 7% green energy
Leading oil-producing nation pledges to meet new renewable power target by 2020
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First carbon-negative residential development breaks ground
National Grid to take excess power from 172 homes
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Former BP man to head Network Rail
Turnaround king and former cement chief will come from MasterCard to head rail body
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Housing minister pilloried for bullish house price stance
Government has "lost all touch with reality," opposition claims
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Downturn will hit green gains in housing
Recession is already leading to reduced demand for sustainability in housing, reveals survey
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Government U-turn as £5bn of road funding cut
Peak-time use of the hard shoulder will replace infrastucture investment in motorway widening
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High speed Heathrow link will cost £40bn, expert claims
Crossrail veteran predicts Tories' numbers are 100% out
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Carbon Trust calls for switch to large-scale wood fuel
But experts warn over carbon-heavy transport implications
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Government moots SAP levy
The government is considering introducing a levy on domestic Energy Performance Certificates to pay for the expansion of the system used to assess the energy efficiency of houses
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Greenpeace's John Sauven: can we be friends?
John Sauven, Greenpeace’s executive director is a suave, pragmatic, political insider. Which means he’ll be happy to work with the industry on plans for more runways and reactors, right? Er, not exactly…
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Developers fear becoming green energy suppliers
Survey reveals that a third of firms expect to become responsible for renewable energy generation
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Features
2009: the sustainable year ahead
Michael Willoughby flicks through his diary to the key events that make 2009 such a critical 12 months for sustainability