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Can-do attitude is key to supporting disabled employees

Ian Streets discusses support for disabled employees Adaptability is essential in business, and for employers that obviously extends to how they accommodate and support their staff. People...

Revenge of the dormouse

The dormouse appears to be getting his revenge, from being a delicacy to now preventing developers from gaining planning consent if mitigation plans are...

£18.3m from the Builders Finance Fund for Keepmoat

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has awarded national housebuilder, Keepmoat, with a landmark £18.3m through the Builders Finance Fund (BFF); which will accelerate...

Crap towns – where are they now?

 ‘Crap Towns’, the book first released in 2003 exposed towns and cities up and down the UK for being generally.. well.. crap. Property portal...

Can councils cope with changes to green belt planning policy?

Developing green belt and brownfield sites for redevelopment in tackling the UK housing crises is firmly on the agenda, but can local authorities deal...

A rare opportunity to ‘turn the tide’

Oliver Johnson, Policy Executive at Environmental Industries Commission outlines the challenges caused by flooding and highlights details from the Turning the Tide report... Previously occasional,...

Smart Design: home adaptations helping us live longer at home

Altro outline how smart design is helping people to live longer at home... People today are living much longer than ever before, and as they get...

Construction orders fall for the first time in more than three years

For the first time in more than three years British construction orders fell amidst concerns over the vote for the EU… New figures have revealed...

Funding cut to make brownfield land suitable for housing

The government has cut funding to make brownfield sites appropriate for construction, it has emerged… MPs on the environmental audit committee have warned funding aimed...

London named in the top three most expensive places to build

New figures show Zürich, New York, and London are the three most expensive places to build in the world… Figures from the International Construction Market...

Construction leaders address EU elephant in referendum debate

The promise of new opportunities, the housing crisis, international trade and the skills shortage all came into question as panellists at the latest UK...

North West sees significant construction activity

The North West was named the second most active area for construction projects in the first quarter of this year… Research has revealed the North...

The number of new homes built in the West Midlands declines

Despite seeing a seven year high for completions nationally, the West Midlands saw the number of new homes registered fall … Nationally, new build completions...

Seven year high for housing completions

New figures have revealed the number of new homes built is at the highest levels since 2008 to 2009… The number of new built homes...

Miller Homes and Wates join forces

Miller Homes and Wates have entered into a joint venture with the aim of increasing business opportunities for both organisations… Housebuilders Miller Homes and Wates...

EFA to publish new school building framework

A new school building framework is set to be published, with some 30 places available… The Education Funding Agency has announced plans to publish a...

Small construction firms will vote on EU based on personal beliefs

A new poll has revealed that more than 80 per cent of small construction firm bosses will base their vote in the referendum on...

Anderson Construction wins £2m worth of contracts

Aberdeen-based building firm Anderson Construction has revealed it has £2m worth of new contracts on its books… Anderson Construction has won £2m worth of construction...

Gladman denied planning appeal for 120 homes in Herefordshire

Developer Gladman has been denied planning permission to construct 120 new homes in Bromyard, Herefordshire… A planning inspector has thrown out a planning appeal to...

Developers cast doubt on starter homes delivery

Developers have cast doubt on the ability to deliver the government’s target of 200,000 starter homes by 2020… Last week, the government finally passed the...

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