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Property industry leaders named in George Osborne’s London ‘power list’
Several high-profile names from the property industry have been named as among the 1,000 most influential people in London, it has been revealed. Called Progress 1000, the list records the people “who make a difference to London life” and is organised by the George Osborne-edited newspaper The Evening Standard. Property industry names within the list include Rightmove’s Head of Marketing, Iain Kennedy (pictured, left), who told The Negotiator he was “surprised and thrilled to find out I’d been included in the Progress 1000 alongside so many remarkable people.” Other big property names include developer Harry Handelsman of the Manhattan Loft Corporation, British Property Federation Chief Executive Melanie Leech (pictured, below), Berkeley Group Chief Executive Rob Perrins and its founder, Tony Pidgeley, as well as Weston Homes founder Bob Weston. They join Prince Charles, who has been named ‘Londoner of the Decade’ as well as mayor Sadiq Khan, TV presenter Graham Norton, the founder of Deliveroo William Shu, actresses Gillian Anderson, Naomi Harris and Gemma Arterton and Home Secretary Amber Rudd. Former housing minister Gavin Barwell (pictured, left), who is now Theresa’s Chief of Staff, is also on the list. The annual list was unveiled last night at a star-studded bash…
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New Housing & Planning Act
As the new Act became law on 16th May, Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis said, “Our landmark Housing and Planning Act will help anyone who aspires to own their own home achieve their dream.
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Housing completions soar in England
House building in England is now at its highest level since 2008 following a significant rise in the volume of new homes being developed, new Government figures show. In the year to June, 131,060 residential properties were completed, a rise of 15 per cent on the same period a year ago. The latest quarterly house building statistics from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) show that between April and June, the number of completions rose by 22 per cent year-on-year. The Housing Minister, Brandon Lewis (right), welcomed the figures, but admitted there was more to do, vowing that the Government would “deliver 275,000 affordable homes by the end of this Parliament”. However, the number of new homes being started dropped by 1 per cent over the year, to 136,320, and by 6 per cent on a quarterly basis. The data was described as “encouraging” by Henry Gregg (left), the National Housing Federation’s(NHF) Assistant Director of Campaigns. But he also said that it was crucial that we as a nation continue to increase our efforts “to build the homes that are desperately needed”. He commented, “Last year alone we built less than half of the homes needed, pushing house…
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