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The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has announced its new chairman. Malcolm Naish, global head of property at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP), is to succeed outgoing chairman Phil Miller. Naish, who qualified as a chartered surveyor in 1976, joined SWIP … Read more

A London-based £150 million affordable housing framework is looking for up to 20 contractors, it has been announced. The new build and refurbishment projects will cover London boroughs in north, south and west London as well as Stevenage, Watford and … Read more

Essex-based property developer Weston Homes has been crowned Housebuilder of the Year at the What House? Awards 2010. The company also secured a third successive Best Medium Housebuilder Gold award at the gala event, dubbed the Oscars of the housebuilding … Read more

Housebuilder M J Gleeson has said that a planning law “policy vacuum” created by the coalition government has added to the problems faced by the property market. The company said in a statement that continuing restrictions on mortgage availability and … Read more

The legal row over the scrapping of regional strategies (RS) has been reignited. Lawyers acting for the company behind a successful challenge to the proposed policy have commenced proceedings against the Government’s insistence that the ruling changes little. Mr Justice … Read more