A rights palaver
The Human Rights Act comes into effect this month and the right to a fair hearing is set to further complicate the planning process and the application of comp…
Knowing your customers
Continuing our focus on customer care, market researcher and advertising specialist Tim Mills argues that we can not serve our customers until we know what mak…
Adjudication - are you exempt?
Are housebuilders exempt from Part 2 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act? James Bessey, partner specialising in construction dispute resol…
Housing is not a stand alone
Will Howie looks at the RICS response to the governmentÕs housing green paper and finds much to admire in its deliberations.
Greenfield...
Globetrotting When Jonathan 'Horatio' Spencer and his intrepid family sail out of Southampton in late-October en route for the Canary Islands, St Lucia and Dow…
Moves and appointments
Peter Taylor is the new managing director of Laing Partnership Housing. Prior to joining LPH Taylor was technical director of Laing Homes.
Crest of a wave
Jeremy Gates talks to the charismatic Stephen Stone, who from November will be managing director of Crest Homes
Affordable demand
The demands on developers to build more and more affordable housing on their developments are increasing. Stephen Hoare looks at a problem which is costing mon…
From complaints to opportunities
The first customer satisfaction survey results are due this month, underlining how important it is for housebuilders to keep customers happy. Phillip Cooke, ma…
Asking the big question
John Stewart looks at why we need a top-down planning system and argues that housing provision can not be left to local authority discretion.
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