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Mark Elmore, head of design at Fisher & Paykel highlights the need for a social kitchen in the home As designers of kitchen appliances, we believe that great kitchens are crucial to wellbeing. The kitchen is the heart of the... View Article

Responding to building safety announcements by Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick recently, Lord Porter, building safety spokesman for the Local Government Association (LGA), said: “It is good that the Government is looking at lowering the height requirement at which combustible cladding... View Article

North Wales’ largest housing association, Adra (previously known as Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd) has just completed a refinancing deal worth £155m with new lenders. The company, with its headquarters in Bangor, is a leading north Wales supplier of social and affordable... View Article

The design of new housing developments in England is overwhelmingly ‘mediocre’ or ‘poor’, with less-affluent communities the worst affected, according to a national audit conducted by UCL for CPRE, the countryside charity, and the Place Alliance A housing design audit... View Article

Following the General Election result, the UK housing market has seen a lift in sentiment, according to the December 2019 RICS Residential Market Survey. Sales expectations have risen sharply, and a number of other key activity metrics have turned positive... View Article