Gas Safety Week will be taking place 11-17 September 2023. Celebrating its thirteenth year, this pan-industry event sees everyone coming together for one common goal — keeping the nation gas safe. Please visit the Gas Safety Week 2023 website for more information on staying safe. Gas Safety Week 2023 – Ten top Tips to Stay […]
High-rise building registration: Four weeks left to register your high-rise residential buildings. Date issued: 31 August 2023 The Building Safety Act 2022 identifies new responsibilities for people and organisations who are responsible for the safety of high-rise residential buildings in England. These responsibilities include registering high-rise residential buildings with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR). Register […]
This issue includes a special Enfranchisement & Right to Manage Award (ERMAS) winners feature and includes some of the following articles. Landlords to spend big to meet EPC requirements How do we attract the next generation? Challenges of complying with the new safety act Your duties as a new freeholder Enriching lives on our doorstep […]
18th August 2023 On behalf of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, we wanted to let you know that the following Regulations under the Building Safety Act 2022 have been published online: The regulations deliver the recommendations of Dame Judith Hackitt in her report Building A Safer Future and cover the technical detail underpinning the […]
We are pleased to present Flat Living Magazine: August Edition In this month’s issue, our contributors have centred their features around the topic of Buying Your Freehold. They have covered everything from freeholder duties, to freehold enfranchisement. Make sure you check out page 6 for additional insights from FRC about the cladding safety scheme […]
7th August 2023 The second in a series of bi-monthly updates on the Home Office’s fire safety reform programme is now available to download for members. These changes in October will affect many of our RMC members in particular those that self-manage. If you have any comments or would like to know more then please […]
Cyhoeddi Canllawiau Diogelwch rhag Tân ar gyfer Adeiladau Bach / Fire Safety Guidance for Small Premises Published 1st August 2023 Dear Stakeholder, The Welsh Government has published the following new fire safety guidance. This guidance is for anyone responsible for fire safety in a small building. It will help them to meet their legal duties: […]
27th July 2023 The following was received today from the Directorate in Safer & Greener Buildings, Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities : Hi, Today we have published the Code of Practice for the Remediation of Residential Buildings. I would like to thank you for your continued time and effort to help support the […]
20th July 2023 A summary of the responses received to the consultation on commencement of section 156 of the UK Building Safety Act 2022 in Wales, has now been published. This can be accessed at the following link: Commencement of section 156 of the UK Building Safety Act 2022 in Wales | GOV.WALES In Welsh […]
Chairman Bob Smytherman received the following update on the recent IFF research on commonhold …. July 20th 2023 IFF research on commonhold published Dear members of the Commonhold Council I wanted to draw your attention to the IFF research report we commissioned into ‘Living in and looking after shared buildings: the perspective of leaseholders and […]
