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Climate change – why bother?
Climate change, global warming and its effects are front and centre with everyone talking about it. There are two elements to this: Firstly, politics and protest, and secondly, what our planet is actually telling us. The one which worries me and my children the most...
Turn and Face the Strange (Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes)
The housing sector has come in for some pretty heavy criticism and we all know there is a housing crisis. Yorkshire Housing clearly promotes itself as part of the solution to the crisis with our ambitious building programme. As the business is deep into its...
An unexpected benefit of joining a Board
I’m a good Finance Director. I do all the right things – a balance between the strategic but checking on the detail, an interest in all the things we do across the business, looking inwards and outwards, setting targets, frameworks and leading. I hope I get more of...
It’s a Golden Time
Like many in our sector, Yorkshire Housing has ambitious plans to make its contribution towards combating the housing crisis. This should not just be about the number of new homes but the quality and affordability.In addition to the 3,120 new homes we’re building by...
Grenfell – Two years on, learning and rebuilding our confidence
None of us will forget the dreadful events that took place at Grenfell Tower in June 2017 and nor should we. So two years on we have seen Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety. The Review found that the system was not fit for...
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