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Legal Update | RTB receipts drive resurgence in council housing

|Date: 13 June, 2022

Legal Update | RTB receipts drive resurgence in council housing

Local authorities are increasingly using right to buy receipts to purchase rather than build council hous ...

Local authorities are increasingly using right to buy receipts to purchase rather than build council housing, says Charlotte Cook, Partner in the Social Housing team at Winckworth Sherwood. Local auth ...

13 June, 2022
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Industry Comment | Decent Homes Standard review

|Date: 10 June, 2022

Industry Comment | Decent Homes Standard review

Government is reviewing the Decent Homes Standard (in two parts) to identify the case for change and cons ...

Government is reviewing the Decent Homes Standard (in two parts) to identify the case for change and consider how decency should be defined. Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Ret ...

10 June, 2022
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Partnership is key to asset management

|Date: 6 June, 2022

Partnership is key to asset management

Partnership is key to asset management, says Andrew Kilpatrick, Director of Assets, Caledonia Housing Ass ...

Partnership is key to asset management, says Andrew Kilpatrick, Director of Assets, Caledonia Housing Association. As we embrace post-pandemic life, social landlords as well as focussing on building n ...

6 June, 2022
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Climate change: Retrofitting needs to take priority over demolition and rebuilding

|Date: 31 May, 2022

Climate change: Retrofitting needs to take priority over demolition and rebuilding

The Commons Environmental Audit Committee Chairman, Philip Dunne MP, has highlighted the need for ministe ...

The Commons Environmental Audit Committee Chairman, Philip Dunne MP, has highlighted the need for ministers to address the need to reduce the number of buildings being knocked down amid climate change ...

31 May, 2022
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May means construction safety

|Date: 4 May, 2022

May means construction safety

This May, Construction Safety Week will join global businesses from across the sector to inspire everyone ...

This May, Construction Safety Week will join global businesses from across the sector to inspire everyone in the industry to be leaders in safety. James Pecz, Global Solutions Marketing Manager at Ram ...

4 May, 2022
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Drone Corner | Thermal imaging drones

|Date: 28 April, 2022

Drone Corner | Thermal imaging drones

For the second in a new regular series covering drone technology, Ray Faulkner, Managing Director of iRed ...

For the second in a new regular series covering drone technology, Ray Faulkner, Managing Director of iRed®, offers advice on how to maximise your zero carbon budget with thermal imaging drones. With t ...

28 April, 2022
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Fabric first is the wrong approach

|Date: 22 April, 2022

Fabric first is the wrong approach

Duncan Brown, Chief Finance Officer at VIVID, one of the largest providers of affordable housing in the S ...

Duncan Brown, Chief Finance Officer at VIVID, one of the largest providers of affordable housing in the South of England, discusses how sustainable action in the housing sector must be balanced with t ...

22 April, 2022
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The need for speed: Public sector must avoid procurement delays at all costs

|Date: 22 April, 2022

The need for speed: Public sector must avoid procurement delays at all costs

Rising costs and budget constraints mean that public sector organisations should not stall when planning ...

Rising costs and budget constraints mean that public sector organisations should not stall when planning their construction projects. Instead, they need to act quickly to get their projects in motion ...

22 April, 2022
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Industry Comment | Less fatalism, more empathy

|Date: 13 April, 2022

Industry Comment | Less fatalism, more empathy

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

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the challenging environment social landlords face and says only through open, honest and full dialogu ...

13 April, 2022
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The performance gap: How realistic are we being between what we design and what we build?

|Date: 12 April, 2022

The performance gap: How realistic are we being between what we design and what we build?

Paul Simpson, Commercial Director at Gradient UK, discusses the performance gap and delivering properties ...

Paul Simpson, Commercial Director at Gradient UK, discusses the performance gap and delivering properties that perform as-designed. Properties not living-up to design expectations is a significant fac ...

12 April, 2022
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