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Local authorities Leavers of power
There’s now huge competition for skilled staff in the regeneration sector and local authorities are having a hard time hanging on to the talent they have, says Stuart Macdonald
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‘We don’t want to be the next Brighton. And even if we did, we couldn’t be anyway’
How does a place like Hastings, a name known all over the world and one of Britain’s grandest resorts, get to be so run down that people can’t wait to leave? And what can it do to stop the rot? Stuart Macdonald visits a town fighting its greatest battle. Photographs ...
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Is ‘review’ another way of saying ‘dead in the water’?
Regeneration is booming in Scotland. But with Alex Salmond’s Scottish National Party wanting to cut back on projects to pay for election promises, what will survive its root and branch review?
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Industry fears Brown’s 3 million homes will lead to fall in quality
Planning delays and dependence on public land will add to pressure to deliver target
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The impact of 3 million new homes
Prime minister Gordon Brown wants to deliver more affordable homes, but will his strategy to build 3 million homes in England by 2020 make them more affordable?
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10 ways to go green
Gordon Brown is charting a new, more sustainable future for housing and regeneration that demands that developers change the way they build long before the 2016 target for zero carbon homes. So where should the industry start? We got the experts to tell us what single practical step they believe ...
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Confessions of a Nimby: The talk show
In our ongoing chronicle of a planning battle, Sam Finch gets to know the neighbours.
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Starkey sweeps best of the best at JTL awards
A young apprentice from the East of England has triumphed at the revamped JTL awards.
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EMC launches the Sustainable Building Services Awards
EMC has launched the Sustainable Building Services Awards to recognise and reward those companies and individuals at the forefront of sustainability best practice.
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Bright spark wins Edmunson Award
Alex Macnair, who works for Trilectric in Middlesex, has been named as the ECA Edmundson Apprentice of the Year.
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Epsilon Test Services blows the whistle on rogue contractors
Epsilon Test Services is exposing unscrupulous electrical contractors who mislead clients when it comes to standards of periodic testing.
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Miller brings winds of change for HVCA
John Miller has become the new HVCA president for 2007/08.
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BSj launches the Sustainable Building Services Awards
BSj has launched the ‘Sustainable Building Services Awards’ to recognise and reward those companies and individuals at the forefront of sustainability best practice.
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ACE to take government to court
Insulation trade body the Association for the Conservation of Energy has threatened to take the government to court if it cuts the budget to help eradicate fuel poverty.
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Alice Owen joins Arup's Leeds office
Also: Birmingham Development Company appoints new head of construction at BuildAbility
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Galliford Try appointments two in its building division
Also: Currie & Brown has recruited Mark Champlin as finance manager for the Middle East
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WSP acquires Lincolne Scott
WSP Group has acquired Lincolne Scott, one of Australia's leading building services and environmental engineering consultants.
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Foreman Roberts management buyout
Building services consultancy Foreman Roberts has announced a management buyout by the company’s eight-strong management team.
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Archive TitlesSurround sound
Erecting plywood panels around your site is no longer good enough. Today’s environmentally aware contractors are putting up aesthetically pleasing screens with sound absorption qualities.