A company which provides a range of services to the construction sector has won contracts to oversee almost £5 million worth of planned housing improvements with support in areas such as securing grant aid, project management and traditional property and hailed as one of the biggest home improvement programmes for decades. But just 1,754 signed for phase one. Mr Davey said a key difference with the new phase was that "these are grants, not loans, and are very generous We are trying to do everything Beleaguered retail giant Woolworths has lost chief executive Grant O'Brien just weeks into a three-year to scrap Mr O'Brien's food and liquor strategy, close or sell the home improvement business, which has racked up losses of more than $500 million In return for the renovation, once the work is complete the owner of the property will be required to then lease it to the RSL for three years, so it can be used to provide social housing for families or individuals in need of a home in Uttlesford. Acting as the home improvement agency used to be able to obtain grants but since April they have to get a loan and older people are less keen to borrow money," said Mr Matthew. But Mr Doyle's case is not unique. Age UK in Nottingham received a call Much later restrictions were lifted to allow for home improvements. The only bridging available was withdrawing their money and in September the first bank run in the UK for 150 years hit Northern Rock. September 2008 saw the fall of Lehman brothers .
THERE are just a few weeks left of a government funded scheme for energy-saving home improvements. The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund Green Deal (GDHIF Unlike many energy efficiency funds/grants, it's not just for those on lower incomes. Angela Brady’s recent book The British Papers collates more than 30 views on the subject from UK practitioners and includes With different levels of grants available, up to 45 different home improvement measures are on offer. Further indication London social landlord L Q will transfer £250m of private rented stock (PRS) to a new company, as it launches its 50,000-home push. L Q will build more than 16,500 ‘genuinely affordable’ rented homes without government grant in the biggest housing It has been her London home for nearly 90 years, but the Queen may have to move out of Buckingham Palace for a year under plans to carry out £150million-worth of urgent repairs taxpayers through the Sovereign Grant but because of a jump in profits .