Sustainability, style and substance

Latest research from Waterwise estimates that over 2 billion litres of water is used each day across Britain through showering, the equivalent to almost 800 Olympic size swimming pools. With the Environment Agency predicting an extra 3.6 billion litres of... View Article

Lea Mavroudis Stephens joins team as planning and programme consultant

VOLOCO Construction Consulting, which provides bespoke flexible and responsive services such as Quantity Surveying, commercial support, cost management and bid management tailored for the construction industry, has expanded its team. The fourth permanent hire since January, doubling the team in 2020, Lea... View Article

Crown Paint continues its support of Local Community Projects

Crown Paints has continued its efforts to add colour to people’s lives during these unprecedented times, through a series of paint donations to community projects across the UK. The Lancashire-based leading paint manufacturer, which also has a manufacturing facility in... View Article

InsideOut complete milestone residential development of 22 units in Tulse Hill, London, delivering a dense scheme of mixed housing types while maximising private and communal open space.

InsideOut have unlocked the potential of a complex sloping site in Tulse Hill, south-east London, to deliver a bold contemporary residential development of 22 homes. The efficient high-density scheme challenges topography to create a new raised ‘ground’ which maximises the... View Article

Lancashire homebuilder doubles its workforce

Anwyl Homes Lancashire has increased its workforce by 100% in 12 months and, despite Covid, still has ambitious plans for further growth. The Chorley based homebuilder now has 40 employees, including one of the newest recruits, area sales manager Amy... View Article

Lessons Learnt for Sustainable School Design

Scotland has ambitious environmental goals.   It is five years since the Paris agreement.  The race to zero emissions is a driver for new types of thinking across all industries, and especially the sector I work in – the built... View Article

Triple technical hire for Midlands contractor

Midlands-contractor G F Tomlinson has appointed three new technical apprentices as part of its commitment to investing in the next generation of construction workers. The latest recruits to the construction firm’s apprenticeship scheme include Jack Harvey and Joe Langley who... View Article

UK’s top five areas for development identified

Global property consultancy Knight Frank has revealed the top five areas across the UK which are prime for major development. Using geospatial mapping data that ranks every Local Authority in the UK against a variety of economic and housing measures... View Article