Contract Journal articles from January 2005

Contract Journal archives from January 2005

A legal trap for contractors?
January 12, 2005... The new mandatory disputes resolution procedures aim to reduce the number of employment tribunals in the industry. But they could prove a minefield for unprepared construction employers, as John D'Arcy explains. Contractors beware. New...

Area 2 losing bidders call for detailed HA feedback.(Highways Agency)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Losing bidders on the Highways Agency's (HA) [pounds sterling]250m to [pounds sterling]400m Area 2 Enhanced Managing Agent Contractor (EMAC) contract for Devon, Wiltshire and Gloucester have asked for detailed feedback on why their bids were...

Scottish tribunal confirms holiday pay can be backdated.(cases of PJ Carey Contractors)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... A Scottish employment appeal tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that holiday pay entitlement can be backdated beyond the current year of any claim. The EAT sitting in Edinburgh dismissed an appeal by PJ Carey Contractors against an earlier tribunal...

Dawnus springs in to rescue Butterley jobs.(Dawnus Construction limited;Butterley Construction)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... n Dawnus acquires firm's Welsh contracts and staff amidst fears that debts to creditors could rise as high as [pounds sterling]3m. Unsecured creditors of Butterley Construction, which crashed into administration eight weeks ago, are owed...

Certex UK sold to management in [pounds sterling]5.2m deal.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Specialist lifting gear distributor Certex UK has been sold to its management for [pounds sterling]5.2m. The company had been part of Bridon International, a subsidiary of FKI, which owns the Certex Global brand. Certex UK has its head office...

Charity calls for tools for Asia.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... The Lighthouse Club, the construction industry's charity, is looking for donations of hand tools and used but serviceable plant to aid the clear up in the wake of the Asian tsunami. Lighthouse Club chairman Don Baldry told CJ what he is looking...

CJ Pearce in clear after management buy-out.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... CJ Pearce, which was also part of the Meade Corporation, is not affected by the dramatic changes at Butterley. It was restored to independent life in mid-December, thanks to a management buy-out led by Ron McBride. "In November 2003, I learnt...

Crane hire firms to perform stringent checks.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Contractors will be subject to greater scrutiny when hiring cranes. Andrew East, principal specialist inspector at the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has stated that to fulfil its own legal requirements, a crane hire company must make certain...

Brandon puts money into Loadtite depots.(lifting specialist )(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Brandon is to increase the number of its lifting specialist Loadtite depots from six to 11 to increase availability and cut response times. The additional depots will be established by extending facilities at Brandon's existing premises...

DAF extends market lead.(Van Doorne's Bedrijfswagenfabriek DAF B.)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... 2004 was the fifth consecutive year in which DAF Trucks improved both its UK sales volume and market share (over 3.5t). Managing director Stuart Hunt said DAF had extended its lead over the second- and third-placed manufacturers and predicted...

Hirers ponder price hike to cover red diesel rule.(Construction equipment rental)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... n Plant hirers may have to increase rates by 5% if government withdraws concession. Plant hirers say rates may have to rise by 5% if the government withdraws concessions allowing some plant to use rebated red diesel when travelling on...

Diesel boost for Ford plant.(Ford Motor Co.)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Following the end of car production at Dagenham, Ford has announced a further [pounds sterling]169m investment in diesel engine manufacturing on the site. Engines from Dagenham are currently used by both Ford and PSA Peugeot Citron. Ford said...

Hewden joins tool and plant.(industry news)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... n Customer focus behind move to unite. Hewden is to combine its tool and plant hire business into a single entity. The company aims to increase customer convenience (dealing with one company instead of two) and simplify contact, ordering,...

JCB offers tsunami help.(Construction equipment industry)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... JCB has donated more than [pounds sterling]530,000-worth of machines to help the clean-up operations following the Asian tsunami disaster. JCB chairman Sir Anthony Bamford said: "As we've watched the devastation in the region unfold, it is...

