All Archive Titles articles – Page 684
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It is right to buy
Jeremy Hardy’s view that “homes shouldn’t be viewed as investments or a source of income” rightly deserves greater debate (17 December, page 18).
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Archive TitlesNo buts...
We all make ambitious promises at this time of year. But if you’re determined not to let your resolutions end in disappointment and feeble excuses, try following these examples.
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Archive TitlesL&Q and Genesis bosses lead housing honours in new year’s list
The chief executives of two of Britain’s largest housing associations were made CBEs in the New Year’s Honours List
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BME specialist to merge with Leicester landlord
One of the country’s biggest black and minority-ethnic housing associations has announced plans to merge with another landlord.
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Here because they want to be
Karen Buck MP is quite right to say that homeownership will not end social ills (10 December, page 18).
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Tenants are king at Prestons new model association
Preston council has become the first to set up a new model of housing association designed to give more power to tenants.
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From raffles to full disaster relief: housing workers rally to Asian crisis
Social housing organisations have come up with creative ways, both large and small, to raise money for the tsunami victims
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Up the Arsenal
The multimillion-pound redevelopment of Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, south-east London, has gained planning consent for its next phase.
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ALMO Derby Homes sets sights on development
It could be first arm’s-length manager to build social homes with corporation cash
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Poole ALMO gets three stars and 17.4m
Poole council’s arm’s-length management organisation received a three-star “excellent” rating from the Audit Commission on 23 December.
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Coming this summer: the 60,000 two-bedroom house
English Partnerships to reveal first-time buyer homes promised by John Prescott
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Archive TitlesAppointments
Jon BeckerJon Becker has been appointed to head the social housing division of Midas Property Services, the refurbishment arm of Midas Group.Chris Buchan-HepburnChris Buchan-Hepburn has been made sustainability adviser at Hyde Group. Buchan-Hepburn has worked in Hyde’s development department for five years and will now provide advice for the whole ...
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Archive TitlesWhy Ray picked Roy
Architects and contractors usually mix like oil and water, so we were surprised when the man in charge of Europe’s biggest architect crossed the floor to join Laing O’Rourke. CM tracked Roy Adams down to find out what his new job entails.
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Paying for prelims
I read with interest on the CM website the piece entitled ‘Thorpe throws down the gauntlet to CIOB members’ (published in the magazine back in April 2003), regarding Richard Thorpe’s assertion that spending big on prelims is the only way to ensure safe, tidy and well-organised sites. Instead of the ...
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Archive TitlesLets settle this
If a fella’s wantin’ justice in constructionville, who’s a-gonna get him satisfaction? Ever since the adjudIcation kid rode in,the sheriff and the judge have been sidelined. CM asks if this town is big enough for the three of them.
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Praise indeed
Completely out of character, I wanted to write to you and say how very much I enjoyed reading the November/December 2004 issue of Construction Manager. There were a number of articles that I found to be extremely interesting. All relevant, current and up-to-date topics that I thought were compiled very ...
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Archive TitlesHome truths
New-build homebuyers aren’t happy, and with good reason. there are 80 snags on the average new three-bed, but, as kristina smith discovers, it doesn’t have to be this way
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Archive TitlesGround-breaking. Literally
Gloucestershire constabulary’s new HQ has a rather unusual heating system; It’s clean, it’s green, and it’s 75% free. this, the first large-scale use of geotherMal heating in the uk, is opening the door for the technology on other projects.