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Bard of Richmond

Dec. 1, 2000

Jeremy Gates talks to Garry Stewart - poet, script writer and managing director of Richmond Homes of Dunfermline, Scotland.

Housing the bus pass generation

Dec. 1, 2000

The number of elderly people in the UK is set to soar in the next few years. But they won't want to live in nursing homes for their care - increasingly they want independence with support on tap. Ben Roskrow looks at a development that is filling this nic

View from a Thames tower

Dec. 1, 2000

Ben Roskrow talks to Persimmon deputy chairman Mike Allen about the innovative Icon development in London's Docklands and looks at other schemes under the Persimmon City Developments' umbrella.

A pre-Budget pinch of salt is required

Dec. 1, 2000

Housebuilding journalist of the year John Stewart looks at the housing implications of chancellor Gordon Brown's pre-Budget report

Paper clips rural concerns

Dec. 1, 2000

Will Howie looks at the government's idea of building on agricultural land to solve the rural housing crisis and finds conflicting views on the attractiveness of such a proposal.

Building in the wake of the floods

Dec. 1, 2000

Housebuilders took some of the flak following the recent flooding, and they're not best pleased about it. Ben Roskrow looks at what the industry is doing to alleviate the flood risk, and the potential effect of the recent problems on future development.

Design award deadline draws near

Dec. 1, 2000

With PPG3, can you afford not to enter the Housing Design Awards for 2001?

Death figures spark safety summit

Dec. 1, 2000

A construction safety summit has been set up for next February following the publication of "shocking" figures on fatalities for the industry. Representatives from all sectors of the industry, including housebuilding, will be called to the summit with Joh

Smart ambition

Dec. 1, 2000

Four out of ten Britons could see themselves living in a "smart home" according to new research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Expectations high for market in 2001

Dec. 1, 2000

Most housebuilders expect higher new home sales next year according to the latest HBF survey, with 58% expecting an increase and only 10% expecting a reduction in sales. Visitor numbers have continued to fall for the third month, with the bad weather, flo