All Legal & Professional articles – Page 31
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ProfessionalJoining forces against Covid-19
Amid the Covid-19 outbreak, we were asked by our client, the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, to bring forward all inpatient bedrooms at the under-construction Grange Hospital (pictured) nine months ahead of schedule.
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Companies prepare to support employees in new lockdown
HR departments put in place mental health support, counselling and buddy schemes to help staff remotely
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Young people dissatisfied with working from home
Oktra survey finds many struggling with poor working conditions, isolation and lack of enthusiasm.
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Retrofits need skilled assessors
Government-approved technical standards provided the foundation for the Green Homes Grant. Now, similar energy-efficiency standards are being developed that should pave the way for the low-carbon retrofit of commercial buildings.
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Q&A: Five minutes with Coree Beccles, apprentice surveyor at CBRE
Coree Beccles, apprentice surveyor at CBRE, on how he got started in property, the challenges he has overcome and his advice for young people.
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Online tool can aid developers
This week, Carter Jonas launched its Live Local Plan Monitor as an interactive online platform, which analyses adopted and emerging local plans, consultations and housing land supply. We then interpret this information to identify key opportunities for housing and commercial development, to assist our clients in their decision-making.
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Developers prepare for new targets in Environment Bill
Delays to the bill’s progress through parliament make it difficult for developers to plan future schemes
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Standardised insurance pitfalls
The insurance industry has had a truly terrible pandemic.
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The power of local community
Our local communities have never before been so important in our day-to-day lives. With restrictions on movement and so many more people working from home, the past six months have seen local communities build strong connections and discover what is on their doorsteps.
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How can flexible workspace meet business infrastructure demands?
Corporates are facing significant challenges in managing office footprint in the wake of Covid-19, with new safety measures, worker preferences and an uncertain financial future each creating complicated pressures.
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Q&A: Five minutes with Shabnam Ali-Khan, senior associate at Russell-Cooke
Shabnam Ali-Khan, senior associate at Russell-Cooke, on how she got started in property, the challenges she has overcome and her advice for young people. She also shares some of her cultural recommendations.
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Can a well-written S106 agreement make a proposal more acceptable?
The government’s housing white paper is creating waves throughout the Home Counties, encouraging a stack of proposals for new settlements in the countryside. Many of these proposals will be bitterly fought, particularly by local residents and councillors.
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Funding options limited for removal of unsafe cladding
Critics say timeline for applications is unrealistic and many owners and leaseholders are ineligible for funding
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Q&A: Five minutes with Lily Nash, director of transformation at FirstPort
Lily Nash, director of transformation at FirstPort, on how she got started in property, the challenges she has overcome and her advice for young people. She also shares some of her cultural recommendations.
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Wellbeing starts with community
Community life – our relationship with the people living in our neighbourhoods – is crucial to our health and wellbeing. Community underlines the link between the built environment and quality of life, and it is intimately connected to the design and infrastructure of the buildings around us.
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Housing can boost young people's life prospects
This summer, the LSE Centre for Economic Performance released a report entitled ‘Covid-19 and social mobility’, which said Britons under the age of 25 “face declining social mobility unless bold moves are made to create a fairer society”.
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Improved workplace acoustics make sound business sense
Working in a noisy office environment can have a serious impact on employees’ mental and physical health.
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Draft regulations introduced to scrutinise pre-pack sales
As more retailers face insolvency, government proposes measures to oversee controversial administrations
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Q&A: Five minutes with Lerato Marema, senior planner at Deloitte
Lerato Marema, senior planner at Deloitte, talks about how she got started in property, the challenges she has overcome and her advice for young people. She also shares some cultural recommendations.
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Were the changes to UCO and PDR given due consideration?
This summer, the government announced sweeping changes to the use classes order (UCO) and permitted development rights (PDR), hailed by the prime minister as part of “the most radical reforms to our planning system since the Second World War”.
