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Government Support for Self Build Homes

Posted by Administrator on 14 May 2012

Last month saw the launch of the Government backed ‘Self Build Portal’ website. It forms part of the Government’s Housing Strategy to encourage people to build their own homes with an aim to double the number of self-build homes built in the UK. The UK currently lags far behind many European countries for the number [...]

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Keeping your Tenants

Posted by Administrator on 25 April 2012

There has never been a more important time for being more proactive about keeping your rural business centre tenants sweet. We see too many landlords burying their heads in the sand and taking the view that no news is good news. The prospect of loss of rent and empty building rates could be just around [...]

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Rural Solutions Commissioned for Live/Work Development

Posted by Administrator on 20 February 2012

Rural Solutions has recently been commissioned to submit a planning application for the conversion of a barn in North Yorkshire to a live/work unit providing living accommodation and employment space.   This follows the recent receipt of consent for a live/work unit in a Wiltshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (see blog entry November 2nd [...]

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Rockhopper CEO chooses Rural Offices

Posted by Administrator on 24 August 2011

Sam Moody, CEO of oil exploration company Rockhopper, interviewed in the Sunday Times Business section, has extolled the virtues of rural offices by choosing to place the headquarters of his Company in the Wiltshire countryside. With a current value of £565m and rising all the time, you would expect a high rise, glass block in [...]

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