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Park strife

July 1, 2003

Housebuilder’s legal team from Campbell Hooper - Heather O’Sullivan, Sara Hampson, Stuart Jordan and Bill Bidder - discuss overage payment calculations, time extensions on contracts, and Environmental Impact Assessments.

[MMC-IMG=99-A=Right] HOT SEAT

July 1, 2003

Lynne Whiteman, group sales and marketing director at Antler Homes, is the former Concorde air stewardess who went on to became a high flyer in housebuilding

Urban revival

July 1, 2003

Tom Bloxham was into urban regeneration well before it was fashionable, sparking the Manchester revival. The co-founder of Urban Splash tells Allison Heller what the award-winning company is all about.

[MMC-IMG=98-A=Right]Northern star

July 1, 2003

Revitalising our northern cities may hold the key to easing the housing crisis, and the regeneration of Manchester is a model of success. Allison Heller learns the secret of its booming renewal programme since the 1996 city centre bomb

Diary dates

July 1, 2003

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[MMC-IMG=114-A=Right] The WALRUS

July 1, 2003

Is Wayne Hemingway the industry’s messiah, or just a very naughty boy. Just ask Mrs Walrus

Duelling designs

July 1, 2003

Ben Roskrow visits a joint Linden/Laing scheme which is the scene of contrasting new home designs. But this contrast has prompted a growing debate between the two firms on what type of developments the home buyers of Surrey favour

Design darlings

July 1, 2003

It was a year of successes for private sector housebuilders at the fifth annual Housing Design Awards. Stephen Mullin reports on the completed schemes and projects that won accolades for their design excellence

Housing sticks its oar in euro

July 1, 2003

Will Howie looks at the housing issues influencing the euro debate and suggests that the much maligned “predict and provide” may have been the best way forward all along

appointments

July 1, 2003

[MMC-IMG=90-A=Right] <b>persimmon (thames valley)</b> Persimmon Homes (Thames Valley) has two new recruits with the appointment of Andrew Hammond as md (right) and Phil Lloyd as construction director. Hammond has previously worked in the company’s Wessex