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Mon, 3rd May 2010
All that Glitters...
Although I’m reluctant to admit it, I have been advising Contractors and Sub-Contractors on buying insurance for over twenty five years. It is a frustrating business and, quite frankly, a thankless task. No wonder I feel so old!
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Thu, 1st April 2010
Adjudication and Multiple Disputes
The Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 makes clear that an Adjudicator can only deal with one dispute at any one time. Of course, it is open to the parties to agree differently but it is a rare occurrence when parties actually co-operate with each other, let alone the Adjudicator, in an adjudication.
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Tue, 16th March 2010
TVP Acquires Aerial Mast Technology
TVP have recently invested in aerial mast technology enabling us to carry out detailed roof inspections from ground level. The aerial mast can be manually extended to heights ranging from 2 metres up to 15 metres and the design of the mast allows erection on any surface or gradient regardless of ground conditions.
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Mon, 1st March 2010
Funerals, Liquidators and Adjudication
We are told by experts that the first green shoots of economic recovery have started to appear.

It is a well-known fact that more companies go bust coming out of a recession than during the depths of a recession. Overtrading and lack of bank funding will inevitably cause companies to fail. Contractors and Specialist Sub-Contractors are no exception.
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Thu, 18th February 2010
New TVP Brochures Now Available
In addition to our new website, we have completely redesigned our corporate brochures to provide a more user-friendly summary of the services we can provide.
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Wed, 13th January 2010
Vindemnity
The Vinden Partnership (TVP), a leading North West property consultancy, has launched Vindemnity a unique insurance product for the construction industry following the appointment of Steve Padley.
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Wed, 30th December 2009
Property predictions for 2010
Peter Vinden, Managing Director of construction project management company, The Vinden Partnership, said...
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Thu, 1st October 2009
The end to HMRC free banking?
As I look through my window on a wet October day in 2009, my thoughts turn to those Contractors and Sub-Contractors for whom holidays are well and truly over - and I am not talking about the bucket and spade variety!
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Fri, 26th June 2009
New Website In Development
Lantec in Bolton are currently developing our new look website in conjunction with marketing group MC2, Manchester
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Tue, 5th May 2009
Multitasking key to beating recession
Quantity surveyors (QS) are facing an increasing need to multitask to beat the recession and keep building their business, according to experts at the Vinden Partnership.
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Wed, 8th April 2009
Insurance Lifeline For Construction Projects
Construction project manager and surveyor, The Vinden Partnership (TVP), has launched a unique Latent Defects Insurance package for completed and partially completed projects where warranties and guarantees are no longer available.
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Mon, 23rd March 2009
More Jaw, Less War
With reports that the Dubai Government is about to pass a law that will require all construction disputes to go through a mediation centre before they can be litigated in the courts, Managing Director of The Vinden Partnership, Peter Vinden, calls for similar action to be taken in the UK.
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Tue, 30th September 2008
Cowgill Holloway advises on TVP merger
Cowgill Holloway’s corporate finance department has advised on the merger of The Vinden Partnership Ltd and Watson Laurie Group, a group of companies controlled by Andrew Crompton.
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