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Housing jobs workers to construct 750 new homes in northern England Aug 25, 2010

Housing jobs workers to construct 750 new homes in northern England

Housing jobs workers will be employed to construct more than 750 new homes in Yorkshire and The Humber in the near future, it has been revealed.

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has confirmed that it will provide up to £20 million worth of funding for the development - which is being paid for through the National Affordable Housing Programme - to be started later in the year.

The new homes are intended to meet t...

Housing jobs workers warn against spending cuts Aug 25, 2010

Housing jobs workers warn against spending cuts

Workers in housing jobs have warned the government that implementing spending cuts in one of its support programmes could leave thousands of vulnerable people stranded without a home.

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat alliance has instructed all of its departments to reduce their spending by up to 40 per cent in the aftermath of the global economic downturn as it seeks to save money from the public sector to reduce the nation's ...

Thousands more green energy jobs coming to Scotland? Aug 25, 2010

Thousands more green energy jobs coming to Scotland?

People seeking renewable energy careers might be interested to note that thousands of new green jobs could be created in Scotland over the next ten years.

That is according to a report commissioned by Scottish Renewables and Scottish Energy, which has stated that as many as 48,000 green energy jobs could be created by the growing impact of offshore wind north ...

Housing jobs expert: Interest rate of 0.5% is not normal Aug 24, 2010

Housing jobs expert: Interest rate of 0.5% is not normal

There is a possibility that people seeking a mortgage package in the post-recession era may make the mistake of believing the current low base rate is ordinary, a housing jobs expert has said.

According to Paula John, editor of Your Mortgage, there is a real danger that the longer the low base rate continues, the more people will start to believe it to be the norm - "which it isn't", she asserted.

The Bank of ...

Health care jobs workers ''were already aware'' of study findings Aug 24, 2010

Health care jobs workers were already aware of study findings

Health care jobs workers were already aware about the details of findings of a new study regarding how the risk of contracting diabetes can be minimised, an expert has said.

According to Dr Susan Jebb, the research published in the British Medical Journal last week (August 19th) which showed that eating green leafy vegetables can help prevent the blood sugar disorder merely confirmed what those in