Recovery position: the health minister who aims to inject a dose of quality into hospital design
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John Horam was promoted to parliamentary secretary for health in November 1995. He has responsibility for the NHS estates and is concerned about raising the quality of architecture and design in the National Health Service. He wants to see the vision in the guideline document Better by Design implemented, and he feels that hospitals present a great challenge to provide a balance between the high-tech and the human element.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1996
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All the fun of the fare
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A new type of shop is emerging designed to make shopping fun and entertainment complexes are marketing themselves as department stores with well-know leisure brands. Design teams will need old skills as well as new multidiscplinary and multimedia skills. Arena One, which has recently opened in Bristol, is described as a department store of leisure covering brands such as Sega, Superbowl and KFC.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1995
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Abroad-minded: former Butterley MD promotes UK business overseas
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Michael Rose, formerly the managing director of Butterley Brick, and currently chairman of the Building Centre Group, is head of the Department of the Environment's Exports Advisory Committee. The new organisation's remit is to coordinate the activities of trade associations and government departments to promote British trade abroad.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1996
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