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Crest of a wave

Jeremy Gates talks to the charismatic Stephen Stone, who from November will be managing director of Crest Homes

Affordable demand

The demands on developers to build more and more affordable housing on their developments are increasing. Stephen Hoare looks at a problem which is costing mon…

From complaints to opportunities

The first customer satisfaction survey results are due this month, underlining how important it is for housebuilders to keep customers happy. Phillip Cooke, ma…

Asking the big question

John Stewart looks at why we need a top-down planning system and argues that housing provision can not be left to local authority discretion.

PPG3 - obstructive and permanent

Design myths debunked

In a lively and highly entertaining presentation, Robert Adam, chairman of the Popular Housing Group, debunked many of the architects' myths concerning urban a…

Westbury boss calls for product review

Westbury chief executive Martin Donohue told the conference that a fundamental review of the way housebuilders use products was overdue.

Analyst warns of investors' reservations

Housebuilders are undervalued by the City because investors feel that the sector let them down in the past by the inefficient use of capital. As a result many …

Kyoto forced DETR's hand

Paul Everall, head of building regulations at the DETR, admitted to the conference that he had not originally been planning to change Part L on energy efficien…

Part L set for delay

Radical changes to Part L of the building regulations may be delayed because the government now plans to co-ordinate them with proposed amendments to sound ins…