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Management talent

Nov. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1963-A=Left] Recruiting effective management teams is critical in a slower market, advises Paul Hilides, md of recruitment specialist ATS Consultants,…

Power conductor

Nov. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1962-A=Left] Centralised procurement and management structures offer cost efficiencies for large housebuilders – but devolving power to regional opera…

The Walrus

Nov. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1961-A=Left] Letters from readers considering marrying their mothers-in-law have raised some thought provoking issues...

Quality surveyor

Nov. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1959-A=Left] Miller Homes md Tim Hough talks to Allison Heller about the Fairclough acquisition and why customer care is so important to the rapidly e…

Euro homes

Nov. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1958-A=Left] Policy Exchange’s latest report on housing supply comparing various countries’ planning policies provides strong grounds for challenging …

Fourth time lucky

Nov. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1954-A=Left] The house price boom from 1999 to 2004 is unlikely to end in a bust, unlike the three previous post-war booms

It’s a wonderful life

Nov. 1, 2005

Chris Windle reports on the schemes that have achieved the Building for Life Standard this year

Letter to the editor

Nov. 1, 2005