Controls on the conditions of renting housing can take many different forms, with different consequences for the market. This paper contains analyses of the effects of different regulatory forms on, in particular, the maintenance decision. We review and extend previous approaches and find that...

Examines the marketing activities of funds in the mobilisation of mainly private savings, in a market traditionally dominated by the bigger investment institutions. Centres analysis on development from early primary marketing methods characteristic of the 1960s to present day, sophisticated...

Trends in suburban clustered employment growth (poly-centric development) occur large cities. Decentralized employment growth is complicated and subject to many factors. In fast growing cities of the developing world analysis is rarely undertaken when formulating master plans or spatial plans....

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the pioneering role of women who were officially employed (albeit on a temporary basis) in accounting, clerical and management positions in the Army Pay Department (APD) offices in the UK from 1914 to 1920. The role of the APD offices was to manage the...

The original colleges for military engineers—the Royal Military Academy (RMA) Woolwich and the East India Company (EIC) Seminary at Addiscombe—were the only outlet for a curriculum based on the theory and practice of engineering taught within an academically orientated institution...

The first privatized penal establishment was commissioned in early April 1992, The Wolds Remand Prison, Humberside. In April 1993 it is proposed to restructure HM Prison Service as a government agency, rather than a government department. These policies are not new. In fact it is a repeat of...

On 1 April 1993 the Prison Service in mainland Britain acquired an agency status. This is in conjunction with increasing news of contracting out of services and outright privatization. Raises the questions of whether the whole concept of agency status is a prelude to privatization; what the...