All Archive Titles articles – Page 787
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Schneider buys Balfour subsidiary
Schneider Electric has boosted its building automation business with the acquisition of Andover Controls from Balfour Beatty.
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Archive TitlesSeaside attraction
An upsurge in renewable energy solutions means new lessons in installation methods. One firm is making the grade in Southport.
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Archive TitlesEngineering art
Engineering art: Goodmarriott & Hursthouse has sponsored an art competition arranged alongside Arts & Business East Midlands. Ten East Midlands artists took part; Kate Brinkworth, a graduate of Nottingham Trent School of Art, won the £1000 first prize. The firm provided the prize money and other funding for the event. ...
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Amicus at Glastonbury
Amicus chief Derek Simpson flew into the Glastonbury festival via helicopter to canvas views of the music-loving revellers on how to build the “trade union of tomorrow”.
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Agency legislation
New legislation has been introduced that affects employment agencies and employers who use them.
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Illegal working tackled by Act
The Government has announced changes to the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 in order to prevent the employment of illegal workers.
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IEE launches Power Academy
The IEE, the UK's electrical network companies and three leading universities are joining forces to launch the Power Academy. Backed by government, the initiative aims to combat a serious shortfall in the number of power engineers in the country.
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EC presents new 48-hour week opt-out proposals
The EC has presented four possible approaches to EU social partners in an attempt to calm the debate about Britain keeping its right to opt out of the 48-hour week.
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£4M to replace British Library m&e services
The British Library is seeking £4 million from the Government to replace its failing m&e services.
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Archive Titles100 years of collaboration
Join us on a journey through time as the first ever president of the HVCA discusses past, present and future with delegates at its Centenary Convention.
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Why does it have to be this way?
RSLs tend to prefer assured shorthold tenancies when letting to key workers, but both landlords and tenants could benefit from a more flexible approach
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Archive TitlesSunniside up
Sunniside up: Sunderland Housing Group is converting a Sunderland landmark into this development of 40 flats for private sale. The 160-year-old Mowbray Park Hotel has been acquired by Emperor Property Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of the stock transfer landlord. The £6m project is part of Sunderland's regeneration of the ...
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Archive TitlesSpreading your wings
Are you the sector's newest recruit, a housing officer with a few years' experience or an executive? Wherever you are on the career flight path, you'll want to soar higher. Victoria Madine explains how to get there.
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Archive TitlesRoad works
Road works: This plan by architect Austin-Smith:Lord is designed to tackle the problem of building houses on major roads. It is working on 13 such sites in west London. Bedrooms, living and dining rooms will face away from the road and ventilation systems will provide fresh air. The plans form ...
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Public & private
Good at managing risk in-house? Then consider ditching your insurance.
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Archive TitlesRun for their lives
Run for their lives: About 700 runners took part in a 5km fun run around Battersea Park on 16 June, after former England rugby player Brian Moore issued starter's orders. Organised by the property industry's homelessness charity Land Aid, the annual event raised money for Look Ahead – a charity ...
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A half-baked strategy
Now that Ken Livingstone has been re-elected mayor of London, I wonder when he plans to roll out his new affordable housing policy. I was very surprised to read about this new policy in Livingstone’s election statement, distributed to all households in London a week before the election. It said: ...
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Not that gallant
Far be it from me to decry the good work being done by John McHale, the chief executive of Knowsley Housing Trust (HT 18 June, page 23). However I have photographic evidence that his chivalry, reported in Social Animal, was extended to a male resident of Knowsley, not easily confused ...