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What is on Ringley's Budget wish list?

New Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his first budget tomorrow. Here are the issues that Ringley Group MD Maryanne Bowring is hoping he will address.Tax breaks for those supporting housing provisionRe-zoning for all our ailing high streets and government investment in...

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Coronavirus: planning for business as usual

We all now understand that the Coronavirus outbreak is going to get worse before it gets better: unfortunately, the ripple effects of the economic and social impact of the virus will be felt by all of us. So businesses and individuals need to be prepared.As property ...

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Coronavirus: advice to our clients and residents

If anyone in your block is suspected of having the virus, contact your property manager as soon as possible.Coronavirus is a national issue beyond our remit ? however, we feel it is important to address the concerns of those living in the homes we manage, especially ...

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Rendered insulation: new fire risks revealed

As if residents living in blocks with flammable cladding donnt have enough to worry about, today it has emerged that rendered insulation is also being pegged as a major fire risk. While the second phase of the Grenfell inquiry continues, an estimated 20,000-plus hous...

Read    03/09/2020

CMA will act on leasehold mis-selling

Bad practice in the leasehold market is old news for anyone living or working in the sector. So today's announcement that the findings of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) probe into the industry will lead to enforcement action is cause for optimism.In case...

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Building owners named and shamed over cladding - but will it help?

The government has followed through on its threat to publish the names of building owners with no plan in place to remove dangerous cladding from their buildings. Five companies' names were published in the press earlier this week but is ?naming and shaming? helpful,...

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Are half a million of us living in dangerous buildings?

Beautiful flat - but many like it around the country may be blighted by building failuresThis week, the Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA) revealed that more than half a million people around the country could be living in unsafe buildings that met the...

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Three cheers for Help to Buy but don't forget to do your homework first

A new flat could be yours with a small deposit via Help to Buy - but do read the small print.There was good news this week for anyone hoping to buy their first flat via the Government?s Help to Buy scheme. A new and improved offer will run from 2021 to 2023, with som...

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Government announces New Homes Ombudsman

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick confirmed yesterday that the New Homes Ombudsman will be independent and enforced in law as soon as possible to protect homebuyers from rogue developers. Under the new rules, builders will have to pay compensation for poor workmanship...

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Clean, green energy will cut household bills

We all know that cleaning up emissions from housing and industry is a huge challenge. More than a third of the UK's greenhouse gases are produced by buildings. So yesterday's announcement from Kwasi Karteng, the Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth was very...

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