'Heritage and Carbon': How retrofitting historical buildings could deliver a £35bn economic boost

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Credit: National Trust

Retrofitting the UK's historic buildings could increase economic output by £35bn a year and create over 100,000 new jobs, according to a report from leading herigate bodies and property specialists

Could some of the UK's oldest buildings point the way to the future? That is the question posed by a major new report today from property giant Grosvenor that has been developed in collaboration with the...

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