All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1196
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Archive TitlesGuardsafe scheme energised as 20 officers pass training course
Noble Security Services has run the first training course for security officers looking to register as part of the Guardsafe licensing scheme operating in the Trafford Borough of Manchester. In an exclusive report, we examine the end results.
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time to re-assess the options
As the dust from the Birmingham transfer result begins to settle, policy makers up and down the country are asking 'what now?'
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On the move
Stuart Edlington (left) becomes housing director for Kingfisher Housing Association. Stuart joined Kingfisher two years ago as temporary housing director. He was previously director of housing at Fosseway Housing Association. Southampton council has appointed Barbara Compton (left) as head of housing and strategy development. Barbara has worked in the ...
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Riversmead transfer loan
New Network Housing Group subsidiary Riversmead Housing this week signed a transfer loan agreement as part of an innovative deal that will allow RSLs across the group to bulk buy private finance.
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A week in the life
MondayIt is a crisp, sunny spring morning, and I am interviewing a prospective candidate for the recruitment agency from the training side of Focus Pathways. She is a strong, mature 24-year-old, who is doing an NVQ in childcare. I suggest that she considers support work with homeless women as ...
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Archive TitlesLovell letters
LOVELL LETTERS: Social housing specialist Lovell is set to send sets of postcards like this one to schools and universities across the UK as part of a new construction industry recruitment campaign. Its people development manager Trevor Robinson said the cards were designed to banish the “hammers and hard hats” ...
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VAT salvation too late for RB Housing Trust
Reigate and Banstead council’s new transfer organisation has admitted defeat in its attempt to benefit from new VAT rules on repairs, losing £6m.
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House prices still soaring
House prices rose by the highest ever monthly amount in April, according to the latest data.
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More households than homes
A senior housing expert this week demanded that councils be given compulsory leasing powers over private property this week, after new figures showed that England is facing a severe housing shortage.
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Archive TitlesHoly housing
HOLY HOUSING: Architects John Thompson and Partners have submitted plans to create a new mixed tenure residential community at the Convent of St John the Baptist in Windsor. The grade two starred listed chapel (inset) and nuns’ cells will be converted into housing, and new wings of affordable and private ...
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New partner for Guinness
A new partnership has been formed between Parchment Housing and the Guinness Trust Group.
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Archive TitlesFriendly fore
FRIENDLY FIRE: Midland Area Housing Association allowed west Midlands fire crews to burn down two of its empty properties in a demonstration of the importance of sprinkler systems. The home without a sprinkler was ravaged but fire was quickly quelled at the other. The two homes in the Handsworth area ...
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Experts fear sector growth cannot last
Experts have warned lenders and housing associations that the rate of growth seen so far in the sector could soon become unsustainable.
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Now is the time to end the rural idyll
It is time for the housing sector to tackle the 'not in my back yard' lobby head on.
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Archive TitlesKnock-on effects
When West Hampstead Housing Association collapsed, all concerned were taken by surprise. Now two reports suggest its ramifications may be felt throughout the sector.
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Shelter says discrimination pervades homelessness provision
Discrimination “at all levels” is exacerbating homelessness among minority ethnic communities, charity Shelter warned this week.
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Archive TitlesSouthern discomfort
London is not the only part of the south east faced with a shortage of affordable homes. The longer the rest of the region is ignored, the worse it will get.
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Regeneration confusion 'has to end'
The government must give a lead on private sector improvements if the new regeneration powers for councils are to work.
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Home gets grant for clearance project
Home Housing Association is to start work on one of the country's first schemes aimed at revitalising stricken private sector homes.
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Archive TitlesCivic Service
CIVIC SERVICE: A combined day centre, ‘wet’ hostel and flats for rough sleepers in London run by the Peabody Trust and Broadway has won a Civic Trust Award. Judges remarked upon the close collaboration between architect Feilden Clegg Bradley and the management, resulting in an environment that responds to the ...