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  • Council injects £3.4m to fund film studio plans after Brexit blow 0
    • in Development · Treasury
    • — 17 Oct, 2019

    Council injects £3.4m to fund film studio plans after Brexit blow

    London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has agreed to find £3.4m to keep development work going on a planned film studio complex after its California-based preferred partner for the project[…]

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    Councils plead for discount PWLB rate to save housing and regen schemes 0
    • in Development · Resources · Treasury
    • — 10 Oct, 2019

    Councils plead for discount PWLB rate to save housing and regen schemes

    The Society of District Council Treasurers has asked the Treasury to create a new Public Works Loan Board discount rate, as councils reassess the viability of their regeneration and housing[…]

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  • Sponsored: Driving regional growth through the government hub programme 0
    • in 151 News · Development · Resources
    • — 10 Oct, 2019

    Sponsored: Driving regional growth through the government hub programme

    by Tom Roberts, head of strategic investment, LGIM Real Assets The government estate is made up of hundreds of thousands of UK assets; from railways ports and prisons to hospitals[…]

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    Peterborough pushes ahead with housing revenue account plan 0
    • in 151 News · Development · Technical
    • — 26 Sep, 2019

    Peterborough pushes ahead with housing revenue account plan

    Peterborough City Council’s cabinet has voted to set up a housing revenue account (HRA) to allow it to expand the number of homes for rent it owns and take advantage[…]

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  • How councils can use modular homes to speed up housebuilding 0
    • in Blogs · Development · Resources
    • — 9 Sep, 2019

    How councils can use modular homes to speed up housebuilding

    Innovations in housebuilding technology can help councils deliver their ambitious housing targets, says Rosie Toogood, CEO of Legal & General Modular Homes. This article was sponsored by Legal & General,[…]

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    Collaboration – the key to sustainable regeneration 0
    • in Blogs · Development
    • — 2 Sep, 2019

    Collaboration – the key to sustainable regeneration

    Kerrigan Proctor, CEO of Legal & General Capital makes the case for joint working between local government and institutional investors. This article was sponsored by Legal & General, Lead Sponsor[…]

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  • £1bn for high streets ‘not the panacea’ 0
    • in 151 News · Development · Funding
    • — 29 Aug, 2019

    £1bn for high streets ‘not the panacea’

    Councils say they need more help from the government after its £1bn pledge of high street funding. The government announced 50 councils could bid for up to £1bn from the[…]

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    LGA calls for Right to Buy reform 0
    • in 151 News · Development · Funding
    • — 28 Aug, 2019

    LGA calls for Right to Buy reform

    The government faces a call to reform the Right to Buy programme amidst claims that local authority housebuilding cannot keep pace with the sale of council homes. The Local Government[…]

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  • Interview: Tim Atkins on investing in place 0
    • in 151 News · Development · Funding · Interviews
    • — 26 Aug, 2019

    Interview: Tim Atkins on investing in place

    Cheltenham Borough Council’s managing director for place and growth, Tim Atkins talks to Room151 about how the authority has brought together its strategies for commercial investment and place-making. Room151: What[…]

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    Leveraging council land value: the joint venture approach 0
    • in 151 News · Development · Funding · Resources
    • — 18 Jul, 2019

    Leveraging council land value: the joint venture approach

    Last year, London Borough of Haringey made national newspaper headlines after scrapping controversial proposals to regenerate a major housing estate through a joint venture with developer LendLease. However, since then,[…]

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