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Housing options in east London ''now more costly'' Aug 03, 2010

Housing options in east London now more costly

Anyone seeking housing options in London might be interested to note that property prices in the east area of the city are expected to increase at a faster rate than other regions of the capital over the next two years, an expert has said.

In news that may also be of importance to those in the region with housing jobs, Richard Everitt, franchisee of Winkworth's Stratford office, believes that the effect of the 2012 Olympic Games is ...

Junction Arts to hold community participation day Aug 03, 2010

Junction Arts to hold community participation day

People with arts jobs in Derbyshire and beyond may like to head to the county this autumn to attend a participatory day hosted by Junction Arts, an organisation funded in part by the Arts Council England East Midlands.

The event - which is due to take place on October 14th between 10:00 and 16:30 BST at the Langwith Community Hall - has been designed to help industry professionals develop and extend solo practices into this "important ...

Benefits cap ''to hit vulnerable hardest'' Aug 02, 2010

Benefits cap to hit vulnerable hardest

Those in housing jobs will see the most vulnerable people in society suffer as a result of plans to cap Local Housing Allowance, according to the National Housing Federation (NHF).

The campaign group said the government's proposed caps on benefits could see some 936,000 people encounter serious financial problems such as falling into arrears or becoming homeless.

Low-paid workers, single parents, the elderly and disabled p...

Health care jobs workers ''seeking effective obesity drugs'' Aug 02, 2010

Health care jobs workers seeking effective obesity drugs

Health care jobs workers are facing increasingly tough challenges to produce effective drugs to help combat obesity, an expert has said.

According to John Wilding, professor of medicine at the University of Liverpool, professionals in health careers in the pharmaceuticals industry are working tirelessly in order to find a course of treatment that can be widely used for people with th...

More cuts ''would be bad for housing options'' Aug 02, 2010

More cuts would be bad for housing options

People in housing jobs might be interested to note that Shelter last week (July 30th) expressed its apprehension about any further governmental cuts to funding for those searching for housing options.

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat alliance has already attracted criticism recently from the National Housing Federation, which stated that spending cuts of up to 40 per cent on the budget for the affordable residential property marke...