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		<title><![CDATA[Zero Carbon, 2016, - and All That Jazz]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.benfieldattgroup.co.uk/blog/2012/01/22/zero-carbon-2016-and-all-that-jazz]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ What the timber frame sector can contribute. 
The Code for Sustainable Development
Five years ago I gave a paper on Ecology to the HBF’s “Cracking the Code” conference in Birmingham.  It bombed - big time, and might well still do so today. While in essence ‘ecology’ concerns us all, it is outside daily interests and seen almost as part of a different sphere.
However, at least one element of my message then is more widely understood today – Climate Change and Zero Carbon.
Global Forests
Back then I used trees as a proxy to illustrate the complex interaction of everything on earth –...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[How High Speed Rail Could Rescue Our Economy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.benfieldattgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/12/29/how-high-speed-rail-could-rescue-our-economy]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[This article links the potential for Britain's new HS2 transport infrastructure to spawn new technologies along with architectural and building concepts.  In turn these could require our ideas about spatial, environmental and social planning to be revisited.
 
Noise on the Line
Anyone who has spent a night within a few miles of a French TGV line may have at least some passing sympathy for the plethora of HS2 NIMBY objectors.  The noise can be truly disturbing, but then perhaps no more so than that of the motorways that they themselves no doubt regularly use.
Likewise, while arguments over wider environmental...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shortage of Land with Development Approvals Grows]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.benfieldattgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/12/20/shortage-of-land-with-development-approvals-grows]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[New Home Planning Permits in Short Supply
According to the latest HBF Housing Pipeline report, planning approvals for new home s in the UK fell by another 10% last year
In the period July to September, approval was only granted for 32,928 homes units as against 36,411 for the same period in 2010.  However, according to Glenigan, who produced the report for the Home Builders Federation, it did increase by 13% in quarter 2.
In the same period the number of approvals for social housing also fell by a massive 58%
Half the Permits of 5 year ago
Overall the quarterly average of number of permits...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Carbon emissions exceed economic growth]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.benfieldattgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/12/19/carbon-emissions-exceed-economic-growth]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[CO2 Emission Warning
In the Water, Energy &amp; Environment Newsletter of 09/11/2011, Tim McManan-Smith writes that Global  emissions are increasing faster than economic growth, reversing a slow,  but gradual, reduction in carbon emissions intensity.   
Official Low Carbon Index Figures
The  findings, from new analysis in the PwC Low Carbon Economy Index  released today, show that for the first time since 2004, no improvement  has been made in reducing the carbon intensity (which reflects the fuel  mix, energy efficiency and the balance of industry and services) of the  G20, despite modest economic recovery globally.
Challenges Unresolved
The...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Less Can Be More - (call for VAT Holiday)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.benfieldattgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/12/08/less-can-be-more]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Come on Chancellor, think about it.
Investing’ in a small VAT giveaway could create 800,000 jobs and yield near 85% financial return for Britain
Responding to David Cameron’s Prime Ministerial rallying call to the nation, I urge the Chancellor of Exchequer to grant home extenders and improvers a two year VAT ‘holiday’.
Create Thousands of Jobs - Quickly
This simple measure could quickly create thousands of jobs without damaging the nation’s finances.  It could even bring more money into Britain’s coffers to help reduce our National indebtedness.
A blanket VAT giveaway will NOT work
Many people are calling for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Goldman Saching of Europe]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.benfieldattgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/12/07/the-goldman-saching-of-europe]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[(Article by Mike Carey in "The DRUM Opinion" 7 Decembeer 2011)
I don't want to sound alarmist
... but it looks like Goldman Sachs has  taken over Europe.  The continent has succumbed to the dictates of  global finance, there was no choice. The bankers are holding us all to  ransom and have done since the beginning of the GFC in 2008.
The  German government's reaction
...to its disastrous bond auction a week or so  ago, gives a big clue to the real multibillion dollar game being played  out in boardrooms from New York to Frankfurt. The most powerful...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wake up and smell the roses Jake Berry ]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.benfieldattgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/12/06/wake-up-and-smell-the-roses-jake-berry]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ 
Jake Berry, parliamentary private secretary to housing minister still believes that 230,000 homes per year will be built by 2015, despite the fact that in the year to June 2011 only 107,210 homes were built.  He delivered this unbelievable statement to the Housing Market Intelligence conference.
Professor Michael Benfield of the Benfield ATT Group wonders how on earth this can possibly be achieved when the banks refuse to lend to anyone in the building sector and planning authorities are not embracing any of the Government Housing Policy reforms.

Mr. Berry does caveat his remarks by admitting that this may not be...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[“Laying the Foundations” - for more Deceit?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.benfieldattgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/11/30/“laying-the-foundations”-for-more-deceit]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[For those that can be bothered to read it, the Government has just published:-
“Laying the Foundations: A Housing Strategy for England”
I’m sure that anyone and everyone involved in the housing building sector will (covertly or not) regard this with a huge degree of scepticism.

In the Foreword...
... Cameron &amp; Clegg write, inter alia, that:-
“A new mortgage indemnity scheme will give help to tens of thousands of buyers currently frozen out of the market. We will invite local authorities to come forward with proposals for locally planned large scale development. There will also be a new £400 million funding pot to kick-start...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[What future for forestry in Wales?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.benfieldattgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/11/24/what-future-for-forestry-in-wales]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[(A Wales Forest Business Partnership announcement)
Under a ‘provision of ecosystem services’ remit,  the Welsh Government (WG) is proposing to bring together the functions of Environment Agency Wales (EAW) with Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) and Forestry Commission Wales (FCW) into a new Single Environment Body (SEB).
Threat to Welsh Woodlands
Yesterday’s Western Mail reported on an article written by Jon Owen Jones, Chair of Forestry Commission Wales, who argued that there is a likelihood that Welsh woodlands would be sold if the merger were to proceed.
The full extract from the Western Mail is here. A PDF of the report is attached.
Detrimental Merger...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Construction Act Changes]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.benfieldattgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/11/21/construction-act-changes]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Verbal contracts now referred to in Adjudication
(An Alway Associates Advisory)
One of the features of the amendments to the Construction Act contained within Part 8 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 is that section 107 of the old Act has been repealed.
No need for writing ...
This means that it is no longer necessary for a contract to be wholly in writing or evidenced in writing in order for it to be referred to adjudication. So any new contract entered into from 1 October 2011 which is not fully recorded in writing could still be adjudicated on should...]]></description>
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