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Notice - Housing Act 2004 and Home Information Packs

The government’s Housing Bill received Royal Assent on 19 November and is now law. The Housing Act introduces two important measures of interest to HBF memb…

Notice - Housing Act 2004 and Home Information Packs

The government’s Housing Bill received Royal Assent on 19 November and is now law. The Housing Act introduces two important measures of interest to HBF memb…

Member Briefing - Part M: access to facilities and buildings

The current Part M for dwellings sets standards that are to be achieved in the design of new homes for disabled access.

Annual and public holidays to the year 2006

This briefing gives guidance on the programme of public and annual holidays, which apply in England Wales and Scotland until the New Year 2006. The CIJC Workin…

Dismissal, disciplinary and grievance laws

The Construction Confederation has prepared the following guidance on the new rules on dismissal, disciplinary and grievance procedures, which came into effect…

Daywork and prime cost, building industry (applicable from 28 June 2004)

Example of calculation of standard hourly base rate (as defined in Section 3 of RICS/CC Definition of Prime Cost of Daywork carried out under a Building Contra…

CC Newsline, November 2004

PDF copy of the CC Newsline for November 2004

HBF weekly news summary, 3 December 2004

A weekly news summary covering all aspects of the housebuilding industry. This week's bulletin is written by John Slaughter, the HBF's director of external af…

HBF weekly news summary, 26 November 2004

A weekly news summary this week by John Slaughter, the HBF's director of external affairs, covering all aspects of the housebuilding industry. Available to mem…