Two In One Week!
Posted on Tuesday 30 December 2008
Following on from our notification of partnering success with Network (see below), a great week ended with receipt of notification from Notting Hill Housing Trust of our success at being selected as a Partner on their Contractors Framework Agreement. This is our fourth partnership with Notting Hill with whom we have enjoyed a very strong working relationship for some 15 years. We very much look forward to continuing this pursuant to the new partnership.
Another Strategic Partnership Secured
Posted on Tuesday 2 December 2008
We are extremely pleased to report that Network Housing Group have selected us for their Framework Agreement (2008 - 2012). Network are a new client who we very much look forward to working with throughout its areas of operation in London, Hertfordshire and beyond.
Site Tour for Students at Ealing Road, Alperton
Posted on Monday 1 December 2008
Following the recent completion of works on a new-build 37 unit scheme built at Ealing Road, Alperton for ASRA Greater London Housing Association, it was a pleasure to support an excellent community initiative. Students from Alperton Community School in Wembley were given a guided site tour, followed by a question and answer session on how buildings are constructed and why new homes can help regenerate local communities.
This is the first development we have undertaken with ASRA which was completed three months ahead of programme. We are scheduled to handover our second ASRA scheme in the New Year at Long Walk, Plumbstead.
Donation to Mulberry Primary School Adjacent to Reform Row, Haringey
Posted on Wednesday 1 October 2008
It was a pleasure to donate a cheque for £500 to The Mulberry Primary School which is adjacent to our site at Reform Row, Haringey . Buglers have worked closely with the school throughout the build programme and the pupils were given the opportunity to choose the name of the new building. The winning name of 'Silver Court' came from Paula Stuomaite who remembered that the previous industrial complex on the site was called Silver Industrial Estate.
From left to right: Bill Noon (Bugler Developments), Tony Jobson (Bugler Developments), Paula Stuomaite (Winning Student), Alan Jenner (Headteacher)
NHBC Safety Re-Accreditation
Posted on Monday 1 September 2008
We have once again achieved a 'Very Good' rating following an audit by the NHBC Health & Safety Services, which re-confirms our commitment to Health & Safety on all our sites and also at our Head Office.
Sponsorship of Day Out For Nursery
Posted on Friday 1 August 2008
We are pleased to have sponsored a day out at the seaside on Wednesday 13th August for the children at the Rebecca Cheetham Nursery, which is situated next to our site at Church Street, Newham.
Sponsorship of Cassiobury Rangers Under 6's and Under 8's Teams
Posted on Sunday 1 June 2008
We are delighted to announce that Bugler Homes have sponsored the Cassiobury Rangers under 6 & under 8's teams for the 2nd year running.
Formal Opening of Vincam Close, Whitton
Posted on Sunday 1 June 2008
The formal opening of Vincam Close, Whitton took place on Monday 16th June. This project of 35 new homes was completed for Notting Hill Housing Group in March 2008.
The opening included a tree planting ceremony which was attended by John Hughes, Group Development Director of Notting Hill Housing Group, Councillor Denise Carr of the London Borough of Richmond and Tom Bugler, Chairman of The Bugler Group.
Emmaus Project, Oxford
Posted on Saturday 1 March 2008
We are proud to announce the commencement of work at our project at Emmaus, Oxford for Dominion Housing Group.
At the opening ceremony on 25th March (featured on the BBC One South Region news) Terry Waite CBE, former Beirut hostage and Emmaus's UK president, dug the first foundations for the Hostel which will give homeless people in Oxford somewhere to live and work. Commenting on the project, Mr Waite stated: "I have learned over the years how very easy it is for anyone to slip down and fall out of mainstream society". He added: "What Emmaus provides is a structure that enables people to get back into life."
The Oxford Centre is set to take a year to build and is likely to welcome its first former homeless people in autumn next year.
Review Success with Investors In People
Posted on Saturday 1 March 2008
Following an assessment and interviews which took place in March 2008, we are delighted to say that we have achieved success with our Investors In People review. Many thanks to all those employees who took part in the interviews, as their honest feedback enabled us to achieve the award.
First Wessex Housing Group
Posted on Friday 1 February 2008
We are very pleased to announce that we have been selected to join the First Wessex Group Contractors Framework. This is a new working partnership and we very much look forward to working with First Wessex in the years to come.
Mysterious Medieval Finds at Church Street, West Ham
Posted on Tuesday 1 January 2008
On-going archaeological investigations at our Church Street site have attracted interest from English Heritage and local nursery school children alike.
Our project for One Housing Group was identified at the planning stage as being in an area of potential archaeological importance in the centre of medieval West Ham. Subsequently we have been host to L-P Archaeology who are carrying out an extensive excavation across the whole of the site.
When works are complete the site will become a 54 unit mixed tenure scheme with a basement car park.
Although we have had to put our works on hold for the duration of the dig, we have used this time to help cement a good relationship with our neighbour, The Rebecca Cheetham Nursery.
Several visits to site have been made by the children who range from 2 to 5 years of age. Although the children seem to have enjoyed the experience of wearing hard hats and Hi-Vis vests, they were more interested in the plant and machinery on the site, than the archaeology beneath it.
Several finds have been unearthed during the dig. Fragments of decorated tile dating from medieval times were identified, along with a piece of pottery which according to the archaeologists is “fairly unique and a bit of a mystery”. This pottery was recovered along with other medieval material and could date from as early as the 12th Century.