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Setting the scene — the Challenge of Plastic

|Date: 24 June, 2024

Setting the scene — the Challenge of Plastic

Changing Streams was established nearly five years ago to address the growing issue of plastic in the con ...

Changing Streams was established nearly five years ago to address the growing issue of plastic in the construction environment, to work with industry players at all levels to reduce dependence on plas ...

24 June, 2024
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Centre for Ageing Better responds to new statistics showing 86.6% increase in fuel poverty

|Date: 8 December, 2022

Centre for Ageing Better responds to new statistics showing 86.6% increase in fuel poverty

Holly Holder, Deputy Director for Homes at the Centre for Ageing Better, says that years of neglecting to ...

Holly Holder, Deputy Director for Homes at the Centre for Ageing Better, says that years of neglecting to improve our nation’s homes have led us to the point where many are choosing between heating an ...

8 December, 2022
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Part Z amendment and embodied carbon regulation

|Date: 28 July, 2022

Part Z amendment and embodied carbon regulation

Head of Sustainability at Whitecode, Ellen Huelin, takes a look at the proposed Part Z amendment to the B ...

Head of Sustainability at Whitecode, Ellen Huelin, takes a look at the proposed Part Z amendment to the Building Regulations and the concept of embodied carbon regulation. Ellen argues that without su ...

28 July, 2022
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Opinion | New planning requirements for high-rise buildings creates fire safety uncertainty for other building types

|Date: 9 September, 2021

Opinion | New planning requirements for high-rise buildings creates fire safety uncertainty for other building types

New planning requirements on fire safety for high-rise residential buildings came into force on August 1s ...

New planning requirements on fire safety for high-rise residential buildings came into force on August 1st and require developers to consider fire safety at the earliest stages of planning. While we u ...

9 September, 2021
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Metropolitan Thames Valley urges government to extend Help to Buy scheme

|Date: 13 January, 2021

Metropolitan Thames Valley urges government to extend Help to Buy scheme

Housing Association Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher MP t ...

Housing Association Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has written to Housing Minister Chris Pincher MP to request that the current Help to Buy scheme is extended to prevent first time buyer sales col ...

13 January, 2021
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Mears Group | Housing sector at the forefront on social mobility

|Date: 23 October, 2019

Mears Group | Housing sector at the forefront on social mobility

Housing needs to shout about its work on social mobility, says Alan Long, Executive Director at Mears Gro ...

Housing needs to shout about its work on social mobility, says Alan Long, Executive Director at Mears Group. Mears Group is very proud to have been listed in the top 75 UK employers who have taken the ...

23 October, 2019
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Air Time, in association with Airflow | The effects of ventilation on occupant health

|Date: 27 March, 2019

Air Time, in association with Airflow | The effects of ventilation on occupant health

Our latest series explores the important role correct ventilation plays in protecting housing stock — and ...

Our latest series explores the important role correct ventilation plays in protecting housing stock — and the health of tenants. In part two, John Kelly, Marketing Manager at Airflow Developments, dis ...

27 March, 2019
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Encouraging more women into property services

|Date: 8 March, 2019

Encouraging more women into property services

Karen Sloan, newly appointed Managing Director – Gas Maintenance at Liberty Group, shares her ambition to ...

Karen Sloan, newly appointed Managing Director – Gas Maintenance at Liberty Group, shares her ambition to encourage more women to pursue a career in property services. As the world marks another Inter ...

8 March, 2019
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New rules could see costs rise for registered providers

|Date: 25 February, 2019

New rules could see costs rise for registered providers

The major new ‘fitness for human habitation’ legislation, set to come into force next month, could prove ...

The major new ‘fitness for human habitation’ legislation, set to come into force next month, could prove a financial headache for many of the UK’s housing associations, warns legal housing specialist ...

25 February, 2019
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Liberty Group | Stronger client/customer relationships in the property services sector

|Date: 22 February, 2019

Liberty Group | Stronger client/customer relationships in the property services sector

Ray Jones, Group Managing Director at property services company Liberty Group, shares his vision for the ...

Ray Jones, Group Managing Director at property services company Liberty Group, shares his vision for the future of property services and the potential for the sector to deliver more through greater op ...

22 February, 2019
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