Local Authority Building & Maintenance

Claire Clutten joined Hamerville Media Group in 2000, after completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism at West Herts College, and has been editor of LABM since 2007. Prior to that she edited HABM for three and a half years. Historically, LABM’s main focus has always been on local authorities; in 2016 Claire evolved the magazine into a publication aimed at serving both the public and housing association sectors. Since then she has continued to build strong relationships across the sector to ensure the magazine reflects the breadth and diversity of the work undertaken by councils and housing associations. This includes getting the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH) on board to provide regular opinion pieces for the magazine, reporting on projects and introducing a variety of new features, from International Perspective and Legal Update, to Offsite Insights and Road to Zero Carbon, as well as helping to grow LABM’s digital presence. Claire also has a BA (Hons) Degree in History from Teesside University.