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Insights – Is Planning Permission Required for a Temporary Commercial Building in the UK?

Insights – Is Planning Permission Required for a...

Is Planning Permission Required for a Temporary Commercial Building in the UK?
The need for more space can be extremely pressing when starting a business or expanding an existing one. To meet this demand, you might consider constructing a temporary commercial building. However, you need to ask a crucial question before jumping into it: Does the UK require planning permission for a temporary commercial building?


What is Planning Permission?
In simple terms, planning permission is…

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Secure your school’s future with Hoardfast: Keeping students safe amidst RAAC risks

Secure your school’s future with Hoardfast: Keeping...

Westgate Global’s Hoardfast is the innovative answer to the urgent problem of school closures due to RAAC risks. Our partitioning solution is designed to transform underutilised spaces, such as halls and gymnasiums, into functional and safe…

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Insights – Meeting the growing demand for additional storage space in ports

Insights – Meeting the growing demand for additional...

  In today’s globalised world, ports play a crucial role in facilitating international trade and commerce. With the steady growth of global shipping and the ever-increasing volume of goods being transported, ports are facing a pressing…

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Insights – Manage rising energy costs by optimising your industrial space

Insights – Manage rising energy costs by optimising...

  Businesses across the UK are facing big increases in the price of energy. With prices hitting record highs recently, the rising cost of fuel is at the top of the list of the most worrying outcomes of the current crisis for business leaders….

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Insights – Enhancing workplace safety and efficiency: The importance of airlock systems and airlock doors in factories and warehouses

Insights – Enhancing workplace safety and efficiency:...

  In today’s rapidly evolving industrial landscape, workplace safety and operational efficiency are paramount concerns for factory and warehouse owners. As businesses strive to maintain high productivity levels while safeguarding their…

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Insights – Hoardfast as a cheaper alternative for site rooms as price of plasterboard soars

Insights – Hoardfast as a cheaper alternative for...

  Due to soaring demand and raw material price rises, the cost of plasterboard has risen more than 15% this year. And that’s on top of an almost 100% rise in costs throughout 2022.   Major plasterboard manufacturers have already…

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Insights – Are we running out of warehouse space?

Insights – Are we running out of warehouse space?

Just last year, experts warned that the UK would run out of warehouse space within 12 months and right on time, it seems to have come to fruition. Earlier this year, research showed that the shortage of available warehouse space is hitting…

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Insights – Guidelines for allergens in food production

Insights – Guidelines for allergens in food production

In factories where production of both allergen-containing foods and non-allergen containing foods are within the same facility, there are a few ways to minimise the risk of cross-contamination via methods of separation.

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Insights – Common problems faced by contractors working on city centre fit outs

Insights – Common problems faced by contractors...

Contractors need to ensure that there is no health risk posed due to the emission of dust from their construction site to the immediate surrounding environment.

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Insights – The easy way to enclose a mezzanine floor

Insights – The easy way to enclose a mezzanine floor

Mezzanine floors are commonplace in many industrial and commercial environments. They deliver more space without extending or moving to bigger premises and can allow for segregation of different areas where necessary. Whether they are fixed or…

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