Victoria Brambini takes top role at Perfect Circle

PERFECT Circle, the consortium comprising Pick Everard, Gleeds and AECOM, has appointed Victoria Brambini as its managing director. Brambini, who has headed Scape Procure for the past two years, will take the helm of Perfect Circle from 1 January – leading the organisation to further success... View Article

Robertson bolsters business with new director of development

Robertson has appointed Scott Wilson as executive director of development. Scott – who has spent his entire career working in the construction industry – brings 20 years of front-end business development experience to the business, most recently as UK business... View Article

Farnham employee helps to raise

An employee from Farnham has joined a group of runners dressed as Santa and helped to raise over £1,000 for The Christie NHS Foundation Trust after taking part in a 5km run. Amanda Till, who is a sales administrator at... View Article

The McAvoy Group wins national business technology award

The McAvoy Group, one of the UK’s leading offsite construction specialists, has won the ‘Best Use of Technology’ award at the British Chamber of Commerce Awards. These awards celebrate the very best of British business and highlight the role of... View Article

New App launched to support Construction Worker’s Mental Health

The statistics are grim, with two construction workers taking their own life every single day. And stress, anxiety and depression currently account for a fifth of all work-related illness. A new collaboration between the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity, construction software... View Article

Last Christmas I gave you my Ho! Ho! Home

A couple raffling their £3m dream Mega Home have put up their 14ft Christmas tree for the final time – with less than a month to go before the competition ends. Mark and Sharon Beresford have spent 12 years in... View Article

Council joins London-wide group to improve temporary housing

Croydon Council has joined a London-wide initiative set up to strike better deals when finding temporary accommodation for homeless families. At its cabinet meeting last night (Monday), the council signed up to joining Capital Letters, a scheme where participating councils... View Article

Construction SMEs are being left behind by off-site solutions

The House of Lords will debate the Science and Technology Committee’s report ”Off-site Manufacture in Construction: Building for Change” which, among other concerns, cites a need to improve the productivity of the industry. Lord Mair has said that the principal barrier to off-site... View Article

Lettings management boss banned for abusing tenants’ deposits

A lettings management director from Dorset has been disqualified for failing to protect thousands of pounds of tenants’ deposits. Kari Jade Ridout (46), from Blandford Forum, Dorset, was the sole director of Woodhouse Residential Lettings Limited, a lettings management company... View Article

 383 works competing in the eu mies award 2019!

The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe announce today the list of 383 works competing for the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The 383 works draw the present picture... View Article

Tyne Housing appoints new chief executive

North East housing and support provider, Tyne Housing Group has appointed Steve McKinlay as Chief Executive to lead the organisation and deliver its new strategic priorities. The appointment comes after the Group Board reviewed its business operations and set out... View Article

How to add smart value to homes

Paul Hilditch of Systemline explains how smart technology can add value to new build homes, revealing the key elements housebuilders and developers should consider when choosing products, and the challenges to address. Technology is rapidly advancing to meet consumer demand... View Article

Waterproofing your basement: what do you need to know?

Nicholas Donnithorne FLS FRES, UK Technical Services Manager, Rentokil Property Care Converting your basement or cellar into a liveable space could be a wise move in today’s property market. Halifax recently reported house price growth dropping to a five-year low, and... View Article

The curious incident of the missing prosecutions

Recent newspaper headlines have focused on the estimated 10,000 rogue landlords in the private rented sector and why none of them currently appear on the new national database that is meant to protect tenants from harassment and dangerous property conditions.... View Article

The efficiency checklist

When specifying heating systems, housebuilders need to take a variety of considerations into account to ensure that they can produce maximum efficiency returns from developments. Bill Jones of Potterton advises on best practice. The integration of an appropriate heating system... View Article