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		<title>PPS Scotland named &#8216;Best Supporting Company&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PPS Scotland has been named ‘Best Supporting Company’ at the Homes for Scotland Awards 2013. The glittering awards ceremony, held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Friday 17th May, saw over 800 industry professional’s and dignitaries attend, with PPS Scotland proudly walking away with one of the highly coveted awards.

Upon receiving the award, Donald [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/1547/</link>
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		<title>PPS help launch Jansons SoCo development</title>
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PPS was delighted to organise the launch for one of Scotland’s largest City Centre regeneration projects this week on behalf of Jansons Property. The event attracted a large turnout from the Scottish Property sector, with agents , developers and the community all well represented. The event provided a ‘Topping Out’ launch for the proposals for a 257 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/pps-help-launch-jansons-soco-development/</link>
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		<title>Local Elections 2013: How has the political landscape changed?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the dust has settled following last week’s County Council elections, how has the political landscape changed?
Broadly speaking the 35 Councils contested last week, tended to be rural or southern – traditionally Conservative areas. Prior to the election, the Conservative Party controlled 28 County Councils and has subsequently lost control of 10. Eight of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/05/local-elections-2013-how-has-the-political-landscape-changed/</link>
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		<title>PPS secure planning consent in Kensington &amp; Chelsea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PPS helped secure a planning committee consent in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea last night.  The re-development by Martin’s Properties will create a new restaurant and residential units on the King’s Road in Chelsea.
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		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/04/pps-secure-planning-consent-in-kensington-chelsea/</link>
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		<title>NSIP planning &#8211; where does the politics come in?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of DECC Minister Greg Barker’s decision to reject Halite Energy’s application for an underground gas storage facility in Lancashire, PPS asks what is the role of politics in the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) decision making process?
‘Democratic accountability’
Set up in 2009, the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) was hailed as a fast-track regime [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/04/nsip-planning-where-does-the-politics-come-in/</link>
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		<title>UIP appoints PPS to handle PR for Portugal resort</title>
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United Investments Portugal has appointed PPS Group to handle its PR for Pine Cliffs Resort, Portugal. PPS Group will promote the destination, lifestyle, a Starwood Hotel and real estate PR for the developer, marking the continuing expansion of the property PR team into global public relations.

Andy Martin, Director and Head of PPS London commented:
“We are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/04/uip-appoints-pps-to-handle-pr-for-portugal-resort/</link>
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		<title>CACI Ltd appoints PPS Group as PR agency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PPS Group has been appointed by consumer behaviour specialists CACI Ltd following a competitive pitch to handle PR and increase CACI’s voice across the multiple markets they operate within.
Sarah Berresford, Head of Marketing at CACI said: “We were struck by PPS’s enthusiasm, creativity and drive – their ideas are spot on and I really believe they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/04/caci-ltd-appoints-pps-group-as-pr-agency/</link>
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		<title>Budget 2013: Doom, gloom and the &#8216;i&#8217; word</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hot on the heels of yesterday’s planning permission for Hinkley Point C in Somerset, the i word (infrastructure) was in the spotlight once again as the Chancellor George Osborne announced his Budget for the coming financial year.
As widely mooted in the national press in recent days, the Chancellor committed to boost capital investment spending by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/03/budget-2013-doom-gloom-and-the-i-word/</link>
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		<title>Budget measures to back shale gas development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chancellor’s Budget Red Book sets out welcome measures to promote the exploration of shale gas, building on what George Osborne announced in his autumn statement.
In his budget statement, Osborne told the House of Commons “Shale gas is part of the future.  And we will make it happen.”
The following is the relevant extract from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/03/budget-measures-to-back-shale-gas-development/</link>
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		<title>Planning Success for Hinkley Point C</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After much anticipation and speculation, today the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Davey, granted a development consent order (DCO) for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset.
EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C proposals for a 3,260 MW power station is the largest Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) to have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2013/03/planning-success-for-hinkley-point-c/</link>
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