Birmingham’s council is claiming that it will save £13m over the next four years after signing revamped housing repair deals for the city. It has dropped the old system of having two specialist contractors for most tenants, separately covering gas… Continue Reading →

Housing manager Lewisham Homes has been fined £40,000 for breaking fire safety laws following a fatal blaze in a Deptford tower block in which two women died. Social Housing company Lewisham Homes were sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court after pleading guilty at… Continue Reading →

An ambitious project will see a total of £500,000 invested in making improvements to all 150 rooms over the next two months.  Work started this month to bring the Limehouse hotel in line with the recently agreed ‘Next Generation’ spec,… Continue Reading →

BRISBANE is in the midst of a multi-million dollar warehouse refurbishment boom, as older logistics centres undergo extreme makeovers to compete against newly built industrial buildings.  Colliers International director of Industrial Anthony White described the refurbishment boom as “unprecedented”.  “These… Continue Reading →

Turner & Townsend, the global programme management consultancy, has been appointed by Oxford Brookes University in a multi-disciplinary role, as project and cost manager on the University’s estates project framework to deliver their £130m major refurbishment programme. The University’s framework… Continue Reading →

ISG is underway with a £14 million project to upgrade and extend Spire St Anthony’s Hospital in Surrey, delivering state-of-the-art surgical facilities, along with a refurbishment of the existing hospital building. Comprising the construction of a two-storey, circa 27,000 sq… Continue Reading →

Bristol Street Motors has unveiled its newly refurbished and expanded Vauxhall dealership in Waltham Cross, following a £1.1 million facelift. The refurbishment of the Greater London dealership is part of a continued investment by Bristol Street Motors, part of Vertu… Continue Reading →

Legendary live music venue The Jazz Cafe in Camden announced it was closed to business a mere two days after The Columbo Group purchased the venue from previous owners MAMA & Company.  All scheduled shows have been moved, rescheduled or… Continue Reading →