Takeuchi links up with CBL.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Takeuchi has altered its supply network in southern and eastern England by linking up with CBL. From February, the Hampshire-based company will be the exclusive distributor of Takeuchi mini excavators throughout southern England and East...

Volvo delivers two bespoke units for White Reclamation.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Volvo has supplied White Reclamation of Eccles, Manchester, with two bespoke pieces of equipment - a rehandling excavator and a loading shovel. Based on a Volvo EC210BLC, the excavator cab has been raised by 2m to improve visibility and is...

Carillion and Medicinq rejig ProCure 21 teams.
January 12, 2005... n Principal supply chain partners stick with framework deal despite poor flow and uneven distribution of work. Management changes at Carillion's and Medicinq's ProCure 21 divisions are fuelling speculation that both teams may pull out of...

Cement firms' energy boost.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Cement firms have won approval to burn alternatives to coal and petroleum coke at Welsh sites. The Environment Agency has granted Castle Cement's [pounds sterling]60m Padeswood kiln 4 a Pollution Prevention and Control permit after three...

Client confidence at risk.(Letter to the Editor)
January 12, 2005... Sir, It concerns me that the Construction Confederation appears to be interested only in the workings of the CIS system rather than arguing against its implementation. In my letter to Ms Chris Hasler at the Inland Revenue on 10 March 2004, I...

Conder flies again.(Interview)
January 12, 2005... Conder was one of the greatest names in British steelwork until a series of management blunders took it to the brink of extinction in the early 1990s. It almost went under again four years ago, but is fighting back under new managing director...

Five vie for [pounds sterling]43m Leeds road job.(construction industry)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Five firms have hit the road for a [pounds sterling]43m highways project in Leeds. The city council is understood to have lined up Balfour Beatty, Alfred McAlpine, Skanska, Mowlem and Nuttall to battle it out for stage seven of the inner ring...

Local firms triumph in Stirling schools PPP.(public private partnership)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... David has won the battle against Goliath for a [pounds sterling]60m-plus public private partnership schools deal in Scotland. Local companies have won the day against national players to emerge as preferred bidders for Stirling Council's...

Verry bags [pounds sterling]15m capital work.(Verry Construction to construct healthcare building plus offices )(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Verry Construction has bagged two deals totalling [pounds sterling]15m-plus in its home territory of London. The larger scheme, valued at [pounds sterling]8.3m, comprises a five-storey healthcare building plus offices in Lewisham for the local...

Big guns square up for [pounds sterling]130m Walsall PFI job.(Walsall Hospitals )
January 12, 2005... Impregilo, Carillion and an A McAlpine/Innisfree jv in frame for Manor Hospital contract. Italian giant Impregilo features among a trio of contractors vying to gain admission to a reconfigured [pounds sterling]130m PFI hospital deal in the...

Directors face jail for faulty products.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Product manufacturers and distributors could face up to two years in prison if they fail to meet proposed government regulations. The Department for Trade & Industry (DTI) will introduce regulations later this year to protect consumers from...

Editor's comment.(construction industry-safety and health)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
January 12, 2005... Putting on the blitz The construction industry racked up a dismal number of fatalities yet again last year. The arguments will continue as to how best to reduce the death rate, but it is clear there must be no let up. Should the extra...

Fears for future of research funding.(Construction Industry Council)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Fears for the future of the construction industry research programme have been expressed by Turlogh O'Brien, outgoing chairman of the Construction Industry Council (CIC), in the council's annual report for 2004. "We see serious problems ahead...

'Mad' investors attempt to block Jarvis Tube sale.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... A staggering 7,000 Jarvis shareholders voted against the group's proposed sale of its valuable one-third equity stake in TubeLines to Ferrovial at this week's extraordinary general meeting. "They must be totally mad," said Geoff Allum, an...

