The target to build three million homes by 2020 is looking ambitious and the National Housing Federation believes it cannot be achieved before 2029. In a move to speed up the rate of building, it is now proposed that the barriers that deter councils from building new houses should be removed.

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More than 800,000 children and young people in England are currently not online at home and they form a substantial part of the “digital divide”. Pilot schemes are set to launch next month to explore how the digital divide for young people can be closed.

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By Robert L. Cross and Robert J. Thomas.

Driving Results Through Social Networks shows executives and managers how to obtain substantial performance and innovation impact by better leveraging these traditionally invisible assets. For the past decade, Rob Cross and Robert J. Thomas have worked closely with executives from over a hundred top-level companies and government agencies. In this groundbreaking book, they describe in-depth how these leaders are using network thinking to increase revenues, lower costs, and accelerate innovation.

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