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Unite leads demonstration to protect workers
Friday, 28 December 2007

Trade union Unite is holding a rally in Manchester in January to campaign against the exploitation of agency workers.

CABE gives £1.8m to inspire local architecture
Thursday, 27 December 2007

Twenty-one architecture and built environment centres from around the country will receive £1.8m funding from CABE over the next two years.

Rochdale to spend £73m on building housing and leisure
Thursday, 27 December 2007

Rochdale council leaders have unveiled plans to spend £73m in 2008-9 on new leisure, affordable housing and safer community projects.

Construction workers top petty crime poll
Monday, 24 December 2007

Workers in the engineering and construction sector are among the professionals most likely to commit petty crime, according to new research.

Solway windfarm underway
Saturday, 22 December 2007

Eon, one of the UK's leading green generators, has announced that offshore construction of its £325m Robin Rigg Wind Farm has started in the Solway Firth.

Capita wins Birmingham library contract
Saturday, 22 December 2007

Capita Symonds, have been awarded the contract to manage the development of the new £193m Library of Birmingham.

Southwark regeneration approved
Saturday, 22 December 2007

Vital planning applications for two multi-million pound regeneration projects in Southwark, London have now been approved.

Plans underway to build first UK pier in 50 years
Friday, 21 December 2007

Proposals are under way to rebuild Wirral Pier in Merseyside.

Carillion completes PPP sale
Friday, 21 December 2007

Carillion has now completed the sale of equity in its Public Private Partnership projects to Land Securities Trillium for £21.5m.

M40 Warwickshire scheme green light
Friday, 21 December 2007

Drivers on the A46 and M40 in Warwickshire are to benefit from a £76.8m scheme, to be built with £70.9m of Government funding, to ease congestion and improve safety, Transport Minister Tom Harris announced yesterday.

New Forth Bridge to be built
Thursday, 20 December 2007

A new bridge is to be built across the Firth of Forth at a cost of £4.2bn.

London 2012 demolition complete
Thursday, 20 December 2007

Demolition on the five main permanent venue sites – the Olympic Stadium, the Aquatics Centre, the International Broadcast Centre/Main Press Centre, the VeloPark and the Olympic Village – has been completed.

Kier take Kent BSF project
Thursday, 20 December 2007

Construction group Kier, bidding as part of the Land Securities Trillium consortium, has been appointed preferred bidder by Kent County Council to deliver over £100m worth of schools.

Liverpool FC stadium gets January deadline
Thursday, 20 December 2007

Designs for Liverpool’s new Stanley Park stadium will be decided in January.

Pimlico School to be demolished
Thursday, 20 December 2007

A London school is to be demolished and replaced with a new modern building for 1,200 pupils, council bosses have announced.

FMB attack housing VAT bill
Wednesday, 19 December 2007

Government plans to invest over £4bn in the existing housing stock ignores the fact that an estimated £700m of this amount will go straight back to it because of the current VAT rate of 17.5% on repairs and maintenance on home improvements, says the Federation of Master Builders.

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