All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 764
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It's high time we had a decent neighbourhoods standard, too
We all know what a decent home is, because we have a clearly understood standard. But in areas of low demand for housing, investment in bringing stock up to the decent homes standard could be wasted because of a lack of resources for improving the liveability of the local area, ...
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Archive TitlesPelco expands customer training programme
Pelco has expanded its customer training facility at its UK head office in Wokingham, doubling the space now allocated to training resources.
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Don’t fear the restrictive covenant
Agreements that stop you developing on a site without the consent of a former or current freehold owner used to be frustrating. A Court of Appeal case has changed all that
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Corporation's London staff prepare for move to regions
The Housing Corporation is to relocate some of its staff to the regions as it makes the efficiency savings demanded by the chancellor in the comprehensive spending review.The corporation’s new chief executive, Jon Rouse, said some of the 180 or so employees based at the quango’s two central London offices ...
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Is consultation working?
So, English Partnerships is behind schedule on delivering new homes as part of its Millennium Village programme (“Seven years after EP promised 6000 homes, just 668 are built”, 2 July, page 9). The big question is: what factors underpin this delay? Is it incompetence within English Partnerships? Is it ...
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Corporation launches IT probe and suspends consultant
Investigation starts after ODPM sent allegations about management of outsourcing project
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Archive TitlesFrequency confusion
Installers may get puzzled about radio frequencies for UK wirefree alarm systems. But who controls these frequencies? Ashley Thomas answers some frequently asked questions
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Colour scheme
This is the design for the first 23 social homes at Woodward Place, part of Manchester’s New Islington millennium community, by architect FAT – which stands for Fashion Architecture Taste. It was chosen by local people from a shortlist drawn up by developer Urban Splash. One in 10 of New ...
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Clays Lane: a suggestion
In the 4 June edition, you outlined the “tug of love” at Clays Lane Housing Co-operative, which wants to voluntarily transfer its engagements to another cooperative (page 31). This is in opposition to the Housing Corporation, which ordered it to transfer to the Peabody Trust, a non-democratic registered social landlord, ...
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Archive TitlesCash in on fencing
Now is a good time to get into perimeter protection. Bob Jennings, General Secretary of the European Fencing Industry, explains why and says help is at hand ...
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Securex focuses on careers for the decision makers
As well as showcasing the latest products available to installers, specifiers and consultants, Securex 2004 will focus on careers in the security industry.
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... as Crisis starts hidden homeless campaign
There are enough hidden homeless people in Britain to fill a city the size of Manchester and they cost the country £1.4bn a year, according to charity Crisis.
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Tough calls
Stephen Howlett’s got some painful decisions to make. As the Peabody Trust’s new chief executive, he has to smooth over its recent money and inspection problems and re-focus on decent homes. He tells Mark Beveridge how he’s going to do it.
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Bubbling up
This scheme by Idom Architects is one of two approved on Monday by Southwark council in south London. The two projects will provide more than 650 homes and are expected to play a major part in the regeneration of the Bermondsey Spa area.Roughly 65% of the homes will be for ...
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A letter to Gordon Brown
This is an open letter we wrote to the chancellor on the eve of the spending review: The government says it is in favour of choice in public services yet it is denying tenants the right to choose to remain with the council and have their homes improved.The government’s current ...
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PIFs need more tax breaks to work for social housing
The government must offer more tax breaks for its US-style property investment funds if it wants them to fund regeneration and social housing, the Treasury has been told.
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Archive TitlesMy first boss
Russell Batten tells Joey Gardiner about a civil servant who taught him to value all his staff
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Birmingham may unite housing strategy and management
Birmingham council may integrate housing strategy and management as part of plans to overhaul its housing department.
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London boroughs call for change to Housing Bill’s repairs rule
Bill threatens to cut powers over work on private homes but councils fear effect on renewal
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MPs and councillors blast move to raise rents on big homes
Campaign hopes to block government plan to relax rules for larger social properties