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Prisk hints at budget housing boost
Housing minister says government knows it can do more for sector
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Priority schools programme struggles to source finance
Government is looking to European Investment Bank and capital bond markets to finance £2.4bn private element of programme
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CBI backs VAT cut for refurb
Business lobby joins calls for VAT cut as part of £2.2bn budget wishlist
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Drax biomass project in line for £75m guarantee
£225m project to convert half of Drax coal-fired power station into biomass is set to be the next project to receive UK Guarantee
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Vince Cable calls for 'crucial' housing investment
Business secretary makes case for spending to boost construction
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Government to cut costs through joint procurement
Ecobuild latest: Ministry of Justice construction boss says departmental collaboration will drive down prices
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Whitehall to ask private sector experts to boost skills
Ecobuild latest: Lord Deighton identifies leadership ‘vacuum’ in delivering low-carbon major infrastructure projects
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Contractors sign up to prompt payment code
Laing O’Rourke, Carillion and Kier are among a clutch of major contractors to sing up to the government’s prompt payment code
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Government considers licences for builders
Exclusive: Business department launches research looking at how other country’s tackle rogue traders
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Government guarantee for £1bn Crossrail trains scrapped
Procurement of new fleet of Crossrail trains will now be 100% publically-funded
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One in five Affordable Homes schemes without sites
HCA says 80% of the programme, designed to deliver 170,000 homes, now has a “firm site identified”.
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Industry urges chancellor to boost construction
Industry bodies call for George Osborne to use budget to boost capital investment in construction projects as a means of driving economic growth
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Atkins to open second Indian office
Firm’s ‘design centre’ in outskirts of Delhi praised by David Cameron
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Government unveils further deals to boost cities
Twenty groups of local authorities handed greater powers over planning and economic development
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Firms warn delay to green standards will damage industry
Eight leading insulation firms warn ministers delay to implementation of new energy efficiency standards will damage industry
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Construction firms join PM on trade mission to India
Balfour Beatty, Aecom, Atkins and Mott MacDonald accompany David Cameron on trade delegation
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UK BIM standard a world first, says Hansford
Chief construction advisor hails says new guidelines will help firms adopt BIM successfully
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Labour government 'ignored' warnings on blacklisting
BBC investigation details 2007 meeting between senior civil servant and whistleblower Alan Wainwright
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Labour slams slow progress on major projects
Analysis of government’s national infrastructure plan shows just 18 of 576 projects are under construction
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EDF seeks state backing for nuclear project
EDF in talks over the possibility of the government underwriting the Hinkley Point nuclear project