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A coalition of thirteen leading rural organisations is today urging the Government to commit to more equitable funding in rural areas to support England’s economic recovery from COVID-19. The Rural Coalition has published Rebuilding Rural: Growing Back Better, setting out... View Article

Commenting on the appointment of Nicholas Boys Smith to establish a new design body, Crispin Truman, chief executive at CPRE, the countryside charity, said: “Good quality design that promotes healthy, low carbon living can and should be the foundation of... View Article

Members of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) have elected Jan Etchells as their new National President at their Annual General Meeting, held virtually on 18 September. Jan, of Syntonic Kitchen Technicians Limited, and a long-term member of the FMB’s... View Article

Good quality housing and well planned local environments could reduce the burden on social care by ensuring people living with dementia stay in their own homes for longer, according to new advice published by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).... View Article

The Government must release bottlenecks in housing delivery with more resource for local authority planning departments and mechanisms to hold them to account if they are slow to respond to applications, according to the Federation of Master Builders. This comes... View Article

The Lords Secondary Legislation Committee has published a report highlighting concerns about substantial and wide-ranging changes to planning legislation which result in a lighter touch approval process for certain local developments. The Committee scrutinises policy aspects of all secondary legislation... View Article

Global property consultancy Knight Frank is set to formally launch an auction business following a pilot sale in July this year. Today, Wednesday 9 September, the group has announced that it will hold seven more sales in total with the... View Article

If the last year has shown us anything, it is that we simply don’t know what is around the corner, says Darci Edwards of Bridge Insurance Brokers Ltd. Businesses all over the UK have changed, pivoted or sadly gone under... View Article

Housing market activity continued to rise in August, as those looking to take advantage of the stamp duty holiday continued their search for a new home.  A net balance of 63% of respondents reported an increase in buyer interest over... View Article