Entries by Lyn

Logik Innovation Reaches New Heights In Coventry

Winvic made an educated choice when they specified Eurocell windows and panels for a landmark Coventry development. Home to 1,192 students, CODE Students Coventry is a flagship 23-storey accommodation block which, topping off at 76 metres, is the highest in the city. Such a lofty achievement called for materials of equally high standing. Not only to shrug off the […]

BUDGET – OVERVIEW

After steering the economy and more specifically, the Government’s fiscal response to the Covid crisis over the past two years, today’s Budget will have widely enhanced Rishi Sunak’s reputation for imagination and compassion. Furlough may have finished but the Chancellor chose to include a range of announcements within his autumn statement which either continued relief […]

ARNOLD HOUSE SCHOOL CELEBRATES EXPANSION

Arnold House School celebrates first half term as newly enlarged independent school for boys Arnold House School in St John’s Wood, North-West London has enjoyed a successful first half-term as a newly expanded school, following the launch of its Pre-Reception (3+) and Reception classes in a fully renovated, and recently acquired, nearby building. The comprehensive […]

ROCKWOOL® supports specifiers with education hub launch

  New hub improves access to ROCKWOOL resources for education construction   As UK Governments place further investment in the quality of school buildings, ROCKWOOL UK has developed a new education hub to support specifiers in using non-combustible stone wool insulation to deliver thermal, acoustic and fire safety performance. The ROCKWOOL education hub contains a […]

THE BUDGET – AUTUMN 2021

ANNOUNCEMENTS:     Housing – £24billion multi-year investment 184k new affordable homes £1.8b to prepare Brownfield sites   £5b to remove unsafe cladding, partly raised from a tax on developers with profits over £25m.5 £4.7B for schools   Committing £3.8b for the largest prison building programme for a generation   Hundreds of regional museums and […]

An update on fuel poverty

We are living in trying times. The rapid rise in energy prices pulls good people into bad debt in order to pay for basic essentials like heat and water. Despite living in an age of enormous luxury, many people appear to be surviving Britain on a day-to-day basis. According to recent surveys, food bank use […]

Geen power too slow to stop climate change

The production of renewable energy is increasing every year. But after analysing the growth rates of wind and solar power in 60 countries, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and Lund University in Sweden and Central European University in Vienna, Austria, conclude that virtually no country is moving sufficiently fast to avoid global warming of […]

Putting wood on the map at COP26

Wood for Good is working with different stakeholders to ensure that timber construction is part of the conversation ahead of the UN climate change talks being held in Glasgow this November. Wood for Good is sponsoring a one-day conference at the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre on 2nd November which will include a range of speakers […]

ZENTIA PUT YOU ABOVE ALL IN NEXT PHASE OF BRAND STRATEGY

Pictured from left: Zentia managing director Dirk Jaspers and director, sales and marketing Graham Taylor.   Leading ceiling systems manufacturer Zentia announces brand relaunch. Zentia, the UK’s market leader in complete ceiling solutions, is putting customers at the heart of its brand and marketing strategy. Following Zentia’s rebrand, which evolved from Armstrong Ceiling Solutions last […]