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    Bobcat clears the way

    Volunteers from the Bobcat recently donated food and maintained the facilities and the gardens at the Ron ...

    Volunteers from the Bobcat recently donated food and maintained the facilities and the gardens at the Ronald McDonald House Charity in Oxford, while in Northampton, staff planted trees and picked up i ...

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    Brick tops

    The Red House, Twyford, Dorset and Becontree Estate, Dagenham, Essex have triumphed in the 2023 Brick Dev ...

    The Red House, Twyford, Dorset and Becontree Estate, Dagenham, Essex have triumphed in the 2023 Brick Development Association Brick Awards in the Individual Housing Development and Small Housing Devel ...

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    Editor Johnny Dobbyn says “the Government doesn’t take housing seriously”

    Stepping stone You have to wonder if they – the Government, this one, or any of them – take it seriously. ...

    Stepping stone You have to wonder if they – the Government, this one, or any of them – take it seriously. Housing that is. On November 13th, the Government made its 16th appointment to the office of M ...

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    Hot feet in a hard hat

    Running a half-marathon is tough enough but surveyor John Sutton chose to go one further and run the Grea ...

    Running a half-marathon is tough enough but surveyor John Sutton chose to go one further and run the Great North Run in safety boots and hard hat. John was part of a team from Anwyl Homes Lancashire r ...

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    The Inside View | Sales centres to welcome and work

    A sales centre is the first physical space potential house hunters will encounter. So how do you make the ...

    A sales centre is the first physical space potential house hunters will encounter. So how do you make the right first impression whilst also creating a productive workplace? Steve Hird, director at ne ...

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    Editor Johnny Dobbyn’s on Gove’s watery fate

    Gove’s watery fate You have to feel sorry for Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing ...

    Gove’s watery fate You have to feel sorry for Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Actually, you don’t – but it’s difficult, for once, not to have sympathy for t ...

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    June to August Builders Merchant volumes up +5.3% on previous 3 months

    The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in October, reveal that bu ...

    The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in October, reveal that builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -3.3% in the month of August compared to the same mont ...

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    From Gove with LURB

    Grant Leggett, executive director, Boyer, considers how the Government’s aim to penalise developers for l ...

    Grant Leggett, executive director, Boyer, considers how the Government’s aim to penalise developers for land banking gives the Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill a bad name. In its recent revisions ...

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    Designing for water quality

    Now there are verified mitigation indices for engineered SuDS components says Stuart Crisp, UK manager at ...

    Now there are verified mitigation indices for engineered SuDS components says Stuart Crisp, UK manager at Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS). The publication of the Plan for Water by the Department for E ...

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    Unlocking deliverability

    Simon Coop, senior director, Lichfields, reports on how viability is the key ensuring that new housing ca ...

    Simon Coop, senior director, Lichfields, reports on how viability is the key ensuring that new housing can be delivered.Recently published data has revealed that the UK housebuilding activity has fall ...

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