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Guest comment | The human touch

|Date: 1 April, 2020

Guest comment | The human touch

Paula Broadbent, Retirement Solutions Director at ENGIE UK discusses the new balance challenge — the huma ...

Paula Broadbent, Retirement Solutions Director at ENGIE UK discusses the new balance challenge — the human touch and invisible technology. As we become older our needs become wider and more diverse. H ...

1 April, 2020
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Vivid Homes | Promoting healthier outcomes

|Date: 27 February, 2020

Vivid Homes | Promoting healthier outcomes

Derek Streek, Head of Neighbourhoods at VIVID discusses how the housing association supports its vulnerab ...

Derek Streek, Head of Neighbourhoods at VIVID discusses how the housing association supports its vulnerable customers. When I started my housing career some 35 years ago, anti-social behaviour was dea ...

27 February, 2020
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Guest Comment | LAs leading on building standards

|Date: 6 November, 2019

Guest Comment | LAs leading on building standards

Recent research by the Solar Trade Association (STA) highlights how local authorities are taking the init ...

Recent research by the Solar Trade Association (STA) highlights how local authorities are taking the initiative and implementing higher building standards on developments. Jack Dobson-Smith, Public Af ...

6 November, 2019
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Guest Comment | Electrical safety: fit for purpose

|Date: 24 October, 2019

Guest Comment | Electrical safety: fit for purpose

When it comes to providing electrical safety it is important to understand that not one approach fits all ...

When it comes to providing electrical safety it is important to understand that not one approach fits all. Ian Montague, Consultant Engineer, with leading electrical body NICEIC, explains the danger o ...

24 October, 2019
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Guest Comment | Smart energy

|Date: 30 September, 2019

Guest Comment | Smart energy

Cheryl Hiles, Energy and Environment Sector Director at Pell Frischmann, offers advice on planning for a ...

Cheryl Hiles, Energy and Environment Sector Director at Pell Frischmann, offers advice on planning for a smart energy future. Hidden amongst the torrent of political activity this summer, the Governme ...

30 September, 2019
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Guest Comment | Single source of truth

|Date: 12 August, 2019

Guest Comment | Single source of truth

Project complexity is pushing cost and time uncertainty to the limit, says Bill Zuurbier, Co-Founder and ...

Project complexity is pushing cost and time uncertainty to the limit, says Bill Zuurbier, Co-Founder and Managing Director of risk management consultancy Equib. Many local-authority construction proje ...

12 August, 2019
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Guest Comment | Giving tenants a voice

|Date: 28 June, 2019

Guest Comment | Giving tenants a voice

Jackie Perry, Assistant Director of Communities and Customer Service at Muir Group Housing Association, d ...

Jackie Perry, Assistant Director of Communities and Customer Service at Muir Group Housing Association, discusses the NHF’s ‘Together with Tenants’ initiative and how important it is that tenant’s voi ...

28 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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Guest Comment | US investment in social housing

|Date: 9 May, 2019

Guest Comment | US investment in social housing

With two housing associations announcing lucrative private placement deals with North American investors ...

With two housing associations announcing lucrative private placement deals with North American investors within weeks of each other, Bromford’s Head of Treasury Imran Mubeen discusses its significance ...

9 May, 2019
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Guest Comment | Bathroom Manufacturers Association on water efficiency best practice

|Date: 10 April, 2019

Guest Comment | Bathroom Manufacturers Association on water efficiency best practice

Compliance and water efficiency best practice is needed to ensure safety in social housing, says Yvonne O ...

Compliance and water efficiency best practice is needed to ensure safety in social housing, says Yvonne Orgill, CEO at the Bathroom Manufacturers Association (BMA). There have been two reports so far ...

10 April, 2019
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