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Government moves to nationalise British Steel to save UK material production
The government has nationalised British Steel, citing the need to secure domestic steel production to be able to deliver the major infrastructure projects the UK has pipelined. The post Government moves to nationalise British Steel to save UK material production appeared first on New Civil Engineer.
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Property industry welcomes plan to end unlimited liability for real estate valuers
The government has proposed removing the rule in early 2027. The post Property industry welcomes plan to end unlimited liability for real estate valuers appeared first on Property Week.
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British Steel nationalised to ‘support’ construction projects
The government has taken British Steel into public ownership, in what it said was a move to preserve steelmaking and support construction projects. The move followed through on a plan announced in May, and is one of Sir Keir Starmer’s last acts as prime minister.… The post British Steel nationalised to ‘support’ construction projects appeared first on Construction News.
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Construction output drops for second consecutive month
Overall construction output has fallen for the second consecutive month despite a small increase in new work, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The government statistics agency estimated a 0.8 per cent fall for May, following a revised 0.1 per cent drop the… The post Construction output drops for second consecutive month appeared first on Construction News.
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Cutting red tape on heritage buildings could help unlock 670,000 homes, MPs tell government
Cross-party select committee calls for new heritage-to-housing scheme as current approach is branded ‘deeply complacent’
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Cheating or Competing? Price-fixing
Short descriptor video on what price-fixing is, why it's wrong and what you can do to stop it.
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The Group has focussed on four key areas: new procurement models, the „Intelligent Client‟, the effectiveness of frameworks and cross-government collaboration in procurement.
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HM Gov - British Energy Security Strategy, 06042022
The UK Government has now issued its latest Energy (Supply) Strategy which aims to boost UK energy independence and tackle rising prices. Up to 95% of the UK's electricity could come from low-carbon sources by 2030 Concern has been raised that the Strategy: - does not include new policies on insulating buildings; - that it proposes to seek more oil & gas in the North Sea; and - is it right to expand our Nuclear provision However, the investment with renewables is being welcomed
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A rail review was originally commissioned in 2018 after the failure of the East Coast franchise, as well as serious disruption caused by timetable changes in May 2018. Williams-Shapps review caused ripples in the rail industry earlier in 2021: It revealed that a new company – Great British Railways (GBR) – will combine responsibility for rail infrastructure and train operations for the first time since rail privatisation in the 1990s
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What HS2 could have learnt from HS1 - New Civil Engineer
Lessons learnt and approaches taken for HS1
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