The Government has announced a £925 million initiative that could allow work to recommence on 270 stalled development projects across England.According to Housing Minister, John Healey, the scheme could get building work on 22,400 homes back on track and create 20,000 jobs.Every region already has projects shortlisted under the Kickstart programme, which forms part of [...]

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Now this seems like a good idea to me, by keeping building and construction jobs going and then also the knock on effect of the service industries to the building sector, surely that will go a long way in boosting economies. The companies have to prove that they can start building within a couple of months of receiving the grants, but there must be a lot of eligible construction companies out there that will benefit from this.