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The northern powerhouse – a business perspective
IPPR have been looking at the northern powerhouse from the perspective of business. rhetoric-to-reality-sep2015 They say: “We take a hard-nosed look at the facts…
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Uping UK produtivity
New analysis of the UK’s ‘productivity puzzle’ demonstrates that poor productivity performance across most sectors of our economy, more than a compositional bias towards…
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Latest HCA news
Fixing the Foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation Government has published a plan to reverse the UK’s long-term productivity problem and views housing as…
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Increasing HA impact
With the right support, housing associations could have an even greater impact on improving the way people buy, own, lease and rent property in…
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Income, Tax and benefits – Up North!
This briefing explores recently published figures on income, taxes and benefits, the important differences between households across the country, and how they reflect a…
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Government to force councils to produce new housing plans
The government will intervene and force plans for new housing on local authorities if they fail to produce their own, as part of a…
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Budget – views on what it means for Housing
Yesterdays budget gives us information on how the government will roll out its manifesto. Here are the veiws of some published expertview on what…
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Northern Powerhouse
This paper looks at the emergence of the ‘northern powerhouse’ concept, and in particular at the response of northern businesses to it. Here is…
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The 2015 budget as it applies to Housing
The Chancellor’s budget on 18 March included measures that have implications for the housing sector. There are a number of opinions on the strengths…
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Investors line up to fund housing
A merchant bank has assembled a group of institutional investors to pour tens of millions in equity funding from around the globe into the…
