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Study finds officials hugely underestimated number of rough sleepers requiring help, but support saved 260 lives

Tuesday, 2nd March 2021

The Government’s emergency support programme for rough sleepers helped more than 30,000 people during the pandemic – eight times the number thought to exist by officials. The ‘Everyone In’ scheme to find accommodation for rough sleepers was rapidly set up... View Article

Extra financial help offered for Waking Watch costs

Tuesday, 2nd March 2021

A £30 million fund for fire alarms has been set up to help end the scandal of excessive waking watch costs, as part of a support programme for thousands of residents in high-rise buildings. The new Waking Watch Relief Fund... View Article

Evictions ban extended again but lack of financial package draws criticisms

Tuesday, 2nd March 2021

The ban on evicting tenants during the Covid pandemic has been extended until the end of March, but important differences remain in the approaches being taken by national governments across the UK. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick bowed to pressure by... View Article

Warning of ‘rents crisis’ as up to 840,000 private tenants could be in serious arrears

Tuesday, 2nd March 2021

More than 800,000 private tenants in England and Wales could be behind on their rent, with young people and the self-employed most likely to have missed payments, research for a private landlords group has found. The National Residential Landlords Association... View Article

No increase in regulator’s fees from April

Tuesday, 2nd March 2021

Social landlords in England have been informed that they will not be facing an increase in their fees payable to the regulator in the next financial year. The Regulator of Social Housing has written to all registered providers saying the... View Article

Built Environment Summit launches ahead of UN Climate Change Conference

Monday, 1st March 2021

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Architecture 2030 and Architects Declare are joining forces to host a Built Environment Summit at RIBA’s central London HQ, one week ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, in Glasgow.... View Article

A message to you, Rishi

Monday, 1st March 2021

Next week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will announce his hotly anticipated 2021 Spring Budget statement. Against the backdrop of falling Covid numbers but increasingly challenging import/export shenanigans, a persistent housing crisis, tough climate agenda and expensive Furlough Scheme, he’ll... View Article

New multi-million pound Greater Manchester building marks two decades and 85 schools for leading architects

Wednesday, 24th February 2021

Leading North East practice Space Architects is celebrating 20 years of designing schools, with the submission of plans for their 85th building, a multi-million pound school in Hyde, Greater Manchester. The firm’s first secondary education project in the public sector was... View Article

£500M Cambridge International Technology Park submitted for Planning

Wednesday, 24th February 2021

Scott Brownrigg’s design for over 500,000 sq ft of speculative office and laboratory buildings for Abstract (Cambridge) Limited has been submitted for planning. The joint acquisition of the15.26 acres (6.177ha) site at Fulbourn Road Cambridge with Cambridge College, Peterhouse will... View Article

Stride Trelgown becomes a B Corp Pioneer

Wednesday, 24th February 2021

Stride Treglown has announced it has successfully achieved B Corporation (B Corp) certification. The practice is the second and largest UK architect and one of only a handful of firms in the UK built environment sector to join the B... View Article

Construction begins on MVRDV’s mixed-use tower in San Francisco

Wednesday, 24th February 2021

Construction has started on MVRDV’s 23-storey mixed-use building at Mission Rock in San Francisco. The project is one of four buildings in Phase 1 of a multi-phase masterplan developed by the San Francisco Giants and Tishman Speyer. It is designed... View Article

Smart construction: What does the future hold?

Wednesday, 24th February 2021

As the world of technology and construction develops, we are edging closer to the future science fiction envisioned. We may not be gliding around on hoverboards quite yet, but if the construction industry is anything to go by, there are... View Article

Construction Begins on the Pyramid in Tirana, Albania – MVRDV breathes new life into complex communist monument

Monday, 22nd February 2021

Construction has started on the Pyramid of Tirana, the brutalist monument in the heart of Albania’s capital city. MVRDV’s design will see this crucial heritage building, once the showpiece of Communist dictator Enver Hoxha, dramatically renovated. The concrete structure will... View Article

RWC Helps Create Dream Homes for Londoners at Olympic Venue

Monday, 22nd February 2021

A range of RWC’s products are used across 850 homes in Chobham Manor, a new housing development in East London’s prestigious Olympic Park. Chobham Manor is the first of five neighbourhoods in The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Elmech Ltd, the... View Article

It’s not all about cladding… What property investors need to know

Thursday, 18th February 2021

The Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017 thrust the issue of building safety and fire regulation into the national spotlight. Following the aftermath of the event, Anusha Peries, Chartered Surveyor at Private and Commercial Bank, Arbuthnot Latham explains the recent changes... View Article

Northampton-based housebuilder gives job boost from the foundations up with new homes in 2021

Thursday, 18th February 2021

Northampton-based housebuilder Barratt and David Wilson Homes South Midlands is continuing its positive work to support local employment, by underpinning over 2,060 new jobs in the Midlands and South East. This includes supporting hundreds of jobs thanks to its plans... View Article

Taylor&Emmet introduces free empty homes training

Wednesday, 17th February 2021

Taylor&Emmet LLP is marking Empty Homes Week (February 15-21) by offering free training to the public sector, via a virtual platform. The sessions are being provided by the firm’s specialist inheritance tracing and empty homes team, which helps organisations address... View Article

Aluminium Day returns!

Monday, 15th February 2021

Now in its third year, leading aluminium fenestration solutions manufacturer Senior Architectural Systems’ #AluminiumDay will be back on social media on Saturday 13th March 2021! This year’s theme is ‘Invention and Innovation’ and Senior is inviting the industry to join in... View Article

CIC heralds new consumer body as major step towards restoring trust in housebuilders

Monday, 15th February 2021

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has hailed the launch this week of the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) as a major step forward in helping to restore consumer confidence and trust in the housebuilding industry. Chaired by Natalie Elphicke MP... View Article

Winners of the REA British Renewable Energy Pioneer Award

Monday, 15th February 2021

In its 15th year, the British Renewable Energy Awards hosted its latest 2020 awards evening as a virtual event on 26th January 2021. The event celebrated the ‘Best of British’ renewable energy and clean technology, across 15 categories, highlighting the efforts... View Article