Brighter outlook from forecasters, but severe risks remain

The forecasts from Hewes & Associates and Leading Edge sit interestingly against the other winter forecasts for construction output released over the past couple of weeks


 

Decoding homes: Access to flats

David Birkbeck’s look at the shock troops of housing design continues with a dramatic reinvention


 

The Prater principle: Michael Prater interview

Over 60 years, Michael Prater’s family firm has grown from a one-man band to become the country’s biggest envelope specialist. As the company fights off its fourth recession, he tells Roxane McMeeken how it’s done


 

We’ll be getting off lightly if the workforce drops 400,000

The latest forecast from the Construction Skills Network (CSN) suggests that the current recession in construction will have led to a drop of about 400,000 in the number employed by the industry once job shedding ends in early 2011.


 

The end is nigh?

If two consecutive quarters of declining GDP is most economists’ definition of a recession; how come only one quarter’s growth at 0.1% seems good enough to mark the end of it?


 

Anshen + Allen’s £80m cancer centre opens

Facility, which includes 16m deep basement and grade-II refurb, is largest private hospital in 30 years


 

Mum: Are we out of recession yet?

Officially the statistics say the UK economy has returned to growth, but remember these figures are only an estimate…


 

Capita Symonds’ €30m Budapest stadium

Consultant will provide multidisciplinary services on 22,000-seat venue


 

Decoding homes: House or hovercraft?

The new series kicks off with how energy efficiency can become an eyesore


 

Masdar City owner seeks $2bn loan refinance

Mubadala Development Company seeks to refinance after delays to sustainable city project


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