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Fire disrupts education at Lancashire primary school

|Date: 13 July, 2021

Fire disrupts education at Lancashire primary school

With the pandemic continuing to cause disruption for children, families and schools, a major fire at an u ...

With the pandemic continuing to cause disruption for children, families and schools, a major fire at an unsprinklered Lancashire school has led to its closure and further disruption to students’ educa ...

13 July, 2021
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More than 1,100 classrooms gutted by school blazes in five years

|Date: 11 March, 2021

More than 1,100 classrooms gutted by school blazes in five years

School fires have destroyed the equivalent of 1,100 classrooms in the last five years, new figures reveal ...

School fires have destroyed the equivalent of 1,100 classrooms in the last five years, new figures reveal. Fire crews have been called to tackle 2,300 school blazes in England, which completely gutted ...

11 March, 2021
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40 schools a month hit by fires in the last year, just 2% had sprinklers

|Date: 5 November, 2020

40 schools a month hit by fires in the last year, just 2% had sprinklers

A new study from Zurich Municipal reveals 480 primary and secondary schools endured fires in 2019, a stag ...

A new study from Zurich Municipal reveals 480 primary and secondary schools endured fires in 2019, a staggering 40 incidents every month. As a result, almost 20,000[i] school children have had their e ...

5 November, 2020
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Is the housing crisis returning as a government priority?

|Date: 28 March, 2019

Is the housing crisis returning as a government priority?

Planning reform will go a long way to helping solve the housing and skills crisis. Addressing the policy ...

Planning reform will go a long way to helping solve the housing and skills crisis. Addressing the policy conference of the Home Builders Federation (HBF), Secretary of State for Housing, Communities a ...

28 March, 2019
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Commercialisation, technology and building thriving communities top priorities for housing leaders

|Date: 20 March, 2019

Commercialisation, technology and building thriving communities top priorities for housing leaders

A series of interviews with housing leaders has called attention to the complex challenges facing social ...

A series of interviews with housing leaders has called attention to the complex challenges facing social housing providers nationwide, with technology and commercial activities to generate profit topp ...

20 March, 2019
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Guest Comment | Managing fire risk

|Date: 21 December, 2018

Guest Comment | Managing fire risk

Current proposals to ban combustible cladding don’t go far enough, says Allison Whittington, Head of Hous ...

Current proposals to ban combustible cladding don’t go far enough, says Allison Whittington, Head of Housing at Zurich Municipal. The Government’s recent announcement confirming a ban on the use of co ...

21 December, 2018
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