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Archive for July, 2010

PPS Bulletin: Defra announces terms of waste review

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Since Caroline Spelman announced Defra’s plans for a review of all waste policy the industry has been discussing the pros and cons of such a potential overhaul of strategy. Whilst some have welcomed the plans, believing it is necessary to meet the new challenges facing the industry, many have expressed concern that it will cause [...]

PPS Bulletin: Free Schools, Free Planning?

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

The Prologue:
So many to choose from but I went for this from President Truman:  “If you can’t convince them, confuse them.”
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For all those of you who remember that once so prolific programme called Building Schools for the Future, we now have a new ‘free schools’ building programme, or maybe a new an acronym, SOBY (Sod Off [...]

PPS sponsors Bell and Scott Property Conference

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

PPS is excited to be sponsoring the 2010 Bell and Scott Property Conference on 1st September. The conference is a regular feature of the property industry calendar and this year’s conference focuses on regeneration. Speakers this year include:

Andrew Smith, Chief Economist, KPMG.  Andrew opens the conference with an economic outlook.
Anthony Glossop, Chairman of St Modwen. [...]

Donald Anderson speaking at major Scottish Conference on Waste

Friday, July 16th, 2010

I am delighted to accept an invitation to speak at a major Scottish Conference on tackling the challenge of delivering sustainable solutions in delivering waste infrastructure in Scotland. The Mackay Hannah Conference will be held on the 7th September at the King James Thistle Hotel in Edinburgh. The conference programme can be downloaded here. The [...]