BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ Teaching Building Officially Opened

The new BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ South Lanarkshire College Low Carbon Teaching Building was officially opened today by Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning. Designed by Austin-Smith:Lord, the building is the first in the UK to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating in the BREEAM 2014 new construction assessment process, and achieved this rating at both design and post-construction stage. It has been deemed to excel in all ten categories under BREEAM (Management, Health + Wellbeing,…

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Housing Innovation award for Oldham’s BGreen

First Choice Homes Oldham and partner’s investment in housing in the centre of Oldham has been recognised in a prestigious win at the Housing Innovation Awards in the Most Innovative Regeneration Scheme category. The main parties to the scheme are Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (OMBC) who own the district heating plant and network, First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) who own the large majority of the 1400 properties attached to the district heating scheme, British Gas…

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MetaValue and EPIC partner to support Councils reshape public services to local needs

Leading change consultancy MetaValue and the UK’s flagship youth services mutual EPIC CIC today announced a partnership to support Councils explore options for and implement innovative models for delivering public services. The partnership builds on MetaValue’s strong track record as leading suppliers on the Cabinet Office’s Mutuals Support Programme (MSP) and Delivering Differently for Young People (DDYP) programme and EPIC’s experience of establishing the country’s first youth service Mutual. The partnership will see the two…

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