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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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Industry Comment: The Energy User Must Be At The Heart of Policy

|Date: 9 November, 2018

Industry Comment: The Energy User Must Be At The Heart of Policy

It’s time to put the energy user at the heart of policy, says incoming Association for Decentralised Ener ...

It’s time to put the energy user at the heart of policy, says incoming Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) Deputy Director Dr Joanne Wade. Futurebuild, the evolution of ecobuild, will bring tog ...

9 November, 2018
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Fair value rules

|Date: 14 June, 2016

Fair value rules

Luke Barrett, associate partner at property consultant and chartered surveyor Sanderson Weatherall, consi ...

Luke Barrett, associate partner at property consultant and chartered surveyor Sanderson Weatherall, considers the impact that could be felt by local authorities following the introduction of fair valu ...

14 June, 2016
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BBA certification for Sto external wall insulation

A smart balance: how connected tech is transforming our energy reuse remit

Local authorities must be empowered to plan for a low carbon future, says RTPI

Tony Juniper joins all-star line-up for ACO’s final Habitat Matters webinar

New smart TEC brings extra care home

Home carbon footprint reduction pilot launched with Southdown Housing Association

Andy Carter MP visits affordable homes scheme in Latchford

Specification tool to help social housing providers comply with Homes Act

Sensory gardens, wildflower meadows and tree planting — landscape works progress at the YMCA Village in Newark

Breathing new life: Secondment aids in major upgrade at live hospital site

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

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

Metropolitan Thames Valley urges government to extend Help to Buy scheme

Metropolitan Thames Valley urges government to extend Help to Buy scheme

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

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

Encouraging more women into property services

Encouraging more women into property services

New rules could see costs rise for registered providers

New rules could see costs rise for registered providers

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

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

Industry Comment: The Energy User Must Be At The Heart of Policy

Industry Comment: The Energy User Must Be At The Heart of Policy

Fair value rules

Fair value rules