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Glenigan forecasts gradual social housebuilding growth from 2024, following a tough year

|Date: 14 November, 2023

Glenigan forecasts gradual social housebuilding growth from 2024, following a tough year

Glenigan, one of the construction industry’s leading insight and intelligence experts, has released its w ...

Glenigan, one of the construction industry’s leading insight and intelligence experts, has released its widely anticipated UK Construction Industry Forecast 2024-2025. The key takeaway from the Novemb ...

14 November, 2023
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New plan to triple housebuilding delivery and add “billions” to Northern economy

|Date: 10 November, 2023

New plan to triple housebuilding delivery and add “billions” to Northern economy

A “once-in-a-generation” plan to tackle the North of England’s housing crisis and provide more and better ...

A “once-in-a-generation” plan to tackle the North of England’s housing crisis and provide more and better homes for the region has been revealed. Homes for the North’s blueprint will treble the number ...

10 November, 2023
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Boroughs launch new infrastructure framework to ‘secure London’s future growth’

|Date: 18 May, 2023

Boroughs launch new infrastructure framework to ‘secure London’s future growth’

London boroughs have unveiled a list of key infrastructure projects needed to secure “a more prosperous, ...

London boroughs have unveiled a list of key infrastructure projects needed to secure “a more prosperous, inclusive, and sustainable” future for the capital. For the first time, all 33 of the capital’s ...

18 May, 2023
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SFT’s new business plan urges focus on a net zero built environment

|Date: 21 April, 2023

SFT’s new business plan urges focus on a net zero built environment

The Scottish Futures Trust’s new business plan, launched on the 20th April, urges public and private sect ...

The Scottish Futures Trust’s new business plan, launched on the 20th April, urges public and private sector organisations across Scotland to focus on greater collaboration to help deliver a net zero b ...

21 April, 2023
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Liverpool appoints new Development and Major Projects Manager

|Date: 7 March, 2023

Liverpool appoints new Development and Major Projects Manager

Liverpool City Council has appointed Sophie Bevan as its new Director of Development and Major Projects. ...

Liverpool City Council has appointed Sophie Bevan as its new Director of Development and Major Projects. Sophie (pictured right), currently Senior Investment Manager at Liverpool City Region Combined ...

7 March, 2023
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Special Report | Brownfield: Piecing it together

|Date: 11 August, 2022

Special Report | Brownfield: Piecing it together

Mike Salter, Group Development Director at SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement autho ...

Mike Salter, Group Development Director at SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement authorities, outlines what local authorities should be considering when developing brownfield strate ...

11 August, 2022
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London boroughs warn of skyrocketing inflation’s £400m extra pressure on budgets

|Date: 21 June, 2022

London boroughs warn of skyrocketing inflation’s £400m extra pressure on budgets

Skyrocketing inflation is driving £400m of additional budget pressures on boroughs in the capital, London ...

Skyrocketing inflation is driving £400m of additional budget pressures on boroughs in the capital, London Councils has warned. Although the Government increased local authority funding this year, fast ...

21 June, 2022
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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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14 more Gigabit Cities are being prepared for Full Fibre rollouts

|Date: 22 July, 2019

14 more Gigabit Cities are being prepared for Full Fibre rollouts

Second phase of rollouts extends CityFibre’s Gigabit City programme by a further million homes, taking th ...

Second phase of rollouts extends CityFibre’s Gigabit City programme by a further million homes, taking the total to over two million homes across 26 towns and cities. Ahead of the appointment of a new ...

22 July, 2019
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