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London exodus

London faces an exodus of key workers because of a lack of affordable housing, according to new research from the Keep London Working partnership. More than one in five nurses (21%) and 13% of teachers interviewed for the study said they wanted to leave t

Boost for rural housing

The Countryside Agency has launched a set of design guidelines for local authorities in a bid to improve the quality of rural developments.

In the pipeline

Barratt (Leeds) is awaiting planning approval for the conversion of Britannia Mills in Bingley. The company submitted plans to convert the mills into 48 apartments in a £5.2 million project designed by John R Paley Associates.

Prezza’s fast-track

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Housebuilding gets the event it’s been waiting for

The housebuilding sector will next year be able to enjoy its own dedicated industry event, bringing together all elements of the business under one roof.

[MMC-IMG=307-A=Left] Housebuilding 2004 - the industry event

Keith Hill’s speech to our Housing Market Intelligence conference last month was, frankly, rather more interesting than I expected. He pulled no punches. It was apparent that he was going to have a dig at the industry when he opened up by “recognising and

Prescott urges industry to plug quality gap

The industry must narrow the wide gap between the best houses and the rest to improve Britain’s housing stock according to the deputy prime minister John Prescott. Speaking at the Better Buildings Summit he said: “More innovation, better design, better pl

Hill calls for deal to boost housing

Planning authorities that fail to deliver on applications will have their powers taken away from them by the government in a similar way to that successfully employed in the education sector. But planning reform must be linked to housebuilders improving t

Plan for safety

Accident prevention experts have called on housebuilders to design homes in such a way that “accident blackspots” are eradicated from the home.