October 2023

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SNICKERS WORKWEAR’S NEW HYBRID JACKET

The new Hybrid multi-purpose work jacket is a street-smart, highly versatile garment. Great on site or for leisurewear, it’s made of flexible, wicking jersey fabric with Repreve® [1] fabric insulation in the shoulder and upper body area.

The Hybrid provides great freedom of movement and elasticated comfort for all types of work and warmth or ventilation when you need it.

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NEORULER, A SMART RULER IS ABOUT TO CHANGE HOW WE MEASURE

NeoRuler is a smart ruler that can be customized for every need of desktop measurements.

HOZO Design announced the prelaunch of its new product called NeoRuler. The product will  be officially launched on Kickstarter on Feb 28th, 2023. It is a smart ruler that satisfies all of the desktop measuring needs with infinite customizable scales, units, and 0.1mm resolution.  It will potentially replace all rulers, scale rulers, and many other desktop measuring tools.  Specifically designed to simplify takeoffs from design, architectural and engineering  drawings. It works on both the Imperial and Metric systems and can be connected with a  dedicated app to transfer and save measured data. 

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HOUSEBUILDER CONFIDENCE HIGH ON DELIVERING SOCIAL VALUE, BUT “HARD YARDS” TO COME FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING, CONCLUDES ESG ROUNDTABLE

Housebuilders, banks and investors who gathered to discuss the findings in a new report ESG: Investing in the built environment agreed that capital availability for developments is soon likely to be increasingly linked to ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) performance. However, housebuilders felt more confident in their efforts to demonstrate performance against social KPIs (the “S” in ESG) than the report claimed.

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NEW RESEARCH OUTLINES THE HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPERSTO IMPROVE ‘LACKING’ PUBLIC EV CHARGING FACILITIES

The report from SMS looks at the current experience of public EV charging and how UK landlords and developers can contribute to making it ‘fit for the future.’

The lack of availability and accessibility of current EV charge points, coupled with damaged infrastructure, incompatibility and inadequate payment options is causing frustration amongst UK EV drivers. As a result, over two-thirds (67 percent) of respondents are prepared to pay a premium to reserve a public charging bay to ensure they can power up their vehicles. Just over a quarter (27 percent) are willing to part with up to £10, and 33 percent up to £5. A further 7 percent would even be prepared to go higher at over £10, all to avoid ‘charge anxiety’.

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