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Government must back regional delivery to meet national construction targets, say local authorities
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Government must back regional delivery to meet national construction targets, say local authorities
Local authorities and combined authorities need greater funding flexibility, stronger regional partners and targeted skills investment to meet government delivery targets, according to a new report re ...
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Vast majority of rural councils have no targets for social housing, new report reveals
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Vast majority of rural councils have no targets for social housing, new report reveals
A comprehensive new report examining housing provision across England's 84 rural local authorities has re ...
A comprehensive new report examining housing provision across England's 84 rural local authorities has revealed a concerning picture of under-supply and inadequate planning for social housing. The rep ...
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Stelling Properties invests more than £3m and launches rapid modular solution to support emergency housing crisis
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Stelling Properties invests more than £3m and launches rapid modular solution to support emergency housing crisis
Stelling Properties, one of the UK’s leading modular residential specialists, has announced its strategic ...
Stelling Properties, one of the UK’s leading modular residential specialists, has announced its strategic entry into the emergency housing sector to support local authorities and housing associations ...
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AECOM, Elixr, MetaConnex and Pinsent Masons join forces on National Smart Regeneration Framework to unlock growth across 30 UK towns
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AECOM, Elixr, MetaConnex and Pinsent Masons join forces on National Smart Regeneration Framework to unlock growth across 30 UK towns
Global infrastructure consulting firm AECOM has entered into a strategic partnership with smart city firm ...
Global infrastructure consulting firm AECOM has entered into a strategic partnership with smart city firm Elixr, and its masterplanning and technology company MetaConnex, and in collaboration with mul ...
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£39bn for affordable housing offers once-in-a-generation opportunity to address social housing challenge
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£39bn for affordable housing offers once-in-a-generation opportunity to address social housing challenge
Last week Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced £39bn in the Spending Review for affordable housing — a much ...
Last week Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced £39bn in the Spending Review for affordable housing — a much needed financial boost which has been described as a 'historic and ground-breaking settlement' ...
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Council will be first to develop a digital Local Area Energy Plan to decarbonise the district’s energy system
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Council will be first to develop a digital Local Area Energy Plan to decarbonise the district’s energy system
Winchester City Council is creating a Local Area Energy Plan (LAEP) which will be the first of its kind i ...
Winchester City Council is creating a Local Area Energy Plan (LAEP) which will be the first of its kind in the country to be developed within the LENZA (Local Energy Net Zero Accelerator) tool. The pi ...
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Leading local authorities in renewable energy generation and capacity
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Leading local authorities in renewable energy generation and capacity
New Uswitch analysis of government data has revealed the UK’s top-performing local authorities for renewa ...
New Uswitch analysis of government data has revealed the UK’s top-performing local authorities for renewable energy generation per household, with Moray in Scotland emerging as the national leader. Ta ...
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Survey shows local authority and housing association procurement teams are undertrained, understaffed and under pressure
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Survey shows local authority and housing association procurement teams are undertrained, understaffed and under pressure
A survey of procurement staff working in local authorities and housing associations has found that 47% fe ...
A survey of procurement staff working in local authorities and housing associations has found that 47% feel inadequately resourced and 42% feel insufficiently trained on new public procurement regulat ...
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Mapping the future of timber in construction
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Mapping the future of timber in construction
LABM Editor Claire Clutten speaks to Andrew Carpenter, Chief Executive of the Structural Timber Associati ...
LABM Editor Claire Clutten speaks to Andrew Carpenter, Chief Executive of the Structural Timber Association, Andrew Orriss, Chief Operating Officer at the STA and Alex Goodfellow, CEO of Donaldson Off ...
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OSB in timber frame construction
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OSB in timber frame construction
Rebecca Goldsmith, Product Manager at MEDITE SMARTPLY explains why innovative OSB panels that integrate a ...
Rebecca Goldsmith, Product Manager at MEDITE SMARTPLY explains why innovative OSB panels that integrate air and vapour control layers are a potential game-changer in timber frame construction, offerin ...
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