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Closomat | Making room for adaptations

|Date: 30 March, 2020

Closomat | Making room for adaptations

Robin Tuffley from Closomat discusses home adaptations and reinforces the importance of ensuring rooms ar ...

Robin Tuffley from Closomat discusses home adaptations and reinforces the importance of ensuring rooms are not just accessible but useable. Put yourself in your client’s shoes. No one chooses to be di ...

30 March, 2020
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Gas Tag launches COVID-19 ‘unable to access’ property feature

|Date: 30 March, 2020

Gas Tag launches COVID-19 ‘unable to access’ property feature

Gas Tag has responded to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak by launching a new feature to support housing prov ...

Gas Tag has responded to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak by launching a new feature to support housing providers and compliance contractors. The pandemic is causing issues for providers when attempting ...

30 March, 2020
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Government asks councils to house rough sleepers by the end of the week

|Date: 27 March, 2020

Government asks councils to house rough sleepers by the end of the week

Councils asked by the Government to support rough sleepers and other vulnerable homeless into accommodati ...

Councils asked by the Government to support rough sleepers and other vulnerable homeless into accommodation by the end of the week. On Thursday local authority leaders across the country received a le ...

27 March, 2020
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Beattie Passive announces new Passivhaus webinars

|Date: 27 March, 2020

Beattie Passive announces new Passivhaus webinars

Beattie Passive has announced a new series of interactive webinars, led by Managing Director Ron Beattie ...

Beattie Passive has announced a new series of interactive webinars, led by Managing Director Ron Beattie that will provide an opportunity for people to learn more about the company and Passivhaus. Beg ...

27 March, 2020
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Emergency Fund helps Ashford provide settled accommodation for rough sleepers

|Date: 25 March, 2020

Emergency Fund helps Ashford provide settled accommodation for rough sleepers

Ashford Borough Council has wasted no time in using new government funds to support rough sleepers during ...

Ashford Borough Council has wasted no time in using new government funds to support rough sleepers during the coronavirus outbreak. Last week the Government revealed it was making £3.2m of emergency f ...

25 March, 2020
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Budget 2020 | Industry opinion

|Date: 12 March, 2020

Budget 2020 | Industry opinion

From a £1bn building safety fund to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise residential buildings, to a £12 ...

From a £1bn building safety fund to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise residential buildings, to a £12bn multi-year extension to the Affordable Housing Programme, Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget in ...

12 March, 2020
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MORhomes funds 2,233 new homes across England and Wales

|Date: 7 February, 2020

MORhomes funds 2,233 new homes across England and Wales

A new financial borrowing vehicle created by housing associations for housing associations has funded 2,2 ...

A new financial borrowing vehicle created by housing associations for housing associations has funded 2,233 new homes across England and Wales in the last year according to MORhomes new Social Impact ...

7 February, 2020
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Mears to appoint independent resident’s board

|Date: 7 February, 2020

Mears to appoint independent resident’s board

Housing company Mears has announced that it is launching an independent scrutiny board, which will have t ...

Housing company Mears has announced that it is launching an independent scrutiny board, which will have the right to question its PLC Board and senior managers. The board, one part of a new resident e ...

7 February, 2020
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Stonewater is working locally to tackle the housing shortage

|Date: 5 February, 2020

Stonewater is working locally to tackle the housing shortage

Leading housing provider Stonewater has kick-started 2020 by getting work at its site in Chard underway, ...

Leading housing provider Stonewater has kick-started 2020 by getting work at its site in Chard underway, with the support of local contractors and council. Supported by South Somerset District Council ...

5 February, 2020
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Worcester Bosch reveals new hydrogen-fired boiler

|Date: 5 February, 2020

Worcester Bosch reveals new hydrogen-fired boiler

Worcester Bosch believes hydrogen gas is the solution for reducing carbon emissions in heating and unveil ...

Worcester Bosch believes hydrogen gas is the solution for reducing carbon emissions in heating and unveils its new hydrogen boiler prototype. Last year, the UK committed to a target of net zero carbon ...

5 February, 2020
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