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20th August 2019
Top business finance solutions
Posted by CreditDigital
Every business needs to consider creative funding solutions at one point or another. Try as business owners might to never experience cash flow shortages, unexpected circumstances commonly force both small businesses and large limited companies to consider finance options that will bail them out of potentially growth-killing dry spells.
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20th August 2019
Keeping housing healthy – David Cox’s five-point market manifesto for the new Prime Minister.
David Cox, ARLA Propertymark Chief Executive, has outlined a housing manifesto that he believes will keep the sector healthy. With a new government settling in, this may be an ideal time to investigate and implement these reforms.
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16th August 2019
Knight Frank boosts Private Office Commercial team
Knight Frank, the global real estate adviser, has expanded the Private Office Commercial team with the appointment of Chris JamesBased at the firm’s global headquarters in London, Chris will be working with UHNW and Family Offices seeking commercial real estate investment in the UK and Europe across all sectors.
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16th August 2019
GDS Korea appoints APAC Business Development Manager
GDS is excited to announce the appointment of GDS engineer Bill Price, to Business Development Manager-APAC. Since relocating to the area when the GDS Korea office launched in 2017, Bill has played an instrumental role in establishing the companies’ presence in the Asian market and is perfectly placed to oversee future growth for the GDS Group.
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16th August 2019
Share your views on the future of digital identity
A Government consultation is asking for your views on developing a secure and reusable digital identification service, to make processes such as reference checking easier and more reliable. Can digital ID services be made better, centralised, and more useful?Propertymark has already made advances in secure digital identification with NAEA Propertymark's Propertymark Passport, enabling members to verify identity and support HMRC compliance, but a Government consultation is asking the question on a wider scale.
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16th August 2019
Vita Architecture-Our project in Redhill has reached completion!
Our scheme in Green Lane, Redhill has reached completion! After being awarded planning from Reigate and Banstead at the end of 2018, our contractor teams at Probuild and WNHL have successfully closed out the project for us. Many thanks also to Advanced Window Improvements who smoothly executed what was a relatively tricky glazing detail. Really happy for our incredibly warm and friendly clients – Nick and Claire. Looking forward to seeing it in use!
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15th August 2019
Planning House are proud to announce that Helen Heward has won a Rising Star Award for 2019, powered by The Times & The Sunday Times.
Posted by Planning House
The Rising Star awards were introduced to showcase the UK pipeline of female talent below management and to create female 100 role models across different industries and professions. We’ve delighted that Helen is amongst these national role models and more specifically one of the 5 role models selected in the Property, Construction and facilities Management sector.
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15th August 2019
Recent public survey demands "give housing more attention"
A growing proportion of Britons think that the political parties don’t pay a lot of attention to housing, according to new research.The survey, carried out by Ipsos Mori on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), gathered opinions from 2,181 adults across Great Britain,
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15th August 2019
Our financial services consultant Michael Cotter has been speaking to The Times and The Sun newspaper about pension scams
With the value of pension transfers increasing significantly over the past 5 years from £5.4 billion in 2014 to £33 billion last year, it has become an area ripe for fraudsters to exploit.In what has been labelled as the next big financial scandal scammers have been setting up complex deals, often abroad, that are designed to ‘liberate’ cash for the individual investing into these so-called pension schemes which have so far cost investors an estimated £4 billion a year.
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14th August 2019
A Living Wall for Bruichladdich Distillery
Posted by Scotscape
Bruichladdich, the Progressive Hebridean Distillery located in the Isle of Islay in Argyll has included a living wall in their fantastic shop which sells World renowned Whiskies and the infamous Botanist Gin.Scotscape installed this 21.5m2 interior living wall in just 2 days, helping to create a wow factor and following Bruichladdich’s philosophy for using edible plants sourced from the Hebridean landscape to bring unique flavour to their delicious premium gin.
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13th August 2019
Adaptable and Flexible Fytotextile Living Wall System for Dynamic Urban Greening
Posted by Scotscape
Scotscape and Grosvenor Britain and Ireland recently launched the Smart Pillar, whereby Scotscape’s Fytotextile Living wall system was adapted to be retrofitted onto the lamp posts of Ebury Street in London's Belgravia. With irrigation powered by solar energy, a damage free fitting system and a tank of 75 ltrs of water incorporated in the design – it looks like greening up our lamp posts could become the norm across the UK.
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13th August 2019
Secure Empty Property-Securing A Closed Golf Course In North Worcestershire
We were called to a property that had already been boarded up while it was awaiting re-development. The previous work hadn’t done its job, though. Vandals were ripping off the timber boarding on a regular basis to gain entry so we were called in to re-secure the property with our galvanised steel sheet and security doors.
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