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NFA chair receives OBE
Dennis Rees, chair of the National Federation of ALMOs (NFA) and recognised as one of the country’s most influential council tenants, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List.
Pegler and Yorkshire merge
The merger between Pegler Limited and Yorkshire Fittings Limited has now completed with the new organisation known as Pegler Yorkshire Group Limited.
Kier wins the double
Kier Sheffield, the partnership set up between Kier Group and Sheffield City Council, is celebrating after winning the partnership and collaboration category, at the recent UK National Training Awards.
New appointment for Anglian Building Products
The B2B division of the UK’s largest manufacturer of PVCu windows, Anglian Building Products has appointed a new sales director.
Herbert T Forrest scoops Green Apple award
North West-based construction company Herbert T Forrest has won an environmental award after recycling over 30 tonnes of u-PVC window frames as part of a housing refurbishment scheme.
Mortgage approvals fall to record low
Mortgage approvals dropped to a new low during November, according to new figures.
Moorlands plans Macclesfield housing scheme
Work on a new social housing development in Macclesfield, Cheshire is due to commence this month.
Morrison Facilities appoints new finance director
Morrison Facilities Services has appointed a new finance director for its North East Region based in Gateshead.
Morrison and EDH raise cash for Treetops children
Children on the Treetops children’s unit at Durham’s University Hospital received an early Christmas present courtesy of staff at Morrison Facilities Services and its partner East Durham Homes (EDH).
RICS urges government over empty homes
The government has been urged to take action to bring more than three-quarters of a million empty homes in the UK back into use, to re house thousands who will be homeless over Christmas.
OFT denies bid-rigging delay
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has denied reports that its bid-rigging investigation into construction has been delayed.
Nationwide returns to 95 per cent LTV lending
Nationwide has returned to the 95 per cent loan-to-value mortgage (LTV) - but for only for its existing borrowers who are moving home. The measure was part of a raft of changes made to its mortgage range, which included the launch of a new two-year tracker mortgage.
Aragon celebrates 100 Board meetings
Bedfordshire-based social housing provider, Aragon Housing Association celebrated its one hundredth Board meeting on 16 December.
CML raises prospect of gloomy 2009
Half a million households are expected to be over three months behind in mortgage payments by the end of 2009, with repossessions expected to be around 75,000, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) in a foretaste of the tough year it envisages ahead.
Barratt sells £46m of assets
Housebuilder Barratt Developments has sold assets from its Wilson Bowden Developments subsidiary, worth £46million.
Community connections
Penny Lane Builders has come a long way from its roots as a small familyowned business and has not only developed a reputation for offering a high quality service but is also building strong connections with the communities in which it works
Growing through adversity
Fraser Mercer, Managing Director of Frank Haslam Milan (FHM) West Midlands, reflects on the company’s success over the past 10 years.
Serving on the south-side
Over the next three years, Wandle Housing Association is looking to expand further in South London, building even more homes, and creating “sustainable neighbourhoods” where residents have a real say in shaping services
For nearly 40 years, Wandle Housing Association (WHA) has been working hand in glove with local communities ‘south of the river’ to provide affordable living and quality services for its tenants.
Chained by carbon thinking
A new report looks at ways to break free of the carbon age, but is it just hot air or an example of good old-fashioned foresight?
