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Social value and encouraging a better gender balance in public sector construction

|Date: 9 March, 2021

Social value and encouraging a better gender balance in public sector construction

Social value is not a new term but it’s one that we can expect to hear a whole lot more as 2021 unfolds. ...

Social value is not a new term but it’s one that we can expect to hear a whole lot more as 2021 unfolds. As part of Women in Construction Week, Kevin O’Connor, Head of Social Value and Inclusion at Du ...

9 March, 2021
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Collaborative approach is key to delivering much-needed homes says North West housebuilder

|Date: 9 March, 2021

Collaborative approach is key to delivering much-needed homes says North West housebuilder

Working collaboratively has become an increasingly preferred method in order to deliver projects at pace. ...

Working collaboratively has become an increasingly preferred method in order to deliver projects at pace. This approach was proactively adopted by partnership housing specialist Lovell Partnerships, a ...

9 March, 2021
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Fusion21 Launches its £1.1bn National Workplace & Facilities Framework

|Date: 8 March, 2021

Fusion21 Launches its £1.1bn National Workplace & Facilities Framework

Procurement organisation and social enterprise Fusion21 has announced the suppliers successfully appointe ...

Procurement organisation and social enterprise Fusion21 has announced the suppliers successfully appointed to its national Workplace & Facilities Framework — worth up to £1.1bn over a four-year pe ...

8 March, 2021
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Budget an important step, but greater focus on a housing-led recovery needed

|Date: 5 March, 2021

Budget an important step, but greater focus on a housing-led recovery needed

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget included details of the UK's first infrastructure bank, a mortgage guaran ...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget included details of the UK's first infrastructure bank, a mortgage guarantee scheme, a Levelling Up Fund and over £1bn for 45 new town deals, plus various other measure ...

5 March, 2021
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Wates launches online innovation portal to boost industry transition to net zero

|Date: 2 March, 2021

Wates launches online innovation portal to boost industry transition to net zero

Wates Group, one of the UK’s leading family-owned construction, development and property services compani ...

Wates Group, one of the UK’s leading family-owned construction, development and property services companies, has launched a self-service, interactive and intelligent marketplace for sustainable innova ...

2 March, 2021
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Social value no longer a ‘nice to have’ for construction schemes

|Date: 1 March, 2021

Social value no longer a ‘nice to have’ for construction schemes

Social value has long been considered a ‘nice to have’ when it comes to construction projects, but thanks ...

Social value has long been considered a ‘nice to have’ when it comes to construction projects, but thanks to the introduction of the Government’s Construction Playbook in December 2020, that is starti ...

1 March, 2021
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Offsite Insights | Zero Carbon Affordable Homes from ZED PODS

|Date: 1 March, 2021

Offsite Insights | Zero Carbon Affordable Homes from ZED PODS

Debansu Das, Business Development Director at ZED PODS, explains how the ‘Hope Rise’ modular home scheme ...

Debansu Das, Business Development Director at ZED PODS, explains how the ‘Hope Rise’ modular home scheme in Bristol combines an innovative development above a car park with an environmental conscience ...

1 March, 2021
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Beinn Group | Holistic approach to energy efficiency

|Date: 26 February, 2021

Beinn Group | Holistic approach to energy efficiency

With the Government’s ‘Green Revolution’ now well underway, the appetite for improving the energy efficie ...

With the Government’s ‘Green Revolution’ now well underway, the appetite for improving the energy efficiency of our housing stock has never been healthier. But how do you know which solutions are righ ...

26 February, 2021
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Lovell expands business with Later Living

|Date: 26 February, 2021

Lovell expands business with Later Living

Partnership housing business Lovell has announced that Morgan Sindall Later Living will join Lovell as a ...

Partnership housing business Lovell has announced that Morgan Sindall Later Living will join Lovell as a new division called Lovell Later Living. This announcement comes as the UK housing industry fac ...

26 February, 2021
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London is not building the homes its older residents want and need

|Date: 23 February, 2021

London is not building the homes its older residents want and need

Too many older Londoners are unable to access the housing they need to live independently for longer, acc ...

Too many older Londoners are unable to access the housing they need to live independently for longer, according to a new report by think tank Centre for London. The report, Third Age City: Housing for ...

23 February, 2021
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