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A HOUSING MESS: What Next?
Two sides of the present housing crisis are nicely illustrated by what is happening in different parts of the UK. In London with an under supply of homes house prices and rents are high exacerbated by
Continue readingDESIGN MATTERS: The Nightmare of Winning Work in The Public Sector
When it comes to getting work in the public sector the UK inflicts smaller enterprises with a severe disadvantage in comparison with the juggernauts of big business. Not only is this unfair, it also u
Continue readingHousing Deregulation – Comment by Anthony Hudson
The Government’s deregulation mania has little to do with real economic recovery: it’s partly a panicked gut reaction, and partly about political philosophy despite the lack of evidence linking re
Continue readingNPPF Review
Now the dust has settled a little it’s worth having a quick review of how new planning legislation, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), appears now that it is in place. The notion that th
Continue readingOUR VILLAGES NEED REVITALISING: A Different Way to Live
David Cameron has just announced the possible creation of new “garden cities” as a further initiative to help meet the housing crisis. While welcoming this initiative since they have become popula
Continue readingDESIGN MATTERS: Do Enterprise Zones Work?
With strikes and a failing economy another echo of the 1980’s is back in vogue again, the Enterprise Zone. This is a further attempt to kick start a lack lustre economy with tax breaks and removal o
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