COVID-19 Archives - Page 6 of 10

Post-coronavirus boom in social housing needed says new report

|Date: 16 November, 2020

Post-coronavirus boom in social housing needed says new report

A post-pandemic building boom of 100,000 new social homes for rent each year would not only meet demand f ...

A post-pandemic building boom of 100,000 new social homes for rent each year would not only meet demand for affordable homes but deliver a £14.5bn boost to the economy — the equivalent to over half of ...

16 November, 2020
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LGA opens bids for Housing Advisers Programme to tackle impact of COVID-19 on housing crisis

|Date: 12 November, 2020

LGA opens bids for Housing Advisers Programme to tackle impact of COVID-19 on housing crisis

The Local Government Association is launching the fourth year of the Housing Advisers Programme, an innov ...

The Local Government Association is launching the fourth year of the Housing Advisers Programme, an innovative scheme to help councils overcome housing challenges in their local areas, with a focus th ...

12 November, 2020
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How Lovell has re-mobilised to take on the challenges of COVID

|Date: 10 November, 2020

How Lovell has re-mobilised to take on the challenges of COVID

Stuart Gibbons, Regional Managing Director of Lovell London and Southern, discusses the impact of COVID-1 ...

Stuart Gibbons, Regional Managing Director of Lovell London and Southern, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the housebuilding sector and how being agile as a business has helped the partnership hous ...

10 November, 2020
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Pick Everard | How will infection control change the face of ventilation?

|Date: 30 October, 2020

Pick Everard | How will infection control change the face of ventilation?

COVID-19 has had an undeniable impact on how we live — but how could the pandemic potentially change the ...

COVID-19 has had an undeniable impact on how we live — but how could the pandemic potentially change the way we approach ventilation within our healthcare facilities as we learn from the coronavirus a ...

30 October, 2020
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International Perspective | Unlocking public spaces

|Date: 22 October, 2020

International Perspective | Unlocking public spaces

Richard Hyams, Director at astudio, discusses the benefits of unlocking public spaces. As lockdowns aroun ...

Richard Hyams, Director at astudio, discusses the benefits of unlocking public spaces. As lockdowns around the world gradually begin to ease, footfall on our high streets slowly increases, workers beg ...

22 October, 2020
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Industry Comment | Setting ambitions for housing

|Date: 13 October, 2020

Industry Comment | Setting ambitions for housing

What kind of post-pandemic stimulus do we need, asks Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association ...

What kind of post-pandemic stimulus do we need, asks Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH). The Government has spent the last six months in fire-fight ...

13 October, 2020
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Primary school opens to pupils — despite COVID-19 setbacks

|Date: 9 October, 2020

Primary school opens to pupils — despite COVID-19 setbacks

A new £9m primary school built on the former RAF Locking base and surrounding land in North Somerset has ...

A new £9m primary school built on the former RAF Locking base and surrounding land in North Somerset has welcomed its first cohort of pupils — after construction completed in time for the 2020/21 acad ...

9 October, 2020
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The importance of properly fitted and maintained fire doors

|Date: 25 September, 2020

The importance of properly fitted and maintained fire doors

As Fire Door Safety Week 2020 draws to a close, Bureau Veritas is taking the opportunity to give another ...

As Fire Door Safety Week 2020 draws to a close, Bureau Veritas is taking the opportunity to give another reminder about the importance of properly fitted and maintained fire doors to enhance safety in ...

25 September, 2020
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Level-up rural areas to support England’s economic recovery

|Date: 23 September, 2020

Level-up rural areas to support England’s economic recovery

A coalition of 13 leading rural organisations is urging the Government to commit to more equitable fundin ...

A coalition of 13 leading rural organisations is urging the Government to commit to more equitable funding in rural areas to support England’s economic recovery from COVID-19. The Rural Coalition has ...

23 September, 2020
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Councils report delays to planned fire door maintenance and replacement

|Date: 21 September, 2020

Councils report delays to planned fire door maintenance and replacement

Over half (52%) of UK local authorities responding to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request reported del ...

Over half (52%) of UK local authorities responding to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request reported delays to planned fire door maintenance and replacement in the first half of 2020. The number rise ...

21 September, 2020
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