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Builders LondonThe Builders London is the principal trade organisation for private sector housebuilders and voice of the home building industry in England and Wales. It is an exciting industry filled with many talented people and organisations, providing sustainable and attractive homes to meet the demands of consumers. If there is any difference of opinion between your renovator and design professional about procedures or materials, now is the time to resolve it. Taking care of these type issues now will avoid significant changes during construction that would cause delays or affect cost. Once everything has been agreed upon, your next step is to get everything in writing. Contracts should be detailed and specific. Insist that both the contractor and designer sign the contract. When agreeing to payment arrangements, remember that the Construction Lien Act allows you to withhold 10% of the total cost of the project for 45 days beyond the substantial completion of the project. This protects you if the renovator fails to pay all subcontractors and suppliers; it is not withheld, however, to ensure that the job itself is properly completed. Our member firms account for approximately 80% of all new homes built in England and Wales in any one year, and include companies of all sizes, ranging from multi-national household names through regionally based businesses and small local companies. 1. Setanta talks on possible sale end data: 07.04.08 Setanta Sports, the Ireland-based pay-TV channel, has ended exploratory sale talks after potential bidders demurred from its high price tag 2. Brian Reade: Blow me down.. it was only a bit wet data: 19.03.08 The good people of Columbus, Ohio, probably didn't have time to watch much international TV news this week. 3. Diabetes 'may increase Alzheimer's risk' data: 10.04.08 Developing diabetes in middle age may significantly increase the risk of Alzheimer's, scientists claim. 4. Stick to that resolution. Oh yes you will data: 19.03.08 This is the day we're most likely to give up on New Year's resolutions, and just knowing that makes it worse. 5. Study gets to grips with 'easy' cricket catches data: 10.04.08 Scientists believe they have worked out why even the most experienced cricketer cannot always take an apparently easy catch. 6. 5,000 children a month added to DNA database data: 07.04.08 One in four people being added to the DNA database is a child, it emerged yesterday. 7. Nisha Patel-Nasri's husband photographed with lover 'weeks after she was killed' data: 10.04.08 An unfaithful husband was photographed being kissed by his lover on a romantic break just weeks after his wife was killed, allegedly by a hitman he hired, a court heard yesterday. 8. Prague's greatest hero is really a blank Czech data: 27.03.08 Satirists' invention, Jara da Cimrman, has amused audiences for 40 years. 9. Fiona: Don't Carey data: 07.04.08 Mariah Carey. The very name conjures nasty feelings. Like the time I interviewed her and she barely looked me in the eye. 10. Cypriots are offered a chance to grieve for victims of conflict data: 27.03.08 In Nicosia's buffer zone separating Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, families can view at last the remains of relatives who vanished in fighting in the 1960s and 1970s. 11. 'Seven dead' in Karachi violence data: 10.04.08 At least seven people are killed and a dozen wounded after rival groups of lawyers clash in Pakistan, police say. 12. NHS migrant rules face legal bid data: 10.04.08 Rules banning some migrants in England from hospital treatment are to be challenged in the High Court. 13. Boy, 12, missing in bad weather data: 07.04.08 Concern grows for a 12-year-old County Durham boy missing in freezing conditions. 14. Can the Dalai Lama resign? data: 19.03.08 It's been suggested the Dalai Lama would resign if Tibetans launch an armed struggle with China. But is that possible? 15. US envoy may challenge for Afghan presidency data: 10.04.08 The Afghan-born US Ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, has signalled that he will run for the presidency of Afghanistan in elections next year. 16. Has Sir Alan met his match in The Apprentice? data: 19.03.08 Sir Alan Sugar, the archetypal bully best known for his withering put-downs, will come face to face on the new series of The Apprentice with a woman who successfully sued a city law firm for victimisation. 17. City: Virgin to jettison massages data: 10.04.08 Virgin Atlantic's firstclass passengers will be a little less pampered in future - if plans to axe the airline's 280 onboard beauty therapists go-ahead. 18. BA's Terminal 5 proving to be one big hub of chaos data: 07.04.08 Terminal 5 was supposed to be the saving grace for British Airways and London Heathrow. Instead, passengers are bracing for more chaos. 19. Clinton's chief strategist quits data: 07.04.08 Mark Penn, chief strategist for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, quits over a conflict of interest row. 20. Barca official says camouflaging player indiscipline data: 10.04.08 Barcelona are using player injuries to hide the fact that a number of players have been sidelined for indiscipline, a high-ranking official at the club said on Wednesday. 21. How to spend £35,000 a year on a child data: 19.03.08 Heather Mills says the £35,000 a year she'll get from Sir Paul McCartney to raise their daughter isn't enough. It may seem an absurd amount of money to average parents, but raising a child in more privileged circles can costs big bucks. 22. Trade in mammoth ivory, helped by global thaw, flourishes in Russia data: 27.03.08 As global warming releases the remains of extinct woolly mammoths from the frozen Siberian tundra, the traditional Russian business of ivory carving is flourishing once more. 23. Scots beaches 'worst for waste' data: 10.04.08 Scottish beaches have the worst levels of sanitary waste in the UK, according to a new survey. 24. Ford closes sale of Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata of India data: 27.03.08 Tata Motors said Wednesday it would buy the luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor for about $2.3 billion in cash, less than half the price that Ford paid for the two companies. 25. Stars ‘n Cars in Australia data: 27.03.08 26. UK beaches 'blighted by plastic' data: 10.04.08 A new survey has found more plastic bags and plastic drinks bottles on Britain's beaches than ever before. 27. European supply ship is cleared for space station mission data: 07.04.08 Managers of the International Space Station on Wednesday cleared Europe's new Jules Verne cargo ship for its first docking with the orbiting research outpost. 28. US soldiers killed in Green Zone data: 07.04.08 Three US troops are killed by rocket attacks on the Green Zone and a base in Baghdad, the US military says. 29. Nepal votes in landmark elections data: 10.04.08 Nepal begins voting in nationwide polls mired by violence that has claimed eight lives and prompted international calls for calm. 30. F1: Massa wins in Bahrain data: 07.04.08 Ferrari's Felipe Massa dominates the Bahrain Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton fails to score and loses the championship lead. |