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Construction is often seen as one of the most dangerous industries to work in. But official figures from the Health and Safety Executive show that people working in food and drink manufacturing are more than one and a half times (1.6) more likely to be injured at work than construction workers.

"Construction has a reputation for being very dangerous," said Brian Wallace, head of Aviva Risk Management Solutions (ARMS).

The recession and economic downturn is placing increasing pressure on the learning and development activities of housing organisations in England.

Research commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) indicated that the training activity of 52% of housing organisations, who took part in the survey, had already been affected by the recession. Nearly 70% of housing organisations questioned expected the recession to have an impact on their training activity in 2010.

Fully Furnished, the UK's leading furniture solutions provider to the property industry have, at the end of January, reported an increase in overall business of 23% year on year.

Alec Watt, Managing Director explains that it is a combination of seeing strong demand in all business areas across the group that has helped achieve this and also due to agents and the public now adapting to ever changing markets.

Conservative leader David Cameron has unveiled plans to reform England's planning system, which he described as "one of the biggest shifts in power for decades".

The Tories' "Open Source Planning", green paper, outlines proposals to use what they describe as "open source democracy" and neighbourhood involvement to encourage sustainable development.