Adrian Toon , immediate past president

ted via Twitter using the hashtag # FITInstallation including a short description of the for the Council for Aluminium in Building ( CAB ), is the competition ’ s judge installation and product used . and will on a monthly basis examine Nickie West , events director for the FIT all entries . He will consider which he Show , said : “ We ’ ll feature each entry in a feels are the best before the public gallery on our website and then once Adrian has chosen our monthly winner we ’ ll decides on an overall winner chosen from the monthly shortlist . announce them via social media and send

Earning themselves a 2017 trophy , the them their prize , a FIT Show goodie bag winner will be announced at the FIT Show ’ s and two gala dinner tickets .” gala dinner on 24th May . the façade industry across Europe . In 2004 Active in the construction industry since he set up a2n , his own façade consultancy 1980 , Adrian Toon is also the immediate firm , which offers media and marketing services such as architectural photography . 25th May 2017 . To book a stand , please

The FIT Show takes place from 23rdpast president of the Federation of European Window and Curtain Walling Manufacturers ’ Associations ( FAECF ), which represents the Year Twitter competition can be submit-

62345 , or email : freya @ fitshow . co .

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For most Britons , their home is their safe place . It ’ s a place to come back to after a day at work , to raise a family in and to relax in .

BUT HOW SAFE IS IT , REALLY ?

The number of burglaries in the UK are falling .

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April 2015 and March 2016 - giving a burglary rate at 7 offences per 1,000 people

burglaries per day

This means there were an estimated :

Even with decreased numbers , there ’ s still more than one burglary every minute .

In 2000 , a Home Office study concluded

that the average burglary costs £ 2,300 PER INCIDENT .

Adjusted for inflation , that figure is now £ 3,600 .

That ’ s not even counting the rise in commonly stolen electronic devices such as smartphones , which cost an average of £ 180 EACH ,, and laptops , which cost £ 692 EACH on average . per hour

How much will that cost you ?

from just 20 years ago ( Jan-Dec 1995 ).

With burglaries an ever-present threat , it ’ s hard not to ask : each minute

According to price comparison site , MoneySuperMarket , London is more burglary prone than other areas in the UK . In fact , the ten areas with the highest rate of burglary in the UK are in our capital :

Most burgled postcodes

EN4 Hadley Wood , Cockfosters , IG5 Clayhall , Ilford

East Barnet , New Barnet IG2 Gants Hill ,

N20 Whetstone district Newbury Park ,

N11 New Aldborough Hatch

Southgate district IG4 Redbridge

TW5 Heston , Cranford ( north ),

SE21 South Tulse Osterley ( west )

Hill & Dulwich

TW11 Teddington

The data also documents the UK postcodes with the lowest number of offences . If you live in Harbury , Derry or Bishopston , it ’ s good news — you ’ re living in some of the UK ’ s safest areas .

Derry , Cityside , Ballynagard , Coshquin , Rosemount , The Collon , Culmore

Bishopston , Blackpill , Caswell , Clyne , Langland , Mumbles , Oystermouth , Southgate , South Gower , West Cross

Amesbury & Durrington

Badger Farm , Fulflood , Hursley , Littleton & Harestock , Olivers Battery , Pitt , St Cross ( W ), Stanmore , Weeke

Safest postcodes

Throughout history , people have made efforts to secure their homes to prevent the theft of their belongings . This began with a number of weapons and tools before morphing into the systems we use today .

Montrose

Cockermouth , Lorton & Buttermere

Bolton , Blackrod , Horwich , Lostock , Rivington

Shirebrook , Market Warsop

Harbury

Wallingford , Berinsfield , Cholsey ,

Dorchester

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THE SEASONAL slowdown in property supply was sharper than usual in December , with new property listings across the UK down by 46.9 %, according to the latest Property Supply Index from online estate agents HouseSimple . com .

The UK as a whole saw new property supply fall in almost every ( 98.4 %) town and city in December , with new listings lower than at any point over the course of the past year . In Southport , for example , new property listings fell by more than 71 %, while supply

dropped by 70.1 % in Rugby during the last month of the year . Only Salford and Telford saw property listings increase – up 8.5 % and 4.1 % respectively in December .

To compile the Index , HouseSimple looks at data on more than 500,000 listed properties to track the number of new properties marketed every month in more than 100 major towns and cities across the UK and all London boroughs .

The following table shows the UK towns and cities that experienced the biggest falls in new property listings in December versus November :

The capital saw a larger than average drop in new properties being advertised , with the supply of new homes down by

53.6 %. In London , the boroughs of Bromley and Enfield saw the sharpest drop-off in new listings , down 62.3 % and 60.2 % respectively .

Alex Gosling , CEO of online estate agents HouseSimple . com , comments : “ The run-up to Christmas is chaotic , so most people wait until January to put their house on the market - as a result , a slowdown in new listings is pretty typical . But the December just gone was particularly slow and the fear is that this steep drop-off could hail the start of a more tentative market as inflation starts to rise and people feel less confident financially . How the job market and economy perform will be critical for the property market in the months ahead .”

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