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Survey highlights need to improve workplace mental health

|Date: 10 October, 2019

Survey highlights need to improve workplace mental health

Mates in Mind calls on industry leaders and government to take immediate action to improve workplace ment ...

Mates in Mind calls on industry leaders and government to take immediate action to improve workplace mental health. A recent survey conducted by UK Construction Week, with support from Mates in Mind c ...

10 October, 2019
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Multi-million pound construction partnership agreed

|Date: 7 October, 2019

Multi-million pound construction partnership agreed

A deal worth £160m has been struck between a housing association and four construction companies to deliv ...

A deal worth £160m has been struck between a housing association and four construction companies to deliver hundreds of homes across Gloucestershire and the West of England, it has been announced. Bro ...

7 October, 2019
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Healthcare Estates returns to Manchester Central in October

|Date: 16 September, 2019

Healthcare Estates returns to Manchester Central in October

Healthcare Estates 2019 offers more exhibitors, speakers and exhibition theatres, in addition to a new ve ...

Healthcare Estates 2019 offers more exhibitors, speakers and exhibition theatres, in addition to a new venue for the dinner and awards. There will also be a special plenary theatre on the exhibition f ...

16 September, 2019
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Wichelstowe awards groundworks contract to local company

|Date: 26 July, 2019

Wichelstowe awards groundworks contract to local company

The joint venture company delivering Wichelstowe, the landmark new home development south of Swindon, has ...

The joint venture company delivering Wichelstowe, the landmark new home development south of Swindon, has appointed its first significant contractor. Civil engineering company Conlon Ltd has been awar ...

26 July, 2019
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L&Q pledges to protect local wildlife on Birnam Mews development

|Date: 23 July, 2019

L&Q pledges to protect local wildlife on Birnam Mews development

L&Q, one of the UK’s leading charitable housing associations, has joined forces with environmental ca ...

L&Q, one of the UK’s leading charitable housing associations, has joined forces with environmental campaigners to boost local wildlife at its Birnam Mews development in Tiddington, near Stratford- ...

23 July, 2019
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Councils warn permitted development a risk to health and wellbeing

|Date: 16 July, 2019

Councils warn permitted development a risk to health and wellbeing

Councils across England are warning that homes created using permitted development rights are a potential ...

Councils across England are warning that homes created using permitted development rights are a potential threat to people’s health and wellbeing, with the most vulnerable people in society being more ...

16 July, 2019
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ForLiving to build one of North West’s biggest PRS schemes

|Date: 4 June, 2019

ForLiving to build one of North West’s biggest PRS schemes

Work on one of the North West’s biggest private rental schemes is set to start in Salford later this year ...

Work on one of the North West’s biggest private rental schemes is set to start in Salford later this year. The £48m Dock 5 development is being built by ForLiving. ForLiving offers high quality homes ...

4 June, 2019
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Guest Comment | Social value in the construction industry

|Date: 16 May, 2019

Guest Comment | Social value in the construction industry

Bev Hurley, Chair of the Institute of Economic Development, the UK’s leading professional body representi ...

Bev Hurley, Chair of the Institute of Economic Development, the UK’s leading professional body representing economic development and regeneration practitioners, discusses the importance of social valu ...

16 May, 2019
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£3m to test better construction procurement approaches

|Date: 18 April, 2019

£3m to test better construction procurement approaches

A £3m fund is now available for pilot projects to improve approaches to procurement in housing, local aut ...

A £3m fund is now available for pilot projects to improve approaches to procurement in housing, local authority-led and infrastructure construction. CITB is seeking Applications and expressions of int ...

18 April, 2019
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Affordable home construction scheme set to hit 700

|Date: 15 April, 2019

Affordable home construction scheme set to hit 700

A major programme of affordable home building by one of the region’s largest housing associations has bee ...

A major programme of affordable home building by one of the region’s largest housing associations has been expanded to 700 homes across the North-east. New low-cost housing is set to be built across C ...

15 April, 2019
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