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Bringing beauty into the built environment
A commission to champion beautiful buildings as an integral part of the drive to build the homes communities need has been recently announced by the Communities Secretary Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP. The ‘Building Better, Building Beautiful’ Commission will develop a vision and practical measures to help ensure new developments meet the needs and expectations […]
£38m injection to increase accommodation for homeless in the capital
Thousands of extra homes will be made available for vulnerable Londoners at risk of becoming homeless, Communities Secretary Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP has announced. Through a new scheme, London boroughs join forces to provide safe accommodation for families on the edge of homelessness, backed by almost £38 million of funding from the government’s £1.2 […]
Construction bosses fear EU workers won’t return to UK after Christmas
The UK construction industry is asking its highly valued EU workers, who might be travelling home for Christmas, to please come back after the Christmas break, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Research focusing on how the bosses of small and medium-sized (SME) construction firms view their EU workers concluded that: 85% of […]
London to spend £30 million to develop deprived areas
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has awarded nearly £30 million to projects which will boost local economies, improve the environment and bring people together in some of London’s most deprived communities. The money has been awarded through the second round of the Mayor’s Good Growth Fund to 33 projects across the city – and […]
UK housing market faces challenging 2019, warn experts
The UK housing market is unlikely to see much change in 2019 with a continuation of weakening sales activity, according to the RICS UK Residential Housing Forecast 2019. The UK housing market has lacked impetus in 2018, having continued to struggle with a lack of homes on estate agents books; affordability issues; uncertainty caused by […]
London trialling indoor air pollution filtration systems in nurseries
The Mayor has launched a programme of air quality audits to help clean up toxic air and protect the health of young children at nurseries in some of the most polluted parts of London. The audits will target sources of indoor and outdoor pollution, with five of the 20 nurseries trialling new air filtration systems […]
Art meets architecture pt.1 – Music
Architecture is a very tangible example of creativity. You can see it with your eyes, touch its exterior, feel its fabric and walk its hallways. Music however is much more visceral art form. The notes and harmonies paint vivid pictures in your mind rather than in front of you. These landscapes are unique to you […]
Government must do more to tackle late payment in construction
The Government needs to wake up and legislate statutory requirements to make late payment a relic of the past, according to industry experts. The business, energy and industrial strategy select committee has published ‘Small businesses and productivity’, a report which identifies the huge damage that late payment is inflicting on small business. Rachel Reeves, chair […]
Volume of new homes being built continues to rise
Homes England have recently published their latest official housing statistics, which show the number of homes being built in England continued to rise in the first half of this financial year. Between 1 April and 30 September 2018, programmes managed by Homes England started building 15,766 homes on site and completed a total of 15,704 […]
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