Writer, and editor in built environment.
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Makes me want to get on a plane tomorrow.... if only
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The NCTJ Awards for Excellence 2024 shortlist is here ✨
Congratulations to the 72 students, trainees, apprentices, training providers and employers up for awards!
The judges have praised the high calibre of entries this year. Good luck everyone! 🌟
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#NCTJawards
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Too many smart meters are broken. After we've all, collectively, spent over £10bn on them, it isn't good enough. I sent this open letter to @Ed_Miliband the new Secretary of State for energy today...
ALT The letter is too long to go on Twitter alt text. However it is available in reader friendly text via my blog on the MSE site
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Liz Truss doesn't think Kamala Harris is qualified to lead a country. That's a problem because if anyone knows about not being qualified to lead a country it's Liz Truss:
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Great night at the #Womeninhousingawards host @dianemodahl was fantastic and what inspiring women all round
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The insanity of Glasgow 🫠 this kinda stupidity is just normal now
The A-listed North British Locomotive Company HQ in Springburn is one of Glasgow's finest buildings.
Its owner Marcus Dean wants to demolish James Miller's beautiful terracotta quadrangle, which reflected light into the drawing offices.
I will strongly object to this vandalism!
ALT View from the west over the quadrangle, showing the magnificent white and lime terracotta tiling.
ALT The building was designed by James Miller and built in 1909, originally as the offices of the North British Locomotive Company. It was converted to a college of engineering in 1962-1965 after North British went into liquidation. It was North Glasgow College from 1991 to 2009 and subsequently was converted into a business centre.
ALT Evidence of the building's locomotive design history can be found either side of the main entrance, where the figures of Speed in her chariot and with flying cloak, and Science seated on a globe holding dividers and a torch, are depicted in stone, with an Atlantic class locomotive bursting through the pediment above the doorway.
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Well, I don't think many of us saw that coming...Here is a round-up of some initial thoughts from #ukhousing leaders to news of an early election.
Many have been expressing hope it will provide much-needed certainty over the direction of housing policy housingtoday.co.uk/news/suna…
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The Right to Buy forces councils to sell homes at a loss.
One council has calculated that they need to sell 6 homes via the RtB to fund one new home.
Our report suggests raising the cost floor and reducing discounts to address this:
housingforum.org.uk/reports/…
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Never forget the damage caused to our economy by the Conservative Party.
The Labour Party will never play fast and loose with the economy.
“Liz Truss’ mini-budget helped knock £425bn off pension funds’ assets in 2022”
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This is a problem I think about a lot, but I don't think policy makers consider anything like enough. My parents' generation are only really able to retire because they either paid off their mortgage or have social housing tenancies. What will become of us?
There's a huge amount going on to raise competence across the built environment - its all here.
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Tbh it’s more a plea - with some ideas. Lots of gaps to fill, I know. But something to talk about. Have a read of the attached pdf of my RIAS speech if you can. Goes into the ideas a bit more…
A 15-point plan for salvaging Shipwrecked Glasgow
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@SusaninLangside @AngusCMillar @MurphyNiallGLA @ScotGovFM @PaulJSweeney @patrickharvie @lornaslater
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What an absolutely brilliant facade this fine building has…right? Gorgeous, Glasgow. Gorgeous. Please don’t knock it down in wunny yer confused huffs 🥴
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Thanks very much to @chloemcculloch1 for getting us together. Great fun raiding memories and seeing old colleagues @adrianbarrick @peterproperty and @sarahr100. Here's to the next 180 years of @BuildingNews
As @BuildingNews nears the end of its 180th year, our current editor @chloemcculloch1 invited four of her predecessors to pick out the memorable stories they covered spanning over 30 years of Building’s history #construction
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As @BuildingNews nears the end of its 180th year, our current editor @chloemcculloch1 invited four of her predecessors to pick out the memorable stories they covered spanning over 30 years of Building’s history #construction
building.co.uk/our-history-1…