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Rogers Stirk Harbour £160m Cancer Treatment Centre Opens at London Hospital
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has completed a dedicated cancer treatment centre at Guy’s Hospital in London, which welcomes its first patients today. The British...Read More
Gary Neville’s Radical Manchester Skyscraper Plans Opened up to Public Viewing
Gary Neville’s radical plans for a new Manchester city centre skyscraper and public plaza went on show to the public earlier this week. Members of...Read More
Commercial & Retail News
Johnsons of Whixley Secures £70,000 Contract for Lake District Luxury Holiday Resort
Johnsons of Whixley, a supplier of trees and plants to the amenity sector, has secured a £70,000 contract to supply a new, five star luxury...Read More
BLOC Hotel in Birmingham Secures Planning Approval
Plans for a 26 storey hotel in Birmingham next to the revamped New Street Station and Grand Central shopping centre have been given the go...Read More
Heathrow and Gatwick Bosses Continue Expansion Battle
Leading figures from Heathrow and Gatwick airports continued to battle it out over which airport should undergo an expansion, during a transport forum which was...Read More
Facilities Management News
‘Greater Transparency’ Needed To Improve Contracting
Greater transparency of suppliers’ performance, costs and revenues is needed to improve contracting and make better savings for public services, according to a report by...Read More
CCTV Systems Risk Breaking Data Protection Rules
Cloud-based video surveillance company Cloudview is warning housing providers that many of their CCTV systems risk breaching data protection legislation and putting providers at risk...Read More
Report Reveals UK’s Top Cleaning Takeover Targets
A study by market analyst Plimsoll Publishing highlights the areas where the UK’s largest and most attractive takeover targets in the contract cleaning sector are...Read More
Property Management News
South African Architect says One-Off Event Stadiums Should be Temporary
South African architect Ruben Reddy believes that all sports stadiums built for one off events such as the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup...Read More
MacIntyre Discovery Academy Opens in Warwickshire
Parents and school children who previously had to travel over 50 miles to a Special Educational Needs (SEN) school, have shown their gratitude to the...Read More
Norm Architects Complete Construction of Suffolk Farmhouse
Norm Architects has completed the construction of a contemporary farmhouse in the Suffolk countryside. The farmhouse offers panoramic glazing frame view of cornfields and meadows,...Read More
Residential News
Green Light Given for £200m Kampus Neighbourhood in Manchester City Centre
Joint venture partners Henry Boot and Capital & Centric have secured approval from planning authorities to develop Kampus, a £200 million mixed use scheme in...Read More
Are We Building Enough Homes in the UK?
The UK housing market is seeing a steady influx of higher property prices. This is bad news for first time buyers, who already struggle to...Read More
SME House Builders Struggling to Find Land
New research from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has found that two thirds of SME house builders are struggling to identify land for development....Read More
Corporate Social Responsibility News
Zaun Introduces Barcode Railings that Display Corporate Messages
Fencing manufacturing firm Zaun has introduced barcode railings into its range of products for corporate marketing messages or learning experiences for students. The company has...Read More
UNESCO calls for moratorium on Liverpool Waters scheme
UNESCO has called for a moratorium on new building work across the central Liverpool waterfront due to the potential damage it could cause the World...Read More
Conservationists object to Chipperfield’s plans for Emin
An East End conservation group says a proposal by artist Tracey Emin to demolish a locally listed building in Spitalfields would cause ‘substantial harm’ to...Read More