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Uganda calls in Colas UK expertise for international airport
Deep in the equatorial African bush, a Crawley-based infrastructure team is transforming a swampy swathe of farmland into an international airport.
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Death of the tax return: Treasury explains HRMC upgrade
Anything that helps businesses manage their tax more easily so they can focus on what they do best – innovate, expand and create jobs and profit – is positive.
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Black market construction exposed: Where modern slavery starts
Sites across the UK are complicit in the exploitation of undocumented workers – most of them from overseas. CN has spent six months investigating the industry’s hidden black market – and why prosecutions are so rare
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Construction News digital edition – 16 November 2018
Fake Skills: Fraudulent cards – industry fights back as crime rings prosper
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- You are here:Sustainable business
NW Bicester eco-town walks cost-carbon tightrope as it enters unchartered territory
A new eco-town built by A2 Dominion and Willmott Dixon contains so many sustainable elements that it will be a net energy provider to the grid. But this had cost implications for a scheme that had to be commercially viable.