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24.04.2008
Persimmon imposes freeze on new sites: Persimmon has announced that it will not be opening any new sites until the mortgage market improves. The housebuilder thinks the way to improve the situation is for government to "urgently consider additional action to benefit first-time buyers by increasing the threshold for stamp duty".
24.04.2008
Carpenter allergic to wood: A city banker who quit his high-flying job to pursue his dream of being a carpenter has developed an allergy to wood. Swansea-based Dan Hill, 32, swapped his £80,000 a year City career at an investment bank in London to make exclusive wooden furniture. But just weeks into his new vocation, Mr Hill was covered in a red, itchy rash and his eyes were streaming.
11.04.2008
Noah's Ark: In the year 2008, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in England and said, "Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save 2 of every living thing along with a few good humans."
04.03.2008
Buy - To - Let Market Still Thriving. Good news from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). apparently the buy-to-let property market is still prospering. Latest figures show that the number of buy-to-let loans rose by 23% last year, taking their number to 1,038,000 and accounting for 10.3% of all outstanding mortgages.
22.02.2008
Budget Review for Stamp Duty. It's the time of year when the Chancellor (the one with the eyebrows) dusts of his little red lunch box and reveals this years budget.
07.02.2008
Atkins to recruit from China: Atkins has started recruiting in Mandarin to attract Chinese engineering undergraduates studying in the UK. The country's biggest consultant takes on nearly 400 graduates a year - a third of them civil engineers.
15.01.2008
3.6 million of sick this week: More than 3.6million workers have called in sick so far this week, according to a survey suggests from Firstcare, the absence management firm. A record one in eight staff has been laid low, with the winter vomiting bug, norovirus, cited as the main culprit.
15.01.2008
New Hotel Made out of Shipping Containers. A new 100-room Travelodge is being built by fitting 88 shipping containers together. Normal a hotel of that size may cost £5million to build, but this shipping container version would be £4.5million, and take 30 weeks to construct, instead of 40.
12.12.2007
Commercial activity drops for 1st time in 4 years. A survey by Savills found 22 per cent of developers reported a drop in activity in November, compared to just 12 per cent reporting a rise.
07.12.2007
Construction orders up 3 per cent: The total volume of construction output rose by 3 per cent, according to latest government figures.
