The Building Safety Act: Clarity, accountability and better buildings
The Building Safety Act is the biggest suite of improvements to building and fire safety in living memory. Implementing it is challenging both government and industry. Experts from the multidisciplinary construction consultancy Watts Group advise about how to respond effectively and deliver future-proof buildings… The Building Safety Act places greater emphasis on identifying and managing […]
Housing developers to contribute more to school place funding
New guidance has been issued by the government to encourage housing developers to fund the school places their developments create. It will support local authorities to negotiate what funding and land is required from housing developers for new schools and school expansions. Developers already contribute to the cost of new infrastructure, including schools, but council […]
Apprenticeships ‘the answer to falling uni numbers’
Apprenticeships can meet many of the challenges thrown up by falling university numbers, according to DTL. While many commentators have blamed high tuition fees for a growing number of young people choosing not to apply for university, in turn raising fears of a lack of social mobility, DTL points out that school leavers give other reasons […]