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Social Homebuy flop
Just 88 homes have been sold under the Social Homebuy scheme to help social housing tenants secure a foot on the property ladder, according to government figures.
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Barratts 226m job
Barratt has been named preferred developer for a £226m project to redevelop the Loampit Vale council estate by Lewisham town centre in south London.
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SNP housing plans
The SNP has raised Scotland’s housebuilding target from 25,000 a year to 35,000. It also plans to scrap Communities Scotland and the right to buy for social housing tenants.
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Consultation launched
English Partnerships and Taylor Wimpey have launched a public consultation into plans to redevelop a 94ha hospital at Leybourne Grange in West Malling, Kent.
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Inspaces Clapham win
Inspace’s social housing division has secured a contract to carry out the first phase of a £500m project to regenerate the Clapham Park estate in south London.
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Oxford regeneration
Taylor Wimpey has secured planning permission for a 254-home estate regeneration scheme in Oxford.
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Baqus set to follow Sweett’s lead and float on the AIM
Quantity surveyor Baqus plans to press ahead with plans to float on the alternative investment market within weeks, following the welcome the City gave to Cyril Sweett when it listed last week.
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Firms face tax crackdown
Building professionals are being warned that they face greater scrutiny over tax returns.
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Skanska’s results
Skanska’s results show revenue has it £340m for the nine months to September, up 50% on the same period last year.
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Bear gets bullish
Building services group Northern Bear has been granted £11m by Yorkshire Bank.
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Growth eases
Construction growth is slowing, says a survey by the Chartered Institute of Building and Supply.
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Apollo’s name change
Property group Apollo London has changed its name to Apollo Property Services.
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Higgins bucks downturn through strong focus on South-east
Construction group Higgins has reported a record profit because of its workload in the South-east, despite a slowing housing market nationally.
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NewsSharewatch Merrill Lynch advises sale of ‘overpriced’ Atkins stock
Atkins suffered this week after investment bank Merrill Lynch changed its recommendation from hold to sell, saying fair value for the stock was about £10.75.
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FeaturesMini cost model: Extra care housing
The number of elderly people is growing all the time and so are the accommodation options available to them. Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon breaks down the costs of ‘very sheltered’ homes
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Comment
Bad, bad, bad
The suggestion of a 10-15% reduction in the UK’s renewable energy target is bad news on many levels.
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Spread the risk
My first thought on reading your article on the £1bn defence training academy in St Athan, south Wales, (26 October, page 15) was “never put all your eggs in one basket”.
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Hotpants
In your article about BAA being forced to remove plastic windows from listed buildings, Douglas Kent says “putting plastic double-glazed windows into an old building is like dressing your great granny up in hotpants,” and “from an energy conservation viewpoint is one of the least effective measures you can take.”
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