We are sad to report the death of David Shelton, the founder and chairman of Shelton Development Services (SDS), at the age of 66. Shelton started SDS from a spare bedroom in 1994, helping property developers and housing providers with land acquisition, financial viability, and legal and planning issues. He created the development appraisal software…
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048 - November 2015
How to help finance house building and fight the housing crisis
The Prime Minister may have committed to building one million new homes by 2020, but how will these be funded? The Welfare Reform Act announced in the summer forces deflation into business plans barely a year after the government ‘guaranteed’ 10 years’ worth of inflation. Over the last five years, politicians have been less concerned…
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Häfele helps Heroes in Housing project
Häfele UK has donated much-needed materials for a charity housing project for ex-service personnel in Manchester. The storage solutions expert donated essential fixtures and fittings for a number of bespoke shelving units, which featured in the BBC One programme ‘DIY SOS: The Big Build Veterans’ Special’ in October. This was part of a BBC project…
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Fire-safety awareness app from Firemark Education & G2G3
Firemark Education and G2G3 have launched a new interactive app to increase housing providers and tenants’ awareness of fire safety, risk mitigation options and fire detection. G2G3, Capita’s human-centred technology consultancy, has worked with Firemark to design and build the new tool. Each participant is taken through a basic risk assessment, which they complete by…
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The ‘Pay to Stay’ consultation begins…
The government has launched its consultation on the new compulsory Pay to Stay scheme for England. The consultation is open to anyone with an interest in these proposals and will last until 20 November 2015. There is actually only four pages of any real content in the document and I strongly suggest that everyone takes…
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