February 2007 News from the UK

Update: Timber Frame, Construction & Property News

• UKTFA Appoints New Chairman
  

  www.timber-frame.org (February 2nd 2007)

Stewart Dalgarno is also managing director of Stewart Milne Timber Systems for England and Wales. He has been with the Stewart Milne Group for 23 years, beginning his career in design and then working his way up to the position of managing director to lead the growth of the company and its geographical expansion.

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• What a Decade Brought
  

  Timesonline.co.uk (February 16th 2007)

John Prescott launched his plan for better buildings in 1997. Here is the progress report. Small details can scupper even the most ambitious plans, as the builders involved in John Prescott’s Millennium Communities Programme have discovered.

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News: Environment, Climate & Attitudes

• Brown to Prod Shopping Malls on Environment.
  

  Financial Times (FT.com) (February 16th 2007)

Gordon Brown is set to hold talks next week with some of Britain's biggest shopping centre landlords in a bid to get the sector - seen by some as environmentally objectionable - to help in tackling global warming.

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• A Third of Borneo to be Conserved Under New Rainforest Declaration
  

  www.wwf.org.uk (February 12th2007)

An historic declaration to conserve the rainforests of the 'Heart of Borneo' was officially signed today between the three Bornean governments - Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia.

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News: Society, Community & Responsible Business

• Politicians Sign New Climate Pact
  

  BBC News (16th February 2007)

Leading international politicians have reached a new agreement on tackling climate change, at a Washington summit.

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• World Climate Change Gigs Planned
  

  BBC News (16th February 2007)

More than 100 of the world's top musicians will perform at a series of worldwide concerts this summer to highlight the threat of global warming.

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News: Finance & Economy

• House Price Rises Slowed Last Month
  

  Timesonline.co.uk (February 15th 2007)

House prices rose last month at their slowest pace since June, indicating that demand for properties has cooled in response to higher borrowing costs, a study finds today.

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• Keep My Mortgage on Track
  

  Timesonline.co.uk (February 10th 2007)

Lizzi Seear is one of the growing legion of home-owners who has opted to reduce her monthly mortgage outgoings by repaying interest only.

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