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Mortgage Market Review: Policy Statement
Posted on: 25 October 2012
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The Financial Services Authority has published a Policy Statement which summarises the feedback to its consultation on proposals for the mortgage market, and sets out the FSA’s final rules. This Policy Statement is aimed at lenders or other home finance provider; home finance administrators; firms that advises on or arrange mortgages or other home finance products; those who have a mortgage or other home finance product; or are planning to take one out. The new rules will come into effect on 26 April 2014. One measure will be activated immediately to help borrowers who might be trapped by today’s tighter lending criteria.
Journal of Information Technology in Construction
Posted on: 24 October 2012
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The Journal of Information Technology in Construction (ITcon) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal on the use of IT in architecture, civil engineering and facility management. ITcon articles are submitted and published electronically only. The Journal is committed to minimizing publication delays, and to promoting maximum flexibility in the ways that readers use the journal for teaching, research, and scholarship while maintaining strict peer-review standards. ITcon is an Open Access journal and its articles can freely and with no charge be read by anybody who has an Internet connection. The copyright of the articles remains with the authors, from the start of 2009. Issues are published on an annual basis, dating back to 1996.
Challenging Lock-in from Sustainable Energy Systems (CLUES)
Posted on: 24 October 2012
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CLUES (Challenging Lock-in from Sustainable Energy Systems) is a project which aimed to critically assess the development of decentralised energy systems in urban areas in the light of national decarbonisation and urban sustainability goals. Based upon national and international reviews, it examined the range and types of urban energy systems that have been and might have been installed. It further considered the issues raised by the need for such initiatives to integrate with energy systems at urban level in the UK, regional and national scales in order to deliver energy and carbon reductions to 2050 effectively. A tool has been developed for people working at the strategic level in local authorities, and will also be valuable to those delivering professional planning education. The project completed its work on 1 October 2012.
Green Deal Quick Guides
Posted on: 24 October 2012
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The Green Deal aims to promote energy-saving home improvements, like insulation. This scheme lets you pay for some or all of the improvements over time on your electricity bill. Repayments will be no more than what a typical household should save in energy costs. The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published a series of quick guides on the Green Deal for residential landlords, social housing tenants, social housing provides, and business, as well as guidance on Green Deal assessment, energy company obligations, and consumer protection.
Reducing vulnerability and exposure to disasters: Asia-Pacific disaster report 2012
Posted on: 24 October 2012
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A UN Report released at the opening of the Fifth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on 22 October 2012 shows that Asia and the Pacific is paying a huge price for extreme weather events which are now impacting negatively on the continent’s economic development. Increasing disaster risks in Asia-Pacific are driven by the twin challenge of increasing exposure of its people and economic assets, and the inability of the most vulnerable groups to cope with disasters, according to the latest assessment of disasters in the region published by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
St James Exeter: Draft Neighbourhood Plan
Posted on: 24 October 2012
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The Draft Neighbourhood Plan for St James in Exeter has been launched for consultation over a six week period.
European Hotel Market: 1st half 2012
Posted on: 24 October 2012
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According to the latest survey from BNP Paribas, after a 32% increase during the second half of 2011, hotel investment volumes dropped by 44% in the first half of 2012. The United Kingdom remained the most liquid hotel investment market.
The future direction of regulating social housing
Posted on: 24 October 2012
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Homes and Communities Agency Regulation Chair Julian Ashby was among key speakers at a recent event hosted by Inside Government. His speech, focusing on the future direction of housing regulation, is available online.
Protected areas in Europe: an overview
Posted on: 24 October 2012
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This report from the European Environment Agency is the first publication of its kind to give a comprehensive survey of protected areas in Europe. It provides an account of the development of protected area policy in Europe, and gives a snapshot of the diversity of our protected areas, highlighting the wide range of benefits they provide.
Brazil: Market and Trade Profile
Posted on: 24 October 2012
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Significant updates and additions have been made to Visit Britain’s Market and Trade Profile for Brazil, featuring 2011 IPS data, 2012 aviation capacity data and analysis of the ways in which well-travelled Brazilians plan and book their trips.
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