Is the housing crisis returning as a Government priority?

Addressing the policy conference of the Home Builders Federation (HBF), Housing Secretary James Brokenshire set out what the Government is doing to tackle the housing shortage and improve the quality of new homes. Brokenshire emphasised: the need to reduce planning... View Article

Apex capitalises on Tooting airspace to deliver new homes

Airspace developer Apex Airspace (Apex) has begun constructing four two-bed penthouse apartments on the unused airspace of Marion Court, a five-storey residential block on Tooting High Street in South London. Available on the government’s Help to Buy scheme, the apartments... View Article

Benif Interior Film on the menu at Carluccio’s

The well-known Italian restaurant chain Carluccio’s, founded by the late, charismatic chef Antonio Carluccio in 1999 has over 70 restaurants in the UK. As part of the company’s environmental policy to refurbish equipment rather than replace it where possible, Benifi... View Article

LST radiators – safe heat

Low surface temperature radiators are increasingly being specified for school environments because they offer safe heat. They are also highly relevant in sports centres and other public service buildings where the owners want to take all the risk out of... View Article

Schlüter warms the floors of a unique housing project

An Essex-based project centring on the provision of a much-needed National Autistic Society (NAS) school has seen the installation of electric underfloor heating system Schlüter®-DITRA-HEAT-E-DUO into the 60 houses built to off-set its costs. At the centre of the project... View Article

Henry Terefenko appointed as new ForHousing CEO

Henry Terefenko has been appointed as ForHousing CEO from 1 April. ForHousing is part of the ForViva Group and will bring group members City West Housing Trust and Villages Housing Association under a single new landlord. ForHousing will own and... View Article

Your guide to buying internal doors

Doors are the portals to the spaces that we spend the most of our time in. As such, we believe that they shouldn’t be chosen at the hands of a capricious inclination. A door can define a space’s aesthetics as... View Article

Comar 9P.i High Performance Window, Door & Framing System

After extensive research and consultation with key supply partners, Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems deliver the Comar 9P.i High Performance Window, Door and Framing System. Research indicated that a thermally efficient future-proof facade system was required, with off-site manufacture and value... View Article

Change is in the air

In the wake of the Hackitt review, Paul King of Vicaima explains the changing landscape around fire doors. Government departments are poring over technical data and preparing new directives, and trade bodies are examining every aspect of potential market implications.... View Article