Design Awards
A record number of entries have been received for the Britannia National HomeBuilder Design Awards. Judging has been completed and winners will be revealed at …
Brownfield target
In 1998 57% of all new dwellings, including conversions, in England were built on brownfield land according to new government statistics. The government has se…
New chiefs for merged firms
With shareholders having voted overwhelmingly in favour of Taylor Woodrow's £535 million bid for Bryant, the firm has announced the management structure for th…
Rate and tax cuts combine to boost market
A combination of factors - including the mortgage war and potential tax cuts - have given the housing market a favourable outlook. Interest rates are falling a…
Push for builders to fund flood defences and drains
Builders must fund the provision and maintenance of flood defences and sustainable drainage measures under new draft planning guidance published by the governm…
Part M prompts major changes
Three quarters of all housebuilders' standard house types have been redesigned in the light of changes to Building Regulations on disabled access. One in six h…
Tied up in a red tape tangle
Housebuilders have legitimate concerns about the effect on their business of ongoing changes to the Building Regulations. Although the industry accepts that th…
Award winning practices
The best site managers in the UK have now been announced in NHBC's Pride In the Job (PIJ) awards. Adrian Murrell looks at what the Supreme Award winners have d…
Greenfield...
McCarthy bows out Perhaps a sturdy stone building which felt like a church and used suits of armour pegged to the wall as the main form of interior decoration …
Moves and appointments
Richard Hough has been appointed commercial director of Swan Hill Homes. Hough was previously divisional finance director at the firm.
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