HSE urged to consider surprise safety blitzes.(Health and Safety Executive)
January 12, 2005... n Public Accounts Committee recommends trial to prove the effectiveness of site visits. A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report has recommended that the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) undertakes a trial of announced and unannounced...

How to.(trauma at workplace)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... ... deal with trauma Traumatic events, such as redundancy, serious illness or the death of a colleague, are a reality of the workplace. Much of the responsibility for counselling employees will fall to HR and occupational health...

Right wing think-tank:'abolish PUK'.(Partnerships UK)
January 12, 2005... Partnerships UK (PUK) should be abolished "as soon as possible", according to a report by the right wing think-tank the Centre for Policy Studies. The report accused PUK of "merely adding confusion and contradiction to the current plethora of...

Margins rise to 1.9% at Willmott Dixon.(financial reports)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... The latest interim financial results from Willmott Dixon show an operating margin of 1.9%, an improvement on the more modest figure of 1.4% in the same period last year. Turnover in the six months to 30 June 2004 was higher at [pounds...

MD gets 16 months.(Harper Building Contractors' managing director-sentenced)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Harper Building Contractors' managing director was last week sentenced to 16 months in jail after one of his employees was killed following a fall from a roof. Daryl Arnold was employed by Lee Harper to remove and replace the roof of a...

Hanson eyes top spot following [pounds sterling]65m spend.(Hanson Building Materials America)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Firm closes gap on market leader Ibstock with the acquisition of Marshalls Clay Products. Hanson last week made a bid to become the UK's largest brick maker with a [pounds sterling]65m purchase, and intends to grow its aggregates business...

Patten quits his Scottish Building role.(Sid Patten)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... An official statement from Scottish Building has confirmed the departure of Sid Patten as chief executive of the building employer organisation, as predicted by CJ last year. "Following a short illness, from which he is now fully recovered,...

Right to cancel certificate is an abuse of power.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Sir, As a small company (turnover [pounds sterling]1.5m and 16 employees), we often struggle with cashflow. This in turn has led to the payment of PAYE returns to be late on occasion. We are always refused our CIS gross status card and have...

Rising star.(David Sershall, project manager, Morrison Construction Services)(Brief Article)(Interview)
January 12, 2005... David Sershall, project manager, Morrison Construction Services. Current day-to-day responsibilities. I am project manager on a [pounds sterling]2m refurbishment project in Henley-on-Thames. The project involves converting an existing hotel...

Rendel work slammed.
January 12, 2005... n Firm criticised by Audit Commission as costs of the Scarborough coastal defence project rise dramatically. High-Point Rendel has been strongly criticised by the Audit Commission following an investigation into the increasing costs of...

'Fierce' bidding expected for Scots trunk road deals.
January 12, 2005... n The Scottish Executive's [pounds sterling]350m maintenance contracts attract more than 100 representatives to briefing day. The bidding for the Scottish Executive's [pounds sterling]350m trunk road maintenance contracts will be "fierce"...

Simons makes [pounds sterling]1.9m pre-tax profit in 2004.(Simons Construction Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Simons Construction's turnover of [pounds sterling]150m last year delivered a pre-tax profit of [pounds sterling]1.9m, almost double the figure of [pounds sterling]1.1m in 2003. Chief executive Paul Hodgkinson said the margin of 1.3% will climb...

Smokescreen hides LIFT, warns Unison.(Local Improvement Finance Trust)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Scottish workers have fired the first shot in what could become a war over the introduction of NHS LIFT in Scotland. Unison is accusing the Scottish Executive of trying to sneak in plans to introduce LIFT-style deals behind proposals to ban...

Amco chalks up another tunnel.
January 12, 2005... Rapid but safe lining of major rail tunnels in Kent is being attributed to a high degree of mechanisation, skilled miners and a cunning plan. Ty Byrd explains why. Closing a main line tunnel is not an option entertained lightly by Network...

