All Housing Today articles in July 2020 – Page 2
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NewsRedrow appoints former M&S exec to new customer quality role
Housebuilder creates director role to oversee improving customer services at the business
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NewsCapital & Centric to convert historic mill into 250 flats
Manchester developer consults on plans for £60m scheme at Stockport’s Weir Mill site
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CommentWhy we need the new guidance promoting active travel
Cycling infrastructure funding and a renewed focus on permeable development should help to reduce obesity
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NewsNo house price falls until 2021, says Zoopla
Online estate agent says an imbalance of supply and demand will support prices until the end of the year
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NewsManager at Grenfell contractor says firm ‘thorough’ in checking work
Main contractor’s final site manager was drafted in after project manager and contracts manager quit
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NewsHousing schemes among winners for post-covid design competition
Winning architects for RIBA-run competition walk away with £2,667 each
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NewsFunding secured to build out 520-home New Victoria scheme in Manchester
Construction to start on joint venture scheme between Morgan Sindall and Network Rail
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NewsCouncil approves 90 home Tower Hamlets scheme
Scheme from developer City Surburban Homes includes office space at ground floor level
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NewsMPs call for 90,000-homes a year social housebuilding programme
Committee says “achievable” target will require funding of nearly £13bn a year
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NewsGovernment says no to VAT cut on housing improvement work
Financial secretary says move would cost Treasury £6bn a year
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CommentHow research is helping the industry through the pandemic
UKRI Transforming Construction is half way through its four year innovation programme. Is this a good time to revisit its funding priorities?
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: What we’ve learned from contractor’s testimony
Evidence from key witnesses at contractor Rydon have shed light on ill-fated tower refurbishment
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NewsNew design guide aims to stop ‘island developments’
Building for a Healthy Life updates influential Building for Life toolkit
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CommentThe Grenfell Tower Inquiry transcripts should be mandatory reading for everyone in housing
We owe it to those who died to learn the lessons from the disaster now
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NewsProject manager at Grenfell contractor quit over work pressures
Main contractor’s on-site boss left company 14 months into project as schedule began to slip
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NewsPlanning granted for 100 council homes in Kensington
Four separate schemes will all be within 1.5km of Grenfell Tower
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NewsPermitted development report author criticises PD expansion
UCL academic says PD homes come at the cost of “really poor quality housing”
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NewsBellway starts redundancy talks with 175 staff
Cuts would be equal to around 6% of the company's workforce
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NewsBerkeley appoints Glyn Barker chair after death of Tony Pidgley
Glyn Barker to be non-exec chair for up to two years while search for permanent replacement undertaken
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NewsNatWest commits to £3bn of housing association funding
Rebranded RBS bank to put the money in to the sector before the end of 2022