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CONSTRUCTION of the first new council houses in Minehead for a generation can be ramped up after amended plans were approved by councillors, writes…

CONSTRUCTION work on the first council homes in West Somerset for more than 30 years is due to start at Seaward Way, Minehead.

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Planning consent has already been approved for the 54 homes in Seaward Way, Minehead. Somerset West and Taunton Council has appointed Classic Builders to build the development. Work is underway on the design and low carbon measures. Construction workers are expected to move onto the site in late summer this year following a "lead-in period". An SWT report to councillors says: "With some phases ready from early 2023, it is anticipated that the build will take just under two years to co...

Amazon doubles NZ staff, moves into larger digs 11 May, 2021 05:45 AM 6 minutes to read Managing director Nick Walton opens Amazon Web Services Commercial Bay office in downtown Auckland and reveals whats ahead for clients now they can meet face-to-face. Video / NZ Herald Managing director Nick Walton opens Amazon Web Services Commercial Bay office in downtown Auckland and reveals whats ahead for clients now they can meet face-to-face. Video / NZ Herald Amazon Web Services has hired 50 local st...

New homes built for community’s vulnerable The new houses on Tuka Grove. Supplied photos. ); } else { // } As demand for rental properties in our region soars, our community’s most vulnerable are getting left behind. Low-income earners, older people, and those living with a disability or mental illness are struggling to find suitable housing, whether due to sheer unaffordability or lack of accessible properties available. Local charity Tauranga Community Housing...

Business digest: First Mortgage Trust CEO Tony Kinzett to retire 4 Apr, 2021 07:33 PM 11 minutes to read Got business news? Email businessBOP@nzme.co.nz Photo / Getty Images Bay of Plenty Times Michael Smith, chairman of First Mortgage Managers, the owner of First Mortgage Trust, has announced the pending retirement of CEO, Tony Kinzett, after 15 years at the helm of the organisation. Smith said Kinzett had led the business through significant change and growth in the last 15...

A rental agent sees people desperate to find a home coming to his office in tears and a property developer predicts Tauranga will run out of land to build houses on in the next two years.

A DEVELOPMENT of new council homes has been completed behind schedule due to a number of delays. The scheme in Laxton Road, Taunton, includes eight one-bed flats in two three-storey blocks built on the site of disused garages. Building, which started in November 2019, was due for completion last autumn but was delayed by "a number of challenges", including the discovery of a service pipe and the Covid pandemic. Work was halted for six weeks following the onset of the coronavirus and con...