Entries by Lyn

HOMES BUILT FOR THE FUTURE . . . .

. . . .WITH TATA STEEL’S ENHANCED CONFIDEX® HOME GUARANTEE   Given the clear push on sustainability and in light of the Future Homes Standard, Tata Steel is pleased to introduce a ‘solar ready’ enhancement to the Confidex® Home Guarantee, helping developers, contractors and self-builders deliver homes built for the future.  With the countdown to […]

Soltech set for growth after announcing MBO

Soltech Systems Limited, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of blinds, curtains, control systems and associated window treatments, has announced the completion of its management buyout, backed by the Managing Director Guy Simmonds and Chairman Robert Wilson MBE. The MBO creates a platform for growth with a clear strategic direction for Soltech that will strengthen […]

Lindapter Launches New Website

Your new technical resource for steelwork connections.   Lindapter’s new website is now live! It’s bursting with innovative features and design tools to help Structural Engineers, Consulting Engineers, M&E Contractors and Specifiers involved with the design of steelwork connections quickly find the optimum solution for steel-to-steel connections. Here’s just a few of the new features: […]

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 […]