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Sweat it out in your very own authentic Finnish garden sauna

Thursday, 24th June 2021

Lockdown in the UK has given everyone lucky enough to have an outdoor space the opportunity to enjoy them at home and the outdoor wellness and garden DIY markets are booming. Following this trend, the sauna industry has experienced a... View Article

The new Global Home of the PGA TOUR: a workplace truly inspired by nature

Thursday, 24th June 2021

Set within the stunning natural wetlands of TPC Sawgrass, the new Global Home of the PGA TOUR in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida has officially opened. Bringing the entire organisation under one roof for the first time, the building offers an... View Article

Biophilic Retail Experience by Lead8 Opens

Thursday, 24th June 2021

Lead8, the international award-winning design firm, has celebrated the opening of The Ring in Chongqing; a ground-breaking ecological retail destination featuring one of China’s largest indoor botanic gardens. The development is a first-of-its-kind for the city – a place that... View Article

Joanne Bull of Königstone talks busy times, customer relationships, staffing and looking forward!

Monday, 21st June 2021

Königstone, one of the UK’s leading kitchen worktop specialists, provides quartz and natural stone products for beautiful surfaces in kitchens and bathrooms. The pandemic has created challenges; closed showrooms and sites, and supply issues, are among the most common along with ensuring top quality customer... View Article

Designs taking flight

Monday, 21st June 2021

Eric Nicholls of Spiral UK explores the different options for feature staircases available to housebuilders and developers, detailing the benefits of each. Choosing a staircase sounds easy – after all a staircase has only one function – but why should... View Article

Raising the standard

Monday, 21st June 2021

Steve Cipriano of Vaillant examines the real-world impact of the 2025 Future Homes Standard for England’s housebuilders. The long-awaited publication of the UK Government’s response to the Future Homes Standard (FHS) consultation provided much needed clarity around the direction of... View Article

Research finds big discrepancies in how landlords deliver safety measures

Friday, 18th June 2021

A report by Plentific shows wide-ranging discrepancies in how social housing and private landlords deliver on different aspects of resident safety, despite the increased focus on the issue in recent years. Almost a half of tenants (46 per cent) living... View Article

Controversy over plans to demolish Grenfell Tower

Friday, 18th June 2021

Government plans to demolish Grenfell Tower have been rejected by former tenants and the relatives of residents who lost their lives in the fire, who are putting forward their own plans to turn the building into a “vertical forest”. A... View Article

Over 400 homeless households helped into private rented housing in Nottingham

Friday, 18th June 2021

Over the last year, 409 homeless households have been given somewhere to live thanks to a support service provided by Nottingham City Council. The council’s Nottingham Private Rented Assistance Scheme (NPRAS) has worked with individuals and families to find them... View Article

Grenfell landlord criticised at inquiry for slow response times and failure to address safety issues

Friday, 18th June 2021

The landlord of Grenfell Tower took five years to replace a smoke ventilation system that had suffered “catastrophic failure” in a fire in 2010 that spread smoke across 11 storeys and injured three people. The inquiry heard the Kensington and... View Article

Grenfell expert witness claims the fire risks of cladding used on the tower were well known

Friday, 18th June 2021

An expert witness to the Grenfell Tower inquiry has said the combustible nature of the panels used on the high rise block’s façade should have been well known to contractors working on the refurbishment. An experienced facade engineer, Jonathan Sakula... View Article

400,000 private sector tenants in danger of being evicted

Friday, 18th June 2021

Over 400,000 private tenants may be in significant rent arrears by the end of 2021 and facing the threat of losing their homes when the suspension of eviction proceedings is lifted according to a report by the London School of... View Article

Allowing more pets in lets

Friday, 18th June 2021

Less than one in ten of private rentals are pet-friendly properties but a new survey from Direct Line has shown that nearly half of landlords back the Government changes to allow ‘well-behaved’ pets in rental flats and houses. A new... View Article

40 per cent of leaseholders unclear what their service charge pays for

Friday, 18th June 2021

Research has found the majority of leasehold homeowners consider service charges unfair, with a lack of transparency around how they are spent also a prominent issue. Along with ground rents, service charges will be paid by most leaseholders to cover... View Article

Housing Review for 2021 highlights huge fall in number of social rented homes

Friday, 18th June 2021

The supply of social rented homes – council housing and housing association homes let at genuinely affordable ‘social’ rents – has fallen by almost 210,000 in England between 2012 and 2020, according to the Chartered Institute of Housing’s annual UK... View Article

Lukewarm response given to Queens Speech by CIH

Friday, 18th June 2021

The main professional body for those working in the social housing sector has given a mixed response to the Government’s planned legislation programme for the next Parliamentary session. In a briefing to its members the Chartered Institute of Housing said:... View Article

Number of second homes in UK rises to almost half a million

Friday, 18th June 2021

The number of second homes in the UK has risen by 30 per cent over the last five years, to a record high of 495,000 according to an analysis of official data by Houst, a leading flexible lettings service. The... View Article

Number of overseas landlords reaches a five-year high

Friday, 18th June 2021

The number of overseas landlords owning property in the UK has hit a five-year high of 184,000 – marking an increase of 19 per cent over the last five years according to residential property market experts Ludlowthompson. The rise in... View Article

About 700,000 tenants served with ‘no-fault’ eviction notices

Friday, 18th June 2021

An estimated 700,000 private tenants have been served with “no-fault” eviction notices since the start of the pandemic, despite a Government promise to scrap them. Section 21 eviction notices are still in use and ministers are facing calls to deliver... View Article

Support for tenants extended but with reduced notice periods

Friday, 18th June 2021

The Government has extended the protection from eviction to October, but has reduced the notice periods which renters must be given to end their tenancies from six to four months. The current ban on bailiff-enforced evictions, introduced as an emergency... View Article