All Archive Titles articles – Page 1016
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Adapt or die, says CIBSE president
The new CIBSE president has warned the building services industry to respond and adapt quickly to changes in construction processes before the organisation is left behind and becomes obsolete.
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Action plan to tackle diversity
The electrical contracting and plumbing sectors came together at a joint conference to devise an action plan to do something about the low numbers of women and ethnic minorities working in the industry.
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Accident figures tumble
New JIB figures for accidents in the electrical contracting industry have revealed a large fall in the number of incidents reported over the last 12 months.
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It’s payback time
Energy savings are expected to give a two year payback for a college campus lighting scheme.
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Archive TitlesWax on, wax off
Karate kids received awards from former football star John Barnes at the Black Alive academy in Liverpool. The prize night, on Tuesday 6 May, was held to honour the children's achievement in several national competitions. Barnes said: "I am really impressed with the work being done here at the club. ...
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Testing, testing...
You're relying on interviews to field potential employees? That's so passé. Increasingly, organisations in the sector are trying psychometric testing or social evenings to sort the wheat from the chaff
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Public & private
You can hedge loan risk with a derivative transaction. But do it carefully
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Treasury under pressure to set up trusts to house key workers
Associations would manage properties bought by corporation tax-exempt bodies
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Here's an idea
A multilingual call centre helps improve customer service in a diverse community
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Leicester says hello to new leaders, goodbye to homeless shelter
Plans to open a £1.8m homeless shelter in Leicester are to be scrapped after local elections took power away from the Labour party for the first time in two decades
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Repairs: the next generation
A new contract means you can now take a partnering approach to ongoing maintenance
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How to... Train your own gas fitters
Opening your own school for gas fitters can help beat shortages
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RSL fears over Manchester 'rationalisation'
Small housing associations fear a major study taking place in two areas of east Manchester may mean they are forced into stock swaps with larger operators
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Archive TitlesRegeneration is failing our small towns
I am writing from the George Hotel in Burslem, Staffordshire, the mother town of the Potteries.
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Architect Walter & Cohen's entry for the Royal Institute of British Architects' Designed for Living competition challenges the idea that social housing must be standardised to be affordable. Instead, it has designed properties that differ in size and layout and can be adapted and extended if an occupant's requirements change.
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Electricity shortage could halt Thames Gateway
Supply problems could prevent construction of 200,000 homes crucial to Communities Plan
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State of housing market will influence euro decision
Treasury 'buzzing' with housing talk as ministers do their single currency homework
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Tackle South-west homes crisis now, MPs urge government
MPs from the South-west have stepped up the pressure on the government to give the region more cash for affordable housing
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Archive TitlesNot at home to crime
Constables John Cassie (far left) and Dennis Ecclestone (right) outside their new base on the Castletown and Doxey estates in Stafford. The community hall, which houses their office, was built and will be managed by William Sutton Trust. The association said it would make a real contribution to community safety.