All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 809
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Charitable RSLs thrown lifeline on new stamp duty rules
Charitable housing associations have won a partial victory on a stamp duty ruling that was set to cost them up to £10m.
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Archive TitlesODPM opens door for change to overcrowding standard
Move follows campaign to update 1935 standard that counts kitchens as sleeping space
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Archive TitlesEstates Renewal Challenge Fund is reborn in new transfer pot
Multimillion-pound gap funding scheme will help through negative value transfers
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Archive TitlesA capital idea
A CAPITAL IDEA: Places for People has received detailed planning permission for the £20m first phase of the 8500-home Granton Waterfront development in Edinburgh. Construction of the 130 homes will start this summer as a joint venture with developer Burrell Company. From July 2004, 27 homes will be available for ...
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British companies in international drive
UK SECURITY COMPANIES ARE TAKING advantage of increasingly strong demand for security equipment and services internationally.
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Archive TitlesHillingdon: bright ideas
The west London borough's housing department is determined to get more affordable homes
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Archive TitlesB&Q can do it!
Access control at the headquarters of B&Q was a real headache with too many staff after too few spaces … until Automatic Number Plate Recognition solved the problem
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Archive TitlesMy first boss
Amarantha Pike tells Ellen Bennett about the charismatic PR agent who had faith in her
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Archive TitlesChocolate blocks
Chocolate blocks: These photos of Bournville Village Trust homes were taken during the Second World War by German photographer Bill Brandt. The trust commissioned Brandt to photograph conditions in its newly built properties. The photos appear in a new book, Homes Fit for Heroes: Photographs by Bill Brandt 1939-43, by ...
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Archive TitlesThe big match
MHS Homes entered the big league last week when it scored a sponsorship deal with Gillingham FC. But is a football club the best publicity team-mate for a housing association, and how else can you tell customers and the public what you do?
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Small monitors, big impact
Product Shop International, the LCD and plasma display specialist, reports that demand for its compact 5.0 AN501 and 5.6-inch SP5603A TFT LCD monitors has increased by around 500 per cent.
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Let's get the benefits issue straight
I'd like to clarify the issue raised by Chloe Stothart about some families being taken off income support or job seekers' allowance and passported maximum housing benefit as a result of the full introduction of child tax credit during the next year (16 April, page 12).As benefit periods have now ...
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Archive TitlesWhen tabloids attack
Multiculturalism has underpinned years of targeted housing provision, but it's falling from the government's favour – and meanwhile, tabloid papers have declared war on one east London development aimed at elderly Asians. Mark Beveridge looks at what this new climate means for councils and RSLs
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Councils offered say in judicial review on asylum seekers for new EU states
Two London councils could join a legal action brought by former asylum seekers from the 10 new EU states against the Home Office.
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Asylum issue could create crime
I find the situation of the asylum seekers worrying and disturbing indeed (30 April, page 7). The European Union expansion might result in an increase in crime if employment opportunities are not provided for these people. The government should create more opportunities and training for these prospective settlers.
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Europe exempts associations from competition rules
The European Commission has confirmed that housing associations should be exempted from competition rules that would have limited the size of grants they could receive and capped turnover.
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Fears of full intervention grow as ODPM takes over Hull appraisal
The ODPM has taken control of Hull council's stock options appraisal as the council continues to refuse to consider wholesale transfer or arm's-length management (HT 31 October, page 10).
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Archive TitlesAny time anyplace anywhere
Wireless networks mean a council's surveillance systems can be moved within hours to where they are most needed – and they save money and cut paperwork, too. William Wiles reports on a Westminster pilot scheme that's setting the trend for other authorities.
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Winners announced for next rounds of PFI and transfer
Councils that have already signed off private finance initiative housing schemes have been favoured in the government's allocations for the £600m third round of housing PFI.