Daily Archives: 13/04/2010

Surrey club: 1st underground ***** hotel

Plans for the world’s first underground luxury five-star hotel at Hersham Golf Club in Surrey have been submitted by Claudel Venture Holdings, part of the international leisure company Arkin Group. Claudel Venture Holdings, part of the international leisure company Arkin … Continue reading

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£100K+ & equity for IHBC member

A recruiter is advertising a ‘six figure package’ to attract a partner responsible for ‘conservation and heritage’ to a London-based practice, and requiring IHBC membership supplemented by RTPI/RICS qualifications. Seeking an ‘energetic individual with integrity and enthusiasm to help lead … Continue reading

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RICS names new CEO

RICS Chief Operating Officer, Sean Tompkins, has been named Chief Executive Officer of the organisation and will assume his new role later this year following the retirement of Louis Armstrong. The decision was made by RICS Governing Council today at … Continue reading

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MPs: revise planning climate change guidance

MPs have urged the Government to make adaptation and mitigation more central to its guidance on planning and climate change which needs to be revised. That call has come from the Commons Environmental Audit Committee in a report which argued … Continue reading

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UNISON proposes national park of canals

UNISON, the UK’s leading public sector union, has today (26 March) written to the Department for Energy, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), and British Waterways, calling on them to secure the future of Britain’s network of canals and waterways, by … Continue reading

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Labour to slash regeneration spending

Regeneration spending will be a target for budget cuts if Labour wins the next election, energy secretary Ed Miliband admitted today. The Labour Party’s manifesto, to be launched today does not contain any big spending commitments, Miliband told BBC Radio … Continue reading

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