‘Making a Difference’ in the local community
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Worthing resident Mark Brook, last Friday received much needed maintenance to his home as part of Viridian Housing’s ‘Making a Difference’ volunteer project.
Running in various regions across the country, the project is all about Viridian employees and residents creating positive social impact to lives and homes in local communities.
£20million EDRF funding bid to help boost Birmingham businesses
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A proposal to bid for £20 million of European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) to help urban development in Birmingham and the West Midlands was approved by Cabinet today (July 25).
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YUILL HOMES’ APPRENTICE CROWNED REGION’S BEST BRICKLAYER
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A talented Hartlepool apprentice has been praised by his training providers for his success in a prestigious competition, after been crowned the region’s best bricklayer for the second year in a row.
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£2k cash prize helps Chester-based joiner beat the February blues
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Spartan Joinery, a construction firm based in Deeside near Chester, is celebrating today after receiving a call from Bibby Financial Services to inform them they have won a £2,000 cash prize as part of the specialist invoice financier’s construction finance competition.
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£55million cash boost for repairs to homes in Camden
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The Department for Communities and Local Government has announced that Camden will be allocated £55million, that we made a bid for, to bring homes up to a good repair standard. The money will improve the homes and lives of some of the Borough’s most vulnerable residents.
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“Building Construction Skills for the Future” an important conference being held at the College of North West London on 22nd March
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Late January 2011 saw the release of the Construction Skills Network forecasts for the period running 2011-15, which details the predicted future skills and training requirements of the UK construction industry. Data is gathered from over 700 members by ConstructionSkills and Experian...
YOU’RE HIRED! BLOOR HOMES GIVES LOCAL LAD A CAREER IN CONSTRUCTION
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Mitchell Thomson from South Luton in Bedfordshire had been studying bricklaying at Barnfield College for two years before he began his apprenticeship last September at Bloor Homes’ new development ‘The Edge’ in Dunstable. The eighteen year old is now one of the first in the local area to benefit from the apprenticeship scheme being delivered through collaboration by Bloor Homes and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).
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£30 billion worth of construction contracts directed through Halving Waste to Landfill
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Construction Commitments: Halving Waste to Landfill recently smashed through the 500th signatory mark, bringing the potential UK construction contracts to benefit from this waste reduction initiative to well over £30 billion.
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YUILL HOMES HELPS TO OPEN EVEN MORE DOORS AT
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Yuill Homes’ contracting division, Yuill Construction, has joined forces with Derwentside Homes to develop more high quality homes at its Dales View development in Consett, County Durham.