Brooke House could be sold as commuter flats says Basildon Deputy Leader

Brooke House could be sold as commuter flats states Basildon Deputy Leader 7:30am Wednesday 7th November 2012 in Echo News By Luke Lambert THE man in charge of housing at Basildon Council has called for radical changes to Brooke House, claiming the flats could be sold off to London commuters in the future.

Builder confidence continues to rise

Related Content Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose for a fifth consecutive month in September to a level of 40 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released today. The three-point rise brought the index to its highest point since June 2006.

Housing in Stockton: Views on future homes sought by council

1 July 2012 Last updated at 06:46 ET A Teesside council wants help in drawing up a masterplan to meet the housing needs of its 82,500 residents. Stockton Council has already demolished hundreds of homes in the borough to make way for new properties.

Junior Firefighters Train to Be Future Life Savers

A pair of volunteer fire departments in Columbiana County are training tomorrow’s fire fighters this day through the Junior Firefighter Program. Click here to read the full story. Add your perspective to any issue by leaving comments on the site.

Future Building gives students hands-on construction experience

March 28, 2012 GREG MECKBACH Digital media editor Carolyn Butterworth heard that the construction industry is going to need 160,000 new workers. So the Grade 8 teacher at Whitchurch Highlands Public School north of Toronto took her students to Future Building, a job fair organized by the Ontario Construction Secretariat in Toronto. Butterworth made her comments Wednesday in an interview with DCN at Future Building at the Better Living Centre on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds.

'Technology first' for future homes

Suzi Perry was joined by designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen at the Ideal Home Show, at Earl’s Court, London Homes in the future will function like playing a computer game, according to gadget queen Suzi Perry.

NGO to campaign against use of toy gun by children

Imphal: An NGO will soon launch a campaign against the use of toy guns by small kids in interior Bishenpur district of Manipur as such toys may prompt the tiny ones to do ‘unwanted things’ in future life. Spokesman of the Association for Rural Development and Women Empowerment’ (ARDWE) Marjit Singh told the media the association was trying to contact different NGOs including All Manipur Kanba Ima Lup (Mothers association to save Manipur) to support the campaign in the insurgency-hit region. He stated during the campaign efforts ...

Microsoft Office Spotted Running on iPad

In what can only be described as a case of hell freezing over and pigs flying, Microsoft’s premier document editing suite has been spotted running on Apple’s portable future computer, the iPad. The photos, leaked by the Apple and News Inc. crossbreed digital newspaper The Daily, the pics don’t show much more than a Microsoft Office logo on an iPad.

Quebec's BTB Real Estate Investment Trust nets $16.2 million from public offering

February 17, 2012 Quebec’s BTB Real Estate Investment Trust nets $16.2 million from public offering MONTREAL, QUEBEC BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (TSXV: BTB.UN) of Montreal announced Thursday it has raised net proceeds of $16.2 million in a public offering of units, which will be used in part for future building acquisitions.

Future Homes for Facebook's Filthy Rich

Earlier this week, Facebook filed paper work for the most anticipated initial public offering since Google in 2004. Estimated to raise as much as $10 billion and value the company at up to $100 billion, about a 1,000 or so privileged Facebook employees are expected to hit the jackpot this summer. With a few Facebook employees valued anywhere from $700 million to $17.5 billion, it’s safe to state that these soon-to-be newly minted millionaires and billionaires will probably have more ...