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Tax breaks are a start Despite the disappointment expressed by Lord Rogers, it seems to me that the measures outlined in the urban white paper and pre-Budget s…

Forum facts

Marcus Keys, Housing Forum project manager, takes a look at the organisation's latest report on its demonstration projects, launched at its October conference.

Rights of third parties

Neil Price of law firm Hammond Suddards Edge looks at the impact that the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act will have on contracts for work and materials…

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Moves and appointments

McCarthy && Stone has appointed Simon Clift as its executive commercial director. He will direct the planning and construction of more than 1500 flats in the c…

Bard of Richmond

Jeremy Gates talks to Garry Stewart - poet, script writer and managing director of Richmond Homes of Dunfermline, Scotland.

Housing the bus pass generation

The number of elderly people in the UK is set to soar in the next few years. But they won't want to live in nursing homes for their care - increasingly they wa…

View from a Thames tower

Ben Roskrow talks to Persimmon deputy chairman Mike Allen about the innovative Icon development in London's Docklands and looks at other schemes under the Pers…

Loose laws

The law's position on claiming compensation for distress and inconvenience has varied in recent years. Neil Price of law firm Hammond Suddards Edge looks at th…

Burning issues

Kirsten Bunch of NHBC looks at the recent changes to Part B of the Building Regulations which are designed to reduced the number of deaths caused by fire in th…