Features

The transfer of the NHS portfolio demonstrated the creative approach the public sector is able to take in the pursuit of realising its policy objectives.

English Heritage has an important role to play in the Hospital sites Programme explains Will Holborow.

English Partnerships’ work on the Hospital Sites Programme is demonstrating how maximum benefits can be derived from surplus public sector land.

How do you solve the issue of the disposal of valuable but underused NHS sites and assist in the regeneration of areas across the country, as well as providing key worker and affordable accommodation? LGE takes a look.

Over £2 billion has been raised from the sale of unneeded NHS sites, but the programme is about far more than simply raising money.

Is domestic and commercial waste suffering from an image problem?

The Almex brand has been transformed in the UK and now offers a wide range of ITSO compliant products to the transport sector.

The increasing focus on environmental issues is forcing local authority fleet managers to the forefront of the public sector's efforts to go green - but are vehicle manufacturers doing enough to help?

England's largest sheltered housing PFI is in Oldham.

When Sheffield Homes was set up by Sheffield City Council in 2004 it was tasked with delivering the largest Decent Homes programme in the country.

Sandwell Homes is responsible for managing over 30,000 Council owned properties across six urban areas. The investment programme for 2007/8 is £81.4m having secured £64.5m ALMO funding, one of the largest allocations of funding made to any ALMO for this period.

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) is a round 1 ALMO now managing 14,400 properties on behalf of Rochdale Council. With £106 million ALMO funding from the DCLG, it completed its decent
homes programme in March 2006 and is now seeking deliver its Decent
Standard Plus.

 

 

In Bolton, partnership has proved the key to delivering better housing standards.

Dennis Rees, Chair of the National Federation of ALMOs, is confident that the future for ALMOs is very bright.

The quality of the nation's housing stock continues to be a priority for the Housing Corporation.