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Best Quality Improvement Strategy
Defects are the industry's biggest bugbear, and Midas Homes won Best Quality Improvement strategy, sponsored by Rationel Windows UK, for tackling the problem head onWinner: Midas HomesWest Country housebuilder Midas Homes knows exactly what it gets wrong in its homes, but its objective is not only to recognise and ...
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Best Change Strategy
United House鈥檚 ability to rise to the challenges of the Egan agenda earned it top prize in this category, sponsored by RDL Distribution ...
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Best IT Initiative
In this category, sponsored by SmartNewHomes.com, Miller Homes鈥� proactive approach to e-marketing made it a clear winner ...
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Best Company-wide Sustainability Strategy
An ability to practise and promote sustainability within the complex environment of the capital gave St George top billing in this category, sponsored by ThermaliteWinner: St GeorgeCar use in the capital is a contentious issue, and it has recently been put under the microscope in a survey commissioned by developer ...
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Most Creative Marketing Award
Bowey Homes recognised that it needed strong brand differentiation to make the most of the good years and protect itself when the market toughens. its approach marked it out as the winner of this category, sponsored by NpowerWinner: Bowey HomesDoor handles, towel rails and lighting don鈥檛 often get star billing ...
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Best Land, Planning and Regeneration Strategy
A partnership for regeneration in Huddersfield between Southdale Homes and Kirklees Metropolitan Council scooped the prize in this category, sponsored by English Partnerships. ...
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Best Options and Choices Initiative
The judges were impressed by the level of choice being offering to residents, naming Higgins Construction winner of the affordable sector trophy, while Laing Homes was awarded the private sector prize. Sponsor of this category is Housing Today ...
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Best New Homes Agent
Three big names battled it out for this award, sponsored by Property week, and DTZ Residential emerged as the winner by a narrow margin ...
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Best Customer Satisfaction Improvement strategy
Private and affordable housing providers have different customer bases, so there are two trophies in this Finnforest UK-sponsored category. Willmott Dixon takes the affordable housing award, and Miller Homes wins the prize for private housing ...
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Best Training/People Development Award
This award, sponsored by NHBC, goes to Countryside Properties, a company that really is investing in people and helping them to realise their potential ...
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Private Sector Housebuilder of the Year
This supreme award, sponsored by Trus Joist, was hotly debated by the judging panel, but Countryside Properties emerged as the winning name ...
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Affordable Housing Provider of the Year
One name has been highlighted again and again throughout the finalists鈥� roll call, so it comes as no surprise that Willmott Dixon has claimed this supreme award, sponsored by ODPM ...
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Channel 4 4homes Award
Homes and Channel 4 4Homes asked the country's top housebuilders to show us the best home they have built over the past year, and let us put it to the test of the general public. over the summer, browsers of Channel 4's 4Homes website have been invited to vote for ...
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FeaturesThreat and response
Gangs of robbers, terrorists, politically motivated saboteurs 鈥� Contractors could be forgiven for thinking that their sites are under siege. But how can they fend off the enemy without blowing all their profit on security?
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FeaturesDreaming of England
A project in Japan made a Spaniard and an Iranian the UK's hottest young architects. But for all their international pedigree, what husband-and-wife team Foreign Office really want is to design the London Olympic Games.
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Bovis does the double to top August leagues
Five wins worth 拢158m take company to top of monthly table and extend its lead over the year.
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Work the room
Are you a wallflower at corporate bashes? Frances Kay, founder of business introductions agency Acumentoo, explains how to network effectively
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FeaturesMr Blobby strikes again.
Will Alsop is back 鈥� and this time he's fitted his trademark giant pods on legs into the classical Victoria House in London. The planners bought it but will the tenants?
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Come and get me, copper
Any British architect with an ounce of street cred wouldn't dream of cladding their building in anything else 鈥� not without getting their collar felt by the style police 鈥