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Research Seeks Feedback on Heritage Skills
|Date: 23 January, 2024

Research Seeks Feedback on Heritage Skills
Picture Credit: ©Historic England Picture Caption: Woodcarving practice at Hopwood Hall College for the H ...
Picture Credit: ©Historic England Picture Caption: Woodcarving practice at Hopwood Hall College for the Heritage Building Skills Programme 2023 Summer School. Historic England is undertaking researc ...
23 January, 2024
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Sceptical Brits finally warming to the idea of hydrogen boilers
|Date: 27 September, 2021

Sceptical Brits finally warming to the idea of hydrogen boilers
New research released during Gas Safety Week finds that over half of Brits are open to owning a hydrogen ...
New research released during Gas Safety Week finds that over half of Brits are open to owning a hydrogen boiler – but despite 90% knowing they are more sustainable than existing natural gas units, mos ...
27 September, 2021
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96% of questioned tradespeople say they have been called in to fix botched jobs or DIY disasters
|Date: 13 August, 2021

96% of questioned tradespeople say they have been called in to fix botched jobs or DIY disasters
Our 'DI-WHY?' feature has been a huge success since it launched, with floods of pictures and videos sent ...
Our 'DI-WHY?' feature has been a huge success since it launched, with floods of pictures and videos sent in by our readers every month. We have been shown all sorts of DIY disasters that tradespeople ...
13 August, 2021
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Industry innovation: UK construction companies increase R&D spend by £70 million
|Date: 8 July, 2021

Industry innovation: UK construction companies increase R&D spend by £70 million
Construction firms spent £1.36 billion on research and development in the first part of 2018/19 - more th ...
Construction firms spent £1.36 billion on research and development in the first part of 2018/19 - more than in the whole of 2017/18 The average construction R&D claim is now worth over £70,000 Lon ...
8 July, 2021
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