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Special Report | Local authority investment in commercial property

|Date: 9 April, 2021

Special Report | Local authority investment in commercial property

Paul Hanratty, National Sales Manager at Hambleside Danelaw, talks to LABM about maximising the asset val ...

Paul Hanratty, National Sales Manager at Hambleside Danelaw, talks to LABM about maximising the asset value and performance of local authority commercial properties. The National Audit Office report ‘ ...

9 April, 2021
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Choosing a framework: what you need to know

|Date: 7 April, 2021

Choosing a framework: what you need to know

Frameworks are widely acknowledged as the most efficient method of procuring public works but how do loca ...

Frameworks are widely acknowledged as the most efficient method of procuring public works but how do local authorities and other public sector bodies ensure a potential framework partner will deliver ...

7 April, 2021
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Special Report | Advice on working with specialist suppliers

|Date: 27 November, 2020

Special Report | Advice on working with specialist suppliers

As local authorities and housing associations are only too aware, building, refurbishing and maintaining ...

As local authorities and housing associations are only too aware, building, refurbishing and maintaining homes to required standards is a vital but complicated business, where having to manage multipl ...

27 November, 2020
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Special Report | Enhancing occupant health

|Date: 17 March, 2020

Special Report | Enhancing occupant health

Operations Director at Steico UK Adrian Judd explains the advantages of retrofitting existing homes with ...

Operations Director at Steico UK Adrian Judd explains the advantages of retrofitting existing homes with natural materials and how this can offer social housing schemes countless benefits. Local autho ...

17 March, 2020
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Special Report | Hightown’s homeless services

|Date: 13 March, 2020

Special Report | Hightown’s homeless services

Hightown Housing Association recently opened seven newly refurbished flats for homeless people in St Alba ...

Hightown Housing Association recently opened seven newly refurbished flats for homeless people in St Albans. LABM caught up with them to find out about their range of homelessness services, new Housin ...

13 March, 2020
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Special Report | Building a digital platform

|Date: 11 December, 2019

Special Report | Building a digital platform

Jeff Hewitt discusses how the social housing crisis can be tackled by building tomorrow's homes with toda ...

Jeff Hewitt discusses how the social housing crisis can be tackled by building tomorrow's homes with today's technology. England is in the midst of a housing crisis, which, if unresolved, will impede ...

11 December, 2019
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Elmhurst Energy | Setting new standards

|Date: 10 December, 2019

Elmhurst Energy | Setting new standards

Stuart Fairlie, Technical Director at Elmhurst Energy, looks at PAS 2035: 2019, the key document in the r ...

Stuart Fairlie, Technical Director at Elmhurst Energy, looks at PAS 2035: 2019, the key document in the retrofit standards framework, and what it means for local authorities. Energy efficiency and fue ...

10 December, 2019
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Special Report | Improving internal school environments

|Date: 11 November, 2019

Special Report | Improving internal school environments

Matthew Evans discusses the importance of good building design and offers advice on how specifiers can im ...

Matthew Evans discusses the importance of good building design and offers advice on how specifiers can improve ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality within schools to create buildings th ...

11 November, 2019
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Special Report | Adding value with systems thinking to property services

|Date: 9 September, 2019

Special Report | Adding value with systems thinking to property services

Thinking radically differently to transform property services. Ray Jones, Group Managing Director at prop ...

Thinking radically differently to transform property services. Ray Jones, Group Managing Director at property services company Liberty, discusses how systems thinking can add greater value for both cl ...

9 September, 2019
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Travis Perkins | Managed service models

|Date: 11 July, 2019

Travis Perkins | Managed service models

Stuart Hough, Managing Director of Travis Perkins Managed Services discusses Brexit and the repairs and m ...

Stuart Hough, Managing Director of Travis Perkins Managed Services discusses Brexit and the repairs and maintenance of social housing. A lot has changed since the EU referendum in 2016. We have had th ...

11 July, 2019
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