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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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12th August 2019
The best university towns for rents and yields
Ideal flatmate has created a table of average rents in locations surrounding the top-ranked universities in the UK using data gathered by PropertyData.Ideal flatmate looked at the average monthly rent for areas surrounding the top 50 universities with the cheapest average rent price surrounding the main campus being Lancaster University, which is also ranked as the seventh-best university in the UK. 
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12th August 2019
A big boost for Mediation: The signature by 46 sovereign states this week of the UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation
On Wednesday 07 August 2019, almost five years since the UN Commission on International Trade Law’s Working Group II on Dispute Resolution began consulting on global legislation to harmonise the national status of mediation Outcome Agreements, a Convention was born in Singapore.
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12th August 2019
Approved: new house on a plot split in Alderholt, Dorset
Posted by Pure Town Planning
Dorset Council (former East Dorset District Council): Jess Glover is delighted to announce that she has recently secured full planning permission for the demolition of the existing garage and the erection of a new detached dwelling at a site in Alderholt. The supporting plans were provided by local architect Robert Rodway.  
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9th August 2019
How charities can get the best deal
Posted by Strettons
Over the past 30 years, Strettons have advised numerous charities how best to dispose of a variety of properties including schools, churches, synagogues, halls, houses, and land and whether it would be best for them to sell by private treaty or auction.With the improved market, often with several parties chasing a property, it might seem logical for auction to be the best method of disposal. However, a charity and its trustees, who have a legal responsibility, need to be satisfied that they are making the right decision.
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