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Aico | Fire safety in social housing

|Date: 7 December, 2020

Aico | Fire safety in social housing

Social housing fire checks and compliance are more important now than ever, with more people staying indo ...

Social housing fire checks and compliance are more important now than ever, with more people staying indoors and working from home due to the pandemic, say Tony Boyle, Regional Specification Manager, ...

7 December, 2020
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Mira’s social housing Toolbox Demos go virtual

|Date: 4 December, 2020

Mira’s social housing Toolbox Demos go virtual

Mira Showers’ handy Toolbox Demonstrations — aimed at helping with the installation and maintenance of it ...

Mira Showers’ handy Toolbox Demonstrations — aimed at helping with the installation and maintenance of its products — can now be delivered virtually, in a bid to continue to assist the social housing ...

4 December, 2020
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AKW | Providing specialist support and advice on bidet specification

|Date: 4 December, 2020

AKW | Providing specialist support and advice on bidet specification

Often taken for granted, the seemingly simple act of using a toilet can become challenging for some resid ...

Often taken for granted, the seemingly simple act of using a toilet can become challenging for some residents. Stuart Reynolds, Head of Product and Marketing at AKW, discusses a solution to intimate c ...

4 December, 2020
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Council creating hundreds of new engineering and manufacturing jobs

|Date: 3 December, 2020

Council creating hundreds of new engineering and manufacturing jobs

The diggers have moved in to start work on a new Portsmouth City Council construction project that will c ...

The diggers have moved in to start work on a new Portsmouth City Council construction project that will create hundreds of new local engineering and manufacturing jobs. The new 120,000 sq ft specialis ...

3 December, 2020
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Innovative cladding fire detection system undergoes testing

|Date: 2 December, 2020

Innovative cladding fire detection system undergoes testing

A cladding fire detection system that could offer a lifeline to thousands affected by the UK’s cladding c ...

A cladding fire detection system that could offer a lifeline to thousands affected by the UK’s cladding crisis is undergoing a critical period of testing with one of the UK’s leading testing bodies, t ...

2 December, 2020
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Families move into new council homes in time for Christmas

|Date: 2 December, 2020

Families move into new council homes in time for Christmas

Northampton Borough Council’s housing provider, Northampton Partnership Homes (NPH) is celebrating the co ...

Northampton Borough Council’s housing provider, Northampton Partnership Homes (NPH) is celebrating the completion of 21 new homes in Collingtree. The two- and three-bedroom homes in Toms Close are mod ...

2 December, 2020
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Catalyst leads the way with new sustainability accreditation

|Date: 2 December, 2020

Catalyst leads the way with new sustainability accreditation

Catalyst has become the first organisation in Europe to receive the highest accreditation mark across all ...

Catalyst has become the first organisation in Europe to receive the highest accreditation mark across all three categories in the ‘Certified Sustainable Housing Label’ from German consultancy RITTERWA ...

2 December, 2020
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Offsite Insights | Taylor Lane Timber Frame discuss homes for life

|Date: 1 December, 2020

Offsite Insights | Taylor Lane Timber Frame discuss homes for life

Steve Griffiths, Senior Design Manager at Taylor Lane Timber Frame, explains how the flexibility of timbe ...

Steve Griffiths, Senior Design Manager at Taylor Lane Timber Frame, explains how the flexibility of timber frame enables Registered Providers to meet the demands of the Lifetime Homes Standard and bui ...

1 December, 2020
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High-tech housing scheme allows elderly residents to connect with loved ones this Christmas

|Date: 30 November, 2020

High-tech housing scheme allows elderly residents to connect with loved ones this Christmas

A high-tech new housing scheme will allow elderly residents to stay connected with their families this Ch ...

A high-tech new housing scheme will allow elderly residents to stay connected with their families this Christmas even if they are unable to see them in person. Cornell Court in Saffron Waldon, Essex, ...

30 November, 2020
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Dundee City Council urged to use part of £6m housing crisis fund to revamp empty homes

|Date: 30 November, 2020

Dundee City Council urged to use part of £6m housing crisis fund to revamp empty homes

The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP), set up to help councils bring empty properties back in to us ...

The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership (SEHP), set up to help councils bring empty properties back in to use, has urged Dundee City Council to consider the city’s 1,209 long-term empty homes as part of ...

30 November, 2020
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