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July heatwave: Preparing the built environment for intensifying heatwaves

|Date: 18 July, 2022

July heatwave: Preparing the built environment for intensifying heatwaves

Richard Tibenham, Business Development Manager at built environment climate tech firm, IES, discusses wha ...

Richard Tibenham, Business Development Manager at built environment climate tech firm, IES, discusses what climate change and its subsequent unusual weather conditions mean for building energy use and ...

18 July, 2022
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Drone Corner | Drone surveys and inspections

|Date: 18 July, 2022

Drone Corner | Drone surveys and inspections

Anthony Carter at Drone Site Surveys Ltd discusses the use of drone technology to inspect property portfo ...

Anthony Carter at Drone Site Surveys Ltd discusses the use of drone technology to inspect property portfolios and the differences between drone surveys and inspections. Using drones, allows local auth ...

18 July, 2022
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Why training and personal development are central to quality social housing

|Date: 8 July, 2022

Why training and personal development are central to quality social housing

As a sector, we place a high value on both the technical competence and the professional standards of our ...

As a sector, we place a high value on both the technical competence and the professional standards of our people, so when the Government recently launched a consultation on professional standards in t ...

8 July, 2022
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Thinking differently to deliver top quality service amidst supply chain challenges

|Date: 24 June, 2022

Thinking differently to deliver top quality service amidst supply chain challenges

Liberty Group’s Managing Director of Heating and Compliance, Karen Sloan, explains why the business’ peop ...

Liberty Group’s Managing Director of Heating and Compliance, Karen Sloan, explains why the business’ people-focused culture has helped it overcome global supply chain challenges to transform maintenan ...

24 June, 2022
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Changes to Part L an important milestone

|Date: 20 June, 2022

Changes to Part L an important milestone

The changes to Part L provide a welcome foundation towards achieving the energy performance requirements ...

The changes to Part L provide a welcome foundation towards achieving the energy performance requirements set out in the Government’s Future Homes Standard, says Stuart Nicholson, Roof Systems Director ...

20 June, 2022
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Drone Corner | Accurate inspections and data capture

|Date: 20 June, 2022

Drone Corner | Accurate inspections and data capture

Grace Hammond, Account Manager at Vantage UAV — the NHF preferred drone services supplier — drills down o ...

Grace Hammond, Account Manager at Vantage UAV — the NHF preferred drone services supplier — drills down on the cost benefits of drones and how they make a difference to safe and accurate inspection an ...

20 June, 2022
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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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