Subcontract negotiation.(hospital construction contractors)
January 12, 2005... In May 2001, Sir Robert McAlpine entered into a contract with Summit Health Care as main contractor for the Dudley Hospitals PFI project. The contract works required considerable construction and refurbishment work to existing hospital...

Travel requirement wastes holders' time.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Sir, My question is whether the Inland Revenue is going to drop the ludicrous requirement for CIS6 holders to have to travel in person to present the card to each and every contractor. I don't suppose they would ever pay travel expenses! I...

US delays RMC sale to Cemex.(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Cemex expects to wait until next month before it signs a deal to buy RMC, despite reports that competition authorities have approved the acquisition. Media speculation that the [pounds sterling]2.3bn deal would go through this week proved...

Carillion shares give top contractor return.(Carillion Construction)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Carillion carried off top honours as the contractor with the fastest-rising share price last year. Shareholders were rewarded with a 52% increase during the 12 months to 31 December 2004. Four challengers made it a close-run race as Morgan...

Galliford hits targets.(financial results of Galliford Try Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Galliford Try's trading update points to record half-year profit in line with market expectations. Covering the six months to 31 December, the statement puts Galliford's net debt at the same level as a year earlier. Chief executive David...

Leadbitter set to return to profit after latest loss.
January 12, 2005... n Takeover by Heijmans and unprofitable division held responsible for pushing firm into [pounds sterling]400,000 pre-tax loss in 2003. Leadbitter claimed it will show a profit in 2004 after diving into the red in 2003. The group's latest...

Five gain share of [pounds sterling]3bn Prison Service contract.(Interserve, Kier, Mowlem, Shepherd and Wates )(Brief Article)
January 12, 2005... Interserve, Kier, Mowlem, Shepherd and Wates have secured multi-million pound refurbishment contracts from the Prison Service as part of its [pounds sterling]3bn, 137-prison national framework. As CJ went to press, at least another three...

CC attacks HSE's 2m ruling.(Construction Confederation)(Health and Safety Executive)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... The Construction Confederation (CC) has accused the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) of ignoring the wishes of the industry following its decision to remove the 2m rule from the forthcoming working at height regulations, in favour of risk...

60-second interview.(Raynesway Construction Services Ltd.'s Alex Brockhurst)(Brief Article)(Interview)
January 19, 2005... Alex Brockhurst, training manager, Raynesway Construction Southern. What is your greatest work achievement? Winning the Investor in People award with RCS for our work on eight highway maintenance contracts, employing 1,700 people...

Agents' authority to bind clients to a third party.
January 19, 2005... Agency is a term used in English law to describe the situation where one party, termed the agent, is appointed to act as the representative of another party, termed the principal. The nature of the agency relationship may vary widely. However,...

Alumet adds Avon to portfolio.(Alumet Systems bought Avon Manufacturing)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Alumet Systems (UK) has bought building envelope supplier Avon Manufacturing, which will increase its turnover to [pounds sterling]12.5m. The company supplies the Avon Dry-Wall Beam and has a turnover of about [pounds sterling]2.5m. It...

Constructing Excellence and Be to agree merger.(Built Environment)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Constructing Excellence (CE) and Be (Collaborating for the Built Environment) will operate as one organisation from 1 April. A meeting yesterday (Tuesday) involving representatives from each side was expected to confirm that the merger will...

Products should be pre-paid, says subbie.(subcontractors)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Products supplied to construction projects should all be pre-paid, said one angry subcontractor after being left owed [pounds sterling]59,000 as a result of the collapse of the Benson Group. "We've taken eight hits in the past two years and...

CITB sets trainee target.(Construction Industry Training Board)(On-Site Assessment and Training)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... CITB-ConstructionSkills is setting itself the ambitious target of trebling the number of operatives achieving NVQs through the On-Site Assessment and Training (OSAT) route over the next five years. The board wants to increase the numbers...

