<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Construction News Portal</title><link>http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/</link><description>Latest construction news</description><language>en</language><generator>Construction News Portal</generator><copyright>Construction News Portal</copyright><item><title>Larkfleet Homes commits to building energy efficient homes across East of England</title><link>http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/construction_article7205.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:48:19 GMT</pubDate><description>Larkfleet Homes claims that its houses are the most energy-efficient being built in the Peterborough and South Lincolnshire area. They say the design of Larkfleet's properties allows householders to save six hundred pounds a year in energy bills   and with projected increasing energy costs in future, Larkfleet Homes' properties will continue to save householders money for years to come.

Larkfle </description></item><item><title>Larkfleet Homes secures government funding to build affordable properties in Bourne</title><link>http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/construction_article7036.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:28 GMT</pubDate><description>Larkfleet Homes has secured the government funding to build 47 affordable properties at Manning Road in Bourne. Work has now started at a stalled housing scheme in Bourne thanks to the funding allocated by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) to get construction sites back on track.

The development has received a total of  GBP2.8 million support   comprising  GBP718,000 social housing grant and a  GBP </description></item><item><title>Nottingham Community Housing Association and Larkfleet Homes develop affordable housing in Colsterworth</title><link>http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/construction_article6999.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 1 Mar 2010 11:16:15 GMT</pubDate><description>With more than 315,000 households currently registered on rural housing waiting lists, the availability of affordable housing in the countryside is a considerable issue for many local people.

Larkfleet Homes has handed over fifteen affordable homes in Colsterworth to Nottingham Community Housing Association. The new development, located at Apple Tree Close, in Colsterworth near Grantham, was of </description></item><item><title>Larkfleet Homes starts work on 84 Kickstart funded properties</title><link>http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/construction_article6970.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:31:23 GMT</pubDate><description>Larkfleet Homes has secured government funding which will help to finance the building of 84 properties in Eye, near Peterborough. Work has begun on site and is due to be completed by the end of March 2011.

The development has received a  GBP680,000 grant and a  GBP2.8 million loan from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) as part of a government initiative, Kickstart.

The 84 properties, which w </description></item></channel></rss>