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IRYS pod provides the ultimate reassurance and comfort for your workforce, with the integration of virus killing UV-C light

Wednesday, 5th August 2020

The IRYS pod, a unique modular concept, remains at the forefront of innovation and design since its launch in 2016. As we face news challenges in the workplace, IRYS has been reconfigured to incorporate the latest generation of UV-C lighting... View Article

Rental growth in London tumbles in response to COVID-19

Wednesday, 5th August 2020

Average rents across the UK dipped by -0.3% in June, and by -0.8% in Q2, taking the annual growth in UK rents to +1.1%, down from +1.7% a year ago. However, a two-speed market has emerged between London and the... View Article

Mind the Gap: Why counting planning permissions isn’t an argument against planning reform

Tuesday, 4th August 2020

With the government’s “radical” planning reforms imminent, the phony war hypothesising about zonal planning is coming to an end and the real debate is about to begin. Defenders of the status quo have already been making the case that the... View Article

Colour me perfect

Tuesday, 4th August 2020

How can the trend for colour in the bathroom be utilised effectively and what other trends are coming through in the design of this smallest of spaces? Ben Bryden, Sales and Marketing Director of RAK Ceramics UK, offers us an... View Article

BLANCO UK launches new website

Tuesday, 4th August 2020

The new website from BLANCO UK, a leading manufacturer of kitchen sinks and taps, has been designed to be easy to navigate so that homeowners can explore the very best in kitchen technology and retailers can find the products and... View Article

Metsä Wood: Wooden roof of Macallan Distillery resonates authenticity and honesty

Tuesday, 4th August 2020

The Macallan Distillery and Visitor Experience in Craigellachie, Speyside in Scotland is a stunning sight. Five meadow-covered hills hide the undulating roof of the distillery. The contemporary building combines a wooden roof with glass and steel. Fast, light and green... View Article

Potterton Commercial launches ‘Free for Three’ offer

Tuesday, 4th August 2020

Free commissioning, free extended five-year warranty and now free genuine parts service kit on Potterton Commercial boilers Potterton Commercial is pleased to introduce its new ‘Free for Three’ offer of free commissioning, free extended warranty and free service kit across... View Article

Proposals by FaulknerBrowns for housing scheme to preserve Victorian villa

Tuesday, 4th August 2020

A planning application has been submitted to Newcastle City Council for a high quality, sustainable, residential development in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. The proposals have been designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects on behalf of Union Property Development Ltd and will reinvigorate... View Article

Covid-19 still leaves uncertainty for construction industry, despite promises to ‘build, build, build’

Tuesday, 4th August 2020

The full impact of Covid-19 on the UK economy is expected to spell uncertainty for the construction industry according to the Construction Products Association’s (CPA) latest forecasting, despite the government putting the industry at the front and centre of its... View Article

Designing-in iconic longevity

Tuesday, 4th August 2020

From Mohamed Merchant, Associate Director at TÜV SÜD’s UK Real Estate Facade Access division, an international building services engineering consultancy, specialising in sustainable MEP (mechanical, electrical and public health), BIM (Building Information Modelling), lighting design, and vertical transportation. Architectural design... View Article

Minimising waste in water treatment

Tuesday, 4th August 2020

With “new” regulations governing the use of septic tanks in force, David Stagg, technical product specialist for sustainable water management authority Graf UK, talks selfbuilders and homemakers through their options for compliance. Selfbuilders and homemakers developing properties off the mains... View Article

Have you tested your metal?

Tuesday, 4th August 2020

A HVAC system is only as good as the pipes and components that hold it together so choosing the right material for this important job is essential. The wrong choice could compromise a specifier’s design requirements, leaving the whole system... View Article

Macbryde Homes set to benefit from pent-up demand as work starts on-site in Holt

Tuesday, 4th August 2020

Macbryde Homes has today started on-site in the sought-after market town of Holt where it will deliver 24 luxury new homes. Interest is anticipated to be strong thanks to the pent-up demand that has grown during the Covid lockdown. Known... View Article

BW transforms historic Harella House in London’s Clerkenwell into highly desirable Cat A office space

Monday, 3rd August 2020

BW: Workplace Experts has sensitively refurbished Harella House on Goswell Road in Clerkenwell. In total, six floors of lettable Cat A office space have been created for Chait Investment Corporation, within a characterful building, which now has three new terraced... View Article

HDR I Hurley Palmer Flatt completes Building Services for RB plc’s state-of-the-art Science and Innovation Centre, setting new workplace standards for the pharmaceutical research industry

Monday, 3rd August 2020

RB plc, the leading global consumer health, hygiene and home company, opens its state-of-the-art Science and Innovation Centre (“S&I Centre”), in Hull, one of six major RB R&D facilities worldwide. HDR I Hurley Palmer Flatt completed building services for the... View Article

BW transforms historic Harella House in London’s Clerkenwell into highly desirable Cat A office space

Monday, 3rd August 2020

UK house buyers surprised by stiffness of competition, according to new research by Knight Frank

Monday, 3rd August 2020

Lockdown bargain-hunters may be disappointed by what’s happening in UK property markets, according to new analysis by global property consultancy Knight Frank. The firm found that discounts are still being negotiated due to Covid-19, but sellers are hardening their resolve... View Article

Government reforms equate to gross oversimplification of the planning process, warns CPRE

Monday, 3rd August 2020

Tom Fyans, director of campaigns and policy at CPRE, the countryside charity, said: “The government’s intended reforms sound like a gross oversimplification of the planning system. First and foremost, our planning process must respond to the needs of communities, both... View Article