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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. 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. Music groups eye share of Apple's pie data: 19.03.08 Recorded music groups such as Universal Music, Sony BMG, Warner Music and EMI are wondering whether they can secure a share in the next generation of digital music hardware through revenue-sharing deals with manufacturers 2. Latest Pictures: Latest news pictures, April 7-12 data: 10.04.08 News images from around the world. 3. Radio 'Oscars' nominees revealed data: 10.04.08 Radio 1 star Chris Moyles and comedian Russell Brand are nominated for this year's radio industry Sony awards. 4. 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. 5. Pro-Tibet protesters disrupt Olympic flame lighting data: 27.03.08 Activists angered by the Chinese crackdown in Tibet disrupted the ceremony Monday in Greece, unfurling a banner and calling for a boycott of the Beijing Summer Games. 6. 'Post Office Lite' at the village library data: 10.04.08 Royal Mail is to install mini-post office counters in village libraries and church halls across the country after the closure of thousands of traditional post offices 7. Qatar to upgrade Losail circuit to F1 standards data: 27.03.08 Qatar plans to improve its Losail MotoGP circuit to cater eventually for Formula One, the head of the Gulf country's motor sports federation said on Wednesday. 8. 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. 9. Gamezone: Review: Lost Odyssey data: 19.03.08 This sprawling RPG comes from Final Fantasy creators Hironobu Sakaguchi and Nobuo Uematsu. 10. French will jail those encouraging anorexia data: 10.04.08 By Henry Samuel 11. Volcker, ex-Fed chairman, chides current one data: 10.04.08 The imposing former Fed chief who felled the runaway inflation of the 1980s chided Ben Bernanke for toeing "the very edge" of the bank's legal authority in orchestrating the bailout of Bear Stearns. 12. Rite of spring celebrated with critical examination data: 10.04.08 An annual rite of spring is celebrated on Thursday with the publication of the 145th Wisden Cricketers Almanac at a critical point for the game it records and celebrates. 13. Kosovo's actions hearten a Hungarian enclave data: 10.04.08 Romania's Hungarian minority believe it's their time for independence and for their proposed semi-autonomous state, Szeklerland. 14. Millions strike in Greece to protest plan to overhaul pensions data: 27.03.08 The national strike on Wednesday - the third since December - capped nearly a month of labor unrest that has brought power blackouts, heaps of uncollected garbage and transport disruption. 15. Fiona: Tragedy of Todd data: 19.03.08 Police chief Mike Todd was the best cop Greater Manchester had known, according to tributes on the force's website. Only he didn't believe it. 16. Pernod Ricard buys maker of Absolut vodka data: 07.04.08 The acquisition by the French company combines Vin & Sprit's Absolut with Pernod's brands, which include Seagram's gin, Havana Club rum, Chivas Regal Scotch and Jameson Irish whiskey. 17. Photo of a gay wedding in America becomes ammunition in Polish political battle data: 27.03.08 A gay activist from New York was stunned to learn that President Lech Kaczynsk of Poland had used an image of him and his partner in an anti-gay oratory. 18. Japan fails to choose bank chief data: 19.03.08 The Japanese government's latest nominee to be governor of the Bank of Japan is vetoed by the opposition. 19. Berlusconi: Judges should have mental checks data: 10.04.08 Silvio Berlusconi, who is tipped to become Italy's next prime minister, has said that judges and lawyers should have regular mental health checks. 20. Latest Pictures: Anthony Minghella CBE - 1954-2008 data: 19.03.08 Anthony Minghella CBE - 1954-2008 21. Snow adds to BA woes after flights cancelled data: 07.04.08 Heathrow's beleaguered Terminal 5 was thrown into chaos again yesterday as snowfalls led to 144 flights being cancelled. 22. Sterling falls on rate cut hopes data: 19.03.08 The pound falls against the euro and dollar after expectations are raised of an imminent UK interest rate cut. 23. Gurkha vets seek equal rights data: 19.03.08 Gurkha veterans are protesting at Parliament calling for the right to remain in the UK. 24. Europe begins to criticize Chinese crackdown in Tibet data: 27.03.08 Europe on Wednesday sharpened its tone over China's military actions in Tibet as officials said they were considering sending a fact-finding mission to Beijing and a Chinese diplomat sought to defend the crackdown on protesters. 25. Smokestacks in a white wilderness divide Iceland data: 27.03.08 A new aluminum smelter owned by Alcoa, the world's largest aluminum company, has been the focus of the angriest and most divisive battle in recent Icelandic history. 26. Comaneci no longer inspires Romanian gymnasts data: 27.03.08 Romanian girls no longer dream of being Nadia Comaneci -- that is the hard fact facing the country's women's gymnastics coach. 27. The evolution of CyberCrime Inc. data: 07.04.08 Online crime is maturing, and the Internet criminal of today is adopting everything from supermarket-style pricing to outsourcing. 28. EU anxiety as Sarkozy prepares to take helm data: 27.03.08 In July France takes over the bloc's six-month rotating presidency, and the prospect is beginning to worry some as President Nicolas Sarkozy is seen to face a steep learning curve. 29. Bertelsmann keeps deal powder dry data: 19.03.08 The German group has revealed that writedowns and one-off charges had led it to miss targets for increasing profits and reducing debt as net income plunged in 2007 to âŹ405m 30. Pressure of blogging blamed for men's deaths data: 07.04.08 The deaths of two bloggers were yesterday linked by the US media to an obsession with updating their websites. |