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...Berkeley’s update comes after large housebuilders Persimmon and Taylor Wimpey both flagged easing build costs last month....
...Zebra One Gallery, 1 Perrin’s Ct, London NW3 (zebraonegallery.com); 22 Feb – 15 March...
...Barratt and Taylor Wimpey have joined the benchmark UK index in the past year....
...says Rob Perrins, managing director of upmarket builder Berkeley. “It’s a critical question this country needs to answer.”...
...Armstrong, 43, made his name in the late 1990s as one half of the stand-up comedy duo Armstrong & Miller , and went on to star in TV series including Life Begins and the remake of Reggie Perrin....
...Strong London and south east markets should also be enjoyed by Barratt Developments and Taylor Wimpey.”...
...Following the major bust-up between the co-organisers of the New York Pavilion of Art and Design (PAD), Patrick Perrin and Sandford Smith, Perrin attacks Smith in an interview in the French Journal des Arts...
...Perrin did not return requests for comment....
...But as Patrick Perrin, one of the fair’s directors, says: “Quality dealers in modern painting bring the big collectors and the big money.”...
...Derek Taylor, Editor of Powder Magazine “Monarch Mountain, Colorado: Skiers from Denver and Colorado’s Front Range drive right past this four-lift mountain on their way to Crested Butte or Telluride but...
...“I welcome them to the market – there is plenty of room for both of us,” said Rob Perrins, Berkeley’s managing director....
...Taylor Wimpey’s stock was up 0.4p, or 1.1 per cent, at 37p....
...Despite selling little more than 3,000 houses a year, it was until last week given a higher market capitalisation than Taylor Wimpey (which sells 20,000 houses a year) and Persimmon (which sells 10,000 houses...
...Rob Perrins, finance director of Berkeley, which is due to report preliminary results on Friday, says: “We haven’t seen good value to date.”...
...But the few numbers included show Berkeley to be in better health than the likes of Taylor Wimpey or Barratt Developments....
...Taylor Wimpey, the housebuilder, was unable to find backers for a financial rescue and a leading private equity firm walked away from Bradford & Bingley....
...Rob Perrins, finance director, said: “Our high level of forward sales is shielding us against any economic downturn,” highlighting the fact that many of its completions originated before the housing market...
...“We want to promote the arts with total sincerity and no hint of vulgarity,” says Perrin....
...“There are going to be a lot of boards around the developed world worried about this,” says Steve Taylor-Gooby, managing director of consultants Towers Perrin-Tillinghast....
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