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Digital software, empathy and flexibility central to the continued support of healthcare clients

|Date: 12 April, 2021

Digital software, empathy and flexibility central to the continued support of healthcare clients

During the pandemic, tech platforms have come into their own – but looking beyond the likes of Zoom and M ...

During the pandemic, tech platforms have come into their own – but looking beyond the likes of Zoom and Microsoft Teams in keeping us connected while working remotely, digital tools and software have ...

12 April, 2021
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Legal Update | Right to Regenerate

|Date: 1 April, 2021

Legal Update | Right to Regenerate

Winckworth Sherwood’s Sarah Waite discusses the Government’s new proposals to make it easier for the publ ...

Winckworth Sherwood’s Sarah Waite discusses the Government’s new proposals to make it easier for the public to buy and regenerate vacant land in England to transform into homes, businesses and communi ...

1 April, 2021
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Industry Comment | Council housing finance after the pandemic

|Date: 31 March, 2021

Industry Comment | Council housing finance after the pandemic

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the im ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the impact of the pandemic on local authorities. Provided roll-out of the vaccination programme permi ...

31 March, 2021
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BTP Architects | Reducing carbon emissions in new properties

|Date: 29 March, 2021

BTP Architects | Reducing carbon emissions in new properties

Meeting carbon emission targets will be a balancing act for the construction industry, says Manny Atkinso ...

Meeting carbon emission targets will be a balancing act for the construction industry, says Manny Atkinson, Director at BTP Architects. Targets to reduce carbon emissions will have a huge impact on ho ...

29 March, 2021
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Is lack of an agreed Net Zero Carbon definition hampering decarbonisation efforts, asks Focus?

|Date: 18 March, 2021

Is lack of an agreed Net Zero Carbon definition hampering decarbonisation efforts, asks Focus?

Sustainability experts at Focus have questioned whether the lack of an agreed Net Zero Carbon (NZC) defin ...

Sustainability experts at Focus have questioned whether the lack of an agreed Net Zero Carbon (NZC) definition is hampering the built environment’s decarbonisation efforts. In June 2019, the UK govern ...

18 March, 2021
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Social value and encouraging a better gender balance in public sector construction

|Date: 9 March, 2021

Social value and encouraging a better gender balance in public sector construction

Social value is not a new term but it’s one that we can expect to hear a whole lot more as 2021 unfolds. ...

Social value is not a new term but it’s one that we can expect to hear a whole lot more as 2021 unfolds. As part of Women in Construction Week, Kevin O’Connor, Head of Social Value and Inclusion at Du ...

9 March, 2021
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Collaborative approach is key to delivering much-needed homes says North West housebuilder

|Date: 9 March, 2021

Collaborative approach is key to delivering much-needed homes says North West housebuilder

Working collaboratively has become an increasingly preferred method in order to deliver projects at pace. ...

Working collaboratively has become an increasingly preferred method in order to deliver projects at pace. This approach was proactively adopted by partnership housing specialist Lovell Partnerships, a ...

9 March, 2021
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Opening windows will not protect schools, says BESA

|Date: 5 March, 2021

Opening windows will not protect schools, says BESA

The return of thousands of children to schools in England next week has reignited the debate about how be ...

The return of thousands of children to schools in England next week has reignited the debate about how best to minimise the risk of virus transmission including the need for better ventilation, accord ...

5 March, 2021
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Social value no longer a ‘nice to have’ for construction schemes

|Date: 1 March, 2021

Social value no longer a ‘nice to have’ for construction schemes

Social value has long been considered a ‘nice to have’ when it comes to construction projects, but thanks ...

Social value has long been considered a ‘nice to have’ when it comes to construction projects, but thanks to the introduction of the Government’s Construction Playbook in December 2020, that is starti ...

1 March, 2021
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Raising fire safety standards in social housing through connected technology

|Date: 17 February, 2021

Raising fire safety standards in social housing through connected technology

With the fire cladding crisis making headline news, industry experts are looking at the role of technolog ...

With the fire cladding crisis making headline news, industry experts are looking at the role of technology to improve fire safety standards today, and in the future. In response to evidence heard at t ...

17 February, 2021
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