Barford extends dumper range.(product introduction)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... n Two new top weight dumpers both offer an additional 1t payload capacity over Barford's existing machines. Barford has launched two top weight site dumpers: a 9t swivel - the SKR9; and a 10t forward tip - the SK10. Both machines offer an...

Iveco considers marketing Astra ADT range to UK.(Iveco (U.K.) Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Iveco, Fiat's truck and van building arm, is undertaking a study of the UK market with a view to importing the Astra range of rigid and articulated dump trucks. Iveco UK managing director and chief executive Giuseppe Franchi said: "It's time...

Mixed fortunes for CV sales in 2004.(Commercial vehicles)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Light commercial sales rose by 8.5% in 2004, with almost 330,000 registrations. But sales of vehicles below 1.8t fell by 3.3%, while 4x4 commercials suffered a similar decline. In the sub-1.8t sector Vauxhall remained market leader, but did so...

New crane trio for Manitowoc.(Manitowoc Crane Group)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Manitowoc Crane Group will launch three new cranes, two mobile and one crawler, at the US Conexpo exhibition in March. The largest of the new cranes is the 400t capacity 16000, the latest addition to the company's crawler range. It is equipped...

Daf leads the way in UK truck sales.(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... A total of 56,312 trucks (above 3.5t) were registered in 2004 - the highest figure since 1989. Daf took a firmer grip on the market increasing both its overall sales (see table) and market share from 21.2% to 22.4%. Second and third place...

Ammann Group takes control of Stavostroj.(Ammann Group Holding AG bought Stavostroj a.s.)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... n Swiss firm takes a 92% controlling interest in roller manufacturer in Czech Republic. Swiss firm Ammann Group has purchased a controlling interest (92%) of roller manufacturer Stavostroj. Stavostroj (usually shortened to STA) is based...

Three firms light the way in [pounds sterling]50m London PFI deal.(lighting columns contracts)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Three firms have connected to a [pounds sterling]50m-plus PFI streetlighting deal in north London. The boroughs of Barnet and Enfield have turned the spotlight on David Webster, Mowlem and EDF Energy to work up bids for the scheme. The...

Nuttall wins Pompey bridge job.(Edmund Nuttall Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Nuttall and its consultant Atkins have beaten off challenges from three other contestants and are about to bridge the gap in Portsmouth under a [pounds sterling]9m-plus deal. The city council has chosen the duo to build the new Copnor road...

Mansell nets [pounds sterling]20m haul.(School construction contracts)
January 19, 2005... Mansell has netted four education deals totalling [pounds sterling]20m-plus. The largest is a [pounds sterling]6.8m scheme to restore the fire-damaged City University building at St John's Street, London, due for completion in 2006. Next up is...

10 do battle for MoD deal.(United Kingdom. Ministry of Defence's contracts)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has lined up 10 firms to submit outline proposals to rationalise its London estate in a deal worth [pounds sterling]100m-plus. The formation is: Amec Developments; Bovis Lend Lease; Capita Symonds; Hines/Mace; Kier...

Martin launches lifeboat scheme.(John Martin)(lifeboat station's contract)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Nuttall-owned specialist contractor John Martin is to launch into a deal worth [pounds sterling]5m-plus to build a lifeboat station at Padstow, Cornwall. Work for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) is due to start in the summer and...

Directors' roles defined in Bill.(health and safety director)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... n Private Members Bill plans to impose duty on large companies to appoint a health and safety director. There is a state of "legalised ignorance" among company directors when it comes to health and safety in the workplace, said Stephen...

Turnover up to [pounds sterling]94m at Durkan.(Durkan Holdings Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Durkan Holdings has pushed its turnover up to [pounds sterling]94m, a rise of [pounds sterling]21m, although pre-tax profit almost halved to [pounds sterling]1.4m. Social housing new build work accounted for [pounds sterling]40m of group...

Editor's comment.(construction industry)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
January 19, 2005... A time for change Construction has achieved much since 1994, when one consulting engineer told Sir Michael Latham, who was researching his seminal report Constructing the Team, that "the client is a nuisance". Many contractors may still...

