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Expert Update | Investing in plant

|Date: 03 Aug 2021

Expert Update | Investing in plant

Will Stanwix from the Hemp Block Company puts forward the case for hemp as a material for building houses ...

Will Stanwix from the Hemp Block Company puts forward the case for hemp as a material for building houses. Many ‘green’ potential housebuyers may be unaware that buildings are responsible for around ...

03 Aug 2021
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Expert Comment | First time around

|Date: 28 Jul 2021

Expert Comment | First time around

As the new Help to Buy scheme gets underway alongside the newly introduced starter homes, specifically ta ...

As the new Help to Buy scheme gets underway alongside the newly introduced starter homes, specifically targeting the first-time buyer market, Andy Richardson, managing director at Edward Thomas Interi ...

28 Jul 2021
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Brick Development Association | Concrete and clay

|Date: 09 Jul 2021

Brick Development Association | Concrete and clay

Sean Wilkins, Technical Manager with the Brick Development Association, weighs in on the debate between c ...

Sean Wilkins, Technical Manager with the Brick Development Association, weighs in on the debate between concrete and clay building blocks. The UK has a long history of using bricks and mortar in housi ...

09 Jul 2021
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Market Insight | Safe as houses

|Date: 30 Jun 2021

Market Insight | Safe as houses

Jamie Johnson, CEO, FJP Investment, speculates on the near-future of the housing market. The UK’s propert ...

Jamie Johnson, CEO, FJP Investment, speculates on the near-future of the housing market. The UK’s property market is booming. The data speaks for itself: according to the latest ONS figures, average h ...

30 Jun 2021
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Warning as deferment deadline looms

|Date: 29 Jun 2021

Warning as deferment deadline looms

A property tax specialist has called on the government to extend payment holidays on planning charges due ...

A property tax specialist has called on the government to extend payment holidays on planning charges due to stop at the end of July. E3 Consulting has warned that time is running out on a support sch ...

29 Jun 2021
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Urgent action demanded to boost delivery of new homes

|Date: 24 Jun 2021

Urgent action demanded to boost delivery of new homes

The Government needs to take urgent action to significantly increase the number of housing developments b ...

The Government needs to take urgent action to significantly increase the number of housing developments being granted planning permission if it wants to hit its target of 300,000 new homes a year, new ...

24 Jun 2021
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COMMENT Exploring the ’15 Minute City’

|Date: 25 May 2021

COMMENT Exploring the ’15 Minute City’

Mandy Owen, Associate Director, Boyer The Concept The concept of a 15-minute city was developed in Paris ...

Mandy Owen, Associate Director, Boyer The Concept The concept of a 15-minute city was developed in Paris at The Sorbonne but the concept has now gone global. This introduces the idea of ‘living local ...

25 May 2021
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COMMENT Why we shouldn’t replace bricklayers with robots just yet

|Date: 20 May 2021

COMMENT Why we shouldn’t replace bricklayers with robots just yet

Eve Livett, CEO of The Association of Brickwork Contractors, gives her verdict on the increasing use of r ...

Eve Livett, CEO of The Association of Brickwork Contractors, gives her verdict on the increasing use of robotics in the field of bricklaying. Bricklayers are everything but robots I am delighted to h ...

20 May 2021
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Irwin Mitchell comments on the Queen’s Speech: Planning, Promises, and Priorities

|Date: 12 May 2021

Irwin Mitchell comments on the Queen’s Speech: Planning, Promises, and Priorities

Nicola Gooch, Planning Partner of Irwin Mitchell, comments on the conflicts between increasing housing nu ...

Nicola Gooch, Planning Partner of Irwin Mitchell, comments on the conflicts between increasing housing numbers, and reducing NIMBY-ism, and the government's ongoing political commitment to localism. A ...

12 May 2021
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Modern Masonry | The way we build them

|Date: 22 Apr 2021

Modern Masonry | The way we build them

Chris Stanley, Housing Manager, Modern Masonry explains why he believes ‘Fabric’ is the first word in eco ...

Chris Stanley, Housing Manager, Modern Masonry explains why he believes ‘Fabric’ is the first word in eco-friendly housebuilding It will be no news to any reader that the built environment is a repeat ...

22 Apr 2021
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