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29/09/2009: Unite: Meeting Housing Need: Building Britain out of recession

Meeting Housing Need: Building Britain out of...

Construction jobs to gain from £10m scheme

The UK governments Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has announced plans to inject £10m of funding into stalled housing projects across the country. The aim …

Room to breed: Spacious new homes designed for families are back in fashion

Property booms don't always mean better housing. In fact, when the market was rocketing, the standard of new homes plummeted almost in equal measure as develop…

Man of the house

John Healey is the latest in a long line of Labour housing ministers and he plans to stay in the job long enough to solve Britains housing problems It is a bi…

Going public for business opportunities

In these straitened economic times, Ian Bradley shares his thoughts on the significant opportunities for the building-services industry. Hugh Pym, the BBCs chi…