Archive
‘Help tenants to fully participate in society’
Monday 26th January 2009‘Fairness’ is an oft-used gauge to which the government refers when judging how well its welfare system performs. Work and ...
Wormald to take charge of battle against recession
Monday 26th January 2009A senior figure at the Communities and Local Government department will lead the government fight against the economic downturn. Chris ...
Demise of live-in wardens sorely felt by the vulnerable
Monday 26th January 2009Residents are struggling to adapt as electronically controlled care takes over from onsite wardens In July last year, 70-year-old Derby ...
Charities moot legal fight to save wardens
Monday 26th January 2009Two major older people’s charities are considering legal action to force the government to tackle the widespread loss of resident ...
Closure of the Housing Corporation
Tuesday 20th January 2009The Housing Corporation ceased operation on 30 November 2008. The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (http://services.parliament.uk/bills) established two new agencies: ...
Slump drives demand for housing services
Wednesday 14th January 2009Nearly half of councils have seen a rise in housing benefit claims since the economic downturn and a quarter have ...
Councils face duty to tackle disadvantage
Wednesday 14th January 2009Housing departments could be subject to a new legal duty to make them put social mobility policies at the heart ...
Government promises help for buy-to-let tenants
Wednesday 14th January 2009Tenants renting buy-to-let properties are to get more protection if their landlord faces repossession. The government has promised to work ...
Associations to be paid to find tenants jobs
Wednesday 14th January 2009Housing associations could earn a lump sum for every tenant they help find a job as part of a new ...
Record decline in demand for staff placed downward pressure on salaries, Report on Jobs reveals
Saturday 10th January 2009The Report on Jobs published today by the REC and KPMG signals a further weakening of the job market, driven ...
Healthcare Training
Saturday 10th January 2009Coming soon Courses for Healthcare Professionals 1. Manual Handling 2. Basic First Aid 3. Health and Safety These training Courses ...
Housing Training
Saturday 10th January 2009Housing Awareness Workshop This Workshop is designed for those people who wish to work in The Social Housing Sector This ...
Loughborough's 3M Healthcare a safe bet for gold
Saturday 10th January 2009A firm has won a gold medal for its health and safety. The award has been given to 3M Healthcare, ...
Virgin ditches practice takeover
Saturday 10th January 2009Virgin Healthcare has abandoned plans to take over an NHS practice and is watching economic conditions closely. The business, which ...
Source Bioscience in cancer test deal
Saturday 10th January 2009Source Bioscience, the Nottingham-based life sciences research and testing firm, has clinched a deal with healthcare giant Roche to offer ...
Burton's Activa Healthcare bought by Lohman and Rauscher
Saturday 10th January 2009A Healthcare company has been bought out in a multi-million-pound deal by German medical supplies giant Lohmann and Rauscher. The ...
Southern Cross slumps into red
Saturday 10th January 2009The UK’s biggest care home operator said it had slipped into the red after a “very difficult” year for the ...
Uk Housing Policy is Broken
Friday 9th January 2009UK housing policy is ‘broken’ and will not deliver the number of social homes the government wants, some of the ...