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Special Report | Dearth in the countryside

|Date: 24 Feb 2023

Special Report | Dearth in the countryside

With a record 1.2million households currently on waiting lists for social housing, David Cracklen (left), ...

With a record 1.2million households currently on waiting lists for social housing, David Cracklen (left), director of Dorset-based AJC Group fears Michael Gove’s planning changes will starve rural com ...

24 Feb 2023
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Special Report | Mechanical ventilation

|Date: 04 Jan 2023

Special Report | Mechanical ventilation

Mechanical heat recovery ventilation (MHRV) systems can play a significant role in supporting occupant we ...

Mechanical heat recovery ventilation (MHRV) systems can play a significant role in supporting occupant well-being, meeting sustainable building regulations, and alleviating the pressure on end-users f ...

04 Jan 2023
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Vent-Axia launches de-centralised mechanical extract ventilation

|Date: 19 Oct 2022

Vent-Axia launches de-centralised mechanical extract ventilation

Vent-Axia has launched the Lo-Carbon NBR dMEV C, an efficient de-centralised mechanical extract ventilati ...

Vent-Axia has launched the Lo-Carbon NBR dMEV C, an efficient de-centralised mechanical extract ventilation (dMEV) unit. Designed for kitchen, utility, bathroom and cloakroom applications, the Lo-Carb ...

19 Oct 2022
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Special Report | Preparing for Part L

|Date: 21 Jul 2022

Special Report | Preparing for Part L

In light of of changes to Part L in June 2022, Mark Wilkins, Training and Technologies Director at Vailla ...

In light of of changes to Part L in June 2022, Mark Wilkins, Training and Technologies Director at Vaillant, looked at the considerations these regulation changes have on the provision of heating syst ...

21 Jul 2022
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Special Report | Kitchen trends for 2022

|Date: 05 May 2022

Special Report | Kitchen trends for 2022

Bodie Kelay, Managing Director of Küppersbusch Sales UK, looks at the latest appliance and lifestyle tren ...

Bodie Kelay, Managing Director of Küppersbusch Sales UK, looks at the latest appliance and lifestyle trends for 2022. The kitchen has always been the hub of the home, with open plan schemes remaining ...

05 May 2022
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Special Report | JCB 555-260r: In need of a lift?

|Date: 31 Jan 2022

Special Report | JCB 555-260r: In need of a lift?

Can the new JCB 555-260r rotating telehandler help developers reach new heights? Housebuilders using Mod ...

Can the new JCB 555-260r rotating telehandler help developers reach new heights? Housebuilders using Modern Method of Construction (MMC) and off-site fabrication will know the importance of versatili ...

31 Jan 2022
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Ibstock & Forticrete | Less is more

|Date: 12 Oct 2021

Ibstock & Forticrete | Less is more

Chris Piper, Sales Director for Housing Developers at Ibstock PLC, which includes the Forticrete brand, d ...

Chris Piper, Sales Director for Housing Developers at Ibstock PLC, which includes the Forticrete brand, discusses why developers should choose interlocking concrete tiles to increase on site efficienc ...

12 Oct 2021
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Sapphire Balconies | Cutting carbon

|Date: 11 Oct 2021

Sapphire Balconies | Cutting carbon

With sustainability of growing significance within the sector, PHPD speaks to Nick Haughton, Head of Mark ...

With sustainability of growing significance within the sector, PHPD speaks to Nick Haughton, Head of Marketing UK & Global at Sapphire Balconies, to find out what the company is doing to reduce ca ...

11 Oct 2021
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WMS | Get it right from the ground up

|Date: 08 Oct 2021

WMS | Get it right from the ground up

Ashley Cooper, Managing Director at WMS, a supplier and installer of underfloor heating systems, discusse ...

Ashley Cooper, Managing Director at WMS, a supplier and installer of underfloor heating systems, discusses how underfloor heating can be specified to suit differing floor constructions, ensuring the r ...

08 Oct 2021
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Special Report | ‘Quality is the answer’

|Date: 07 Sep 2021

Special Report | ‘Quality is the answer’

Quality is the answer to long-term integrity of brick-built properties, says Scott Denham, Sales Director ...

Quality is the answer to long-term integrity of brick-built properties, says Scott Denham, Sales Director, IG Masonry Support. If the properties we build today are to remain standing for generations t ...

07 Sep 2021
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