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SPA launches new, free of charge call-off service

|Date: 2 December, 2021

SPA launches new, free of charge call-off service

After a successful pilot, Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has launched a new, free of charge call-off ...

After a successful pilot, Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has launched a new, free of charge call-off service for its public sector partners. The service simplifies the procurement process for SPA ...

2 December, 2021
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The ASCP calls for transformational change in social housing electrical safety to avoid future fatalities and injuries

|Date: 1 December, 2021

The ASCP calls for transformational change in social housing electrical safety to avoid future fatalities and injuries

Recognising that electrical safety for too long has been seen as less important than gas safety within so ...

Recognising that electrical safety for too long has been seen as less important than gas safety within social housing, the Association of Safety and Compliance Professionals (ASCP) has launched its Wh ...

1 December, 2021
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New firm launches to shake up insurance and property finance

|Date: 29 November, 2021

New firm launches to shake up insurance and property finance

Key members of the London Belgravia Group have set up their own insurance and financial advisory firm, J3 ...

Key members of the London Belgravia Group have set up their own insurance and financial advisory firm, J3 Advisory. Jack Bristow, Johnny Leadsom and James Mole, all well-known names in the latent defe ...

29 November, 2021
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Autumn Councils Housing Conference

|Date: 18 November, 2021

Autumn Councils Housing Conference

Unlocking sites to accelerate housing supply, the planning system, decarbonisation and funding challenges ...

Unlocking sites to accelerate housing supply, the planning system, decarbonisation and funding challenges for councils, these are just some of the topics up for discussion at The Housing Forum’s Autum ...

18 November, 2021
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New collaboration to bring forward pipeline of new homes in the North of Tyne

|Date: 11 November, 2021

New collaboration to bring forward pipeline of new homes in the North of Tyne

The North of Tyne Combined Authority and Homes England have signed an ambitious Memorandum of Understandi ...

The North of Tyne Combined Authority and Homes England have signed an ambitious Memorandum of Understanding to accelerate the construction of homes as part of the region’s bold plan for post-Covid gro ...

11 November, 2021
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Royal Greenwich housing estates to get innovative heat pump as part of trailblazing scheme to tackle climate emergency

|Date: 9 November, 2021

Royal Greenwich housing estates to get innovative heat pump as part of trailblazing scheme to tackle climate emergency

Works to install a highly innovative water source heat pump, which will warm 95 homes at Ernest Dence Est ...

Works to install a highly innovative water source heat pump, which will warm 95 homes at Ernest Dence Estate, Greenwich, have begun as part of the council’s ambitious target to reach net zero carbon e ...

9 November, 2021
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Contractors appointed to £500m public buildings and infrastructure framework in Scotland

|Date: 2 November, 2021

Contractors appointed to £500m public buildings and infrastructure framework in Scotland

Fifteen contractors have won places on a new £500m framework to deliver new build, infrastructure and ref ...

Fifteen contractors have won places on a new £500m framework to deliver new build, infrastructure and refurbishment works for the public sector in Scotland. The Public Buildings and Infrastructure (PB ...

2 November, 2021
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Sector responds to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Autumn Budget announcement

|Date: 28 October, 2021

Sector responds to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Autumn Budget announcement

Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled his Autumn Budget yesterday, which included £24bn for housing and £5bn to ...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled his Autumn Budget yesterday, which included £24bn for housing and £5bn to remove unsafe cladding, as well as more money for education and the construction of 40 new hos ...

28 October, 2021
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Housing sector must increase collaboration to meet decarbonisation targets

|Date: 28 October, 2021

Housing sector must increase collaboration to meet decarbonisation targets

Greater collaboration across the sector in embracing new technology and re-skilling the workforce is esse ...

Greater collaboration across the sector in embracing new technology and re-skilling the workforce is essential if new homes and existing stock are to meet the nation’s ambitious decarbonisation target ...

28 October, 2021
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MODULHAUS crowned ‘Winner of Winners’ at the 2021 Offsite Awards

|Date: 28 October, 2021

MODULHAUS crowned ‘Winner of Winners’ at the 2021 Offsite Awards

Against intense competition MODULHAUS — a new concept in volumetric modular homes for rough sleepers — wa ...

Against intense competition MODULHAUS — a new concept in volumetric modular homes for rough sleepers — was crowned ‘Winner of Winners' at the 2021 Offsite Awards. Declared a resounding success in term ...

28 October, 2021
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