http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/list Mynewsdesk news feed straight from the source http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/list http://www.mynewsdesk.com/images/redesign/graphics/logos/logo-small.png 128 23 sv 15 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:25:08 +0000 Planning Minister, Nick Boles, is expected to announce proposals this week to launch the Government’s plans to allow commercial buildings to be turned into homes. Curtin&Co consultant, Paul Harvey, awaits the detail to what could be a; "potentially bright idea." http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/view/a-whole-new-meaning-to-working-from-home-52731?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=news http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/view/a-whole-new-meaning-to-working-from-home-52731?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=news Curtin & Co Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:52:52 +0100 The DCLG has a new Housing and Local Government Minister. Mark Prisk today took over the post from Grant Shapps who has become Chairman of the Conservative Party. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/view/cabinet-reshuffle-mark-prisk-new-housing-minister-45353?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=news http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/view/cabinet-reshuffle-mark-prisk-new-housing-minister-45353?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=news Curtin & Co Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:05:20 +0100 Yesterday, financier Sir Adrian Montague published his Government report recommending the waiving the quotas for affordable homes on new housing developments. It is hoped his recommendations will enable developers to create more properties for let in order to alleviate the unsustainable private rental market where prices are being forced sky-high and tenets have little say. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/view/government-advised-on-boosting-the-build-to-let-market-44777?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=news http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/view/government-advised-on-boosting-the-build-to-let-market-44777?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=news Curtin & Co Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:42:00 +0100 The final policy motion on the last day of this year’s Lib Dem conference in Brighton will see Martin Tod and Annette Brooke MP propose an increase in the rate of house building to 300,000 homes per year, more than double the current rate. Curitn&Co consultant, Chris Oughton, has been taking a closer look at the conference agenda. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/view/lib-dem-s-continue-to-talk-housing-44706?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=news http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/view/lib-dem-s-continue-to-talk-housing-44706?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=news Curtin & Co Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:02:41 +0100 The Government has been rethinking its approach to decentralising planning fees and an announcement is expected soon. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/view/announcement-on-planning-fees-expected-soon-42726?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=news http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/view/announcement-on-planning-fees-expected-soon-42726?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=news Curtin & Co Thu, 24 May 2012 10:38:00 +0100 ONS revises down the UK GDP figures for Q1 today from -0.2% to -0.3% caused by an alarming fall in construction output. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/view/sharpest-fall-in-construction-industry-for-11-years-as-gdp-figures-revised-downwards-40904?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=news http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/view/sharpest-fall-in-construction-industry-for-11-years-as-gdp-figures-revised-downwards-40904?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=news Curtin & Co Tue, 22 May 2012 14:49:33 +0100 Curtin&Co have produced a downloadable interactive map of political control in Great Britain following the 2012 local elections. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/view/download-your-interactive-political-map-40817?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=news http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressroom/curtin-co/news/view/download-your-interactive-political-map-40817?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Subscription&utm_content=news Curtin & Co