“To create a future that works, our buildings and the way they are designed, built and operated are going to need to change at least as much as the people who will be inside them.” These are the words of Henry Lawson, the Building Services Research...
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What is Design for Performance? Design for Performance (DfP) has been developed by the Building Better partnership, a collaboration of the UK’s leading commercial property owners. The initiative aims to change the way in which new office developments in the UK are designed and built Historically...
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond presented his Spring Statement to Parliament this afternoon. As predicted, he announced that the UK economy continues to grow, with wages increasing and unemployment at historic lows, providing a solid foundation on which to build Britain’s economic future....
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond will present his Spring Statement to Parliament on Wednesday 13 March 2019. Lasting around 20 minutes - far shorter than the Autumn Budget, it will be followed by a debate which is expected to take up to two hours. Brexit...
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With relatively little fanfare, the government set out its Draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill 2018 just before Christmas last year. It describes how we will maintain environmental standards as we leave the EU; no small undertaking by any measure. Environmentalists have long been concerned Brexit could...
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A new study suggests that although awareness of wellness issues is improving across Europe, the nature of technological investment continues to be patchy – suggesting that the need for specialist manufacturers and consultants will remain acute. As an overview of the current state of play in...
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Given that we are just over half-way through the current government spending cycle and with a ‘Brexit Deal or No Deal and - whisper it quietly - perhaps even a General Election, looming on the horizon it is no surprise that yesterday’s budget (October 29...
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All too often, here at Content Coms we are analysing disturbing trends in climate change, or challenging Government efforts on energy efficiency. However this month we have a more encouraging tale to tell, one of a UK that is, in real terms, making remarkable progress on...
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The Prime Minister has laid out her clean growth grand challenge. It was announced at Theresa May’s Industrial Strategy speech at the end of May. Talking to FM World, Julie Hirigoyen, Chief Executive at UKGBC, said: “The government made a bold statement in making Clean Growth...
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This time some 6 months ago, the energy efficiency sector was buzzing. The Government had just released its Clean Growth Strategy. The paper promised to redefine a lower carbon future for the UK's burgeoning cleantech sector. And within the paper, there was one especially exciting promise. Government...
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