HSE to raise awareness of the dangers of cement.(United Kingdom. Health and Safety Executive)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Manufacturers must restrict the amount of water-soluble chromium (vi) in cement. The construction industry should not get blase about the dangers of using cement, despite new European Union (EU) regulations coming into force this week,...

Holcim pitches for AI with [pounds sterling]1.8bn bid.(Aggregate Industries PLC)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Holcim, the world's second- largest cement group, has lined up a [pounds sterling]1.8bn bid for Aggregate Industries (AI). The move could trigger a counter-bid. The approach, pitched at 140p a share, had to be unveiled after insider trading...

Rolled-up holiday pay rules clarified.(Working Time Regulations )(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... n New guidelines say rolled-up pay is legal in England and Wales, but still illegal in Scotland. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in London has issued revised guidelines on when holiday pay entitlement under the Working Time...

How to.(job choice)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... ... avoid career nightmares Career nightmares take many different forms. Your job may not live up to expectations or you may have an ethical problem with the organisation you work for. To avoid this, choose a job for the right reasons....

Key points still not implemented.(1994 Constructing The Team)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... A number of key proposals from his 1994 Constructing The Team report have not been implemented, said Sir Michael Latham. "Much has been achieved," he said, "and the construction industry has acted on most of the recommendations. However, there...

Levy launched to promote wood.(Timber Trade Federation)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... A campaign to promote the use of wood is to be funded by the introduction of a 0.2% levy on pre-VAT invoices for all wood and wood-based products. The levy will be introduced during the first quarter and will apply to products from both...

Liverpool council to crack down on planning breaches.(Liverpool City Council)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Liverpool City Council is to appoint a conditions monitoring officer to help crack down on the number of planning condition breaches made by developers. The applicant should be appointed early this year and will scrutinise the 4,000 planning...

M25/M1 bonanza set to be unveiled.(Road construction contracts)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... n Details of [pounds sterling]3.6bn widening scheme expected to appear in OJEU by end of February. A pre-information notice (PIN) for the [pounds sterling]3.6bn widening of the M25 and M1 will appear in the OJEU by the end of February....

Trio battle for [pounds sterling]500m Belfast BSF scheme.(Building Schools for the Future )(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Amey Ventures, Morrison and Bilfinger Berger are all in with a chance to win a [pounds sterling]500m contract to modernise Belfast's entire schools, libraries and youth club estate under a Building Schools for the Future (BSF) style contract....

NHS probes PFI hospital 'fraud' case.(Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital PFI)
January 19, 2005... n Norfolk and Norwich Uni hospital PFI deal under the spotlight. The NHS fraud squad has been called in to investigate the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital PFI deal. The investigation was launched following a complaint to the...

T5 unrest rages on as workers sacked.(Heathrow T5 )(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... Three structural steel workers at Heathrow T5 have been sacked after they were videoed by fellow workers allegedly breaking health and safety rules on site. CJ understands footage was recorded by a banksman employed by Laing O'Rourke using his...

PFMAC contracts still 'two years away'.(Private Finance in Highways Maintenance )(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... It will be at least two years before PFMAC, the PFI version of the Highways Agency's (HA) MAC contract, will be reintroduced to the industry. The PFMAC route was set up as a way of helping the department reach its 25% target of projects to be...

Prescott's masterplan.(John Prescott)(Sustainable Communities Summit)
January 19, 2005... This month's Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester will spell out the government's vision for urban development in the 21st century. The question is, will it be long on aspiration and short on action, as has so often been the case in...

ProCure 21 in doubt again.(NHS Estates)(United Kingdom. Department of Health)(Brief Article)
January 19, 2005... n Staff morale is low and industry questions go unanswered as all staff receive 'at risk' notices from DoH. Calls for a decision on the future of NHS Estates' ProCure 21 programme intensified this week after its staff received notice from...