Completions up in "strong year" for Persimmon
<p>Persimmon has enjoyed “another year of strong growth,” with 2015 bringing legal completions of 14,572 new homes, an 8% rise on 2014, the volume housebuilder said today (January 7).</p>
London has steepest construction costs in Europe - Arcadis
<p>London is the most expensive city in Europe in which to build, according to a new report by Arcadis, the design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets.</p>
HBF welcomes government's latest housing measures
<p>The Home Builders Federation has welcomed the government’s announcement today (January 4) that it will directly commission thousands of affordable new homes, streamlining the process of building on publicly owned land.</p>
Government to directly commission new homes
<p>The government will “directly commission” thousands of new affordable homes, it announced today, (January 4) giving smaller housebuilders the chance to build them.</p>
Registrations "slightly ahead" - NHBC
<p>New home registrations for the private sector edged up from September to November 2015 compared to the equivalent period last year, the latest figures from the NHBC show.</p>
Inland Homes set to deliver
<p>Inland Homes is set to deliver another strong set of results for its current financial year, it said today (December 14).</p>
Bellway on track for volume growth
<p>Bellway expects its housing completions to rise by around 10% for its full year to July 31 2016, it has said.</p>
Winners announced at the Construction Marketing Awards
<p>Ridgemount PR was named Agency of the year at this year's Construction Marketing Awards.</p>
HBF and CITB launch new fund to train non-construction employees
<p>The Homes Builders Federation and Construction Industry Training Board have joined forces to launch a £1 million fund to train non-construction employees.</p> <p>The fund, which will run throughout 2016, is aimed at ensuring the thousands of non-construction related staff - such as those in sales and marketing or business development employees – are, like their construction counterparts, getting the required level of training to ensure the industry can deliver more, high quality homes.</p> <p>The fund will help HBF members to target training to employees, graduate scheme trainees and those on undergraduate placements to ensure that best practice is applied and high standards upheld. A portion of the fund has also been set aside to fund further training for sales and marketing staff. Driving up levels of customer service is a particular area of focus for the industry as more potential customers visit sales offices and more homes are sold.</p> <p>"The past two years have seen tens of thousands of new people recruited into housebuilding and a significant increase in the number of new homes being built," said HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley. "As we look to increase output still further it is imperative we continue to increase industry capacity and develop the skilled workforce required to build the high quality homes the country needs. We need to ensure every member of staff in every part of the process is trained to the best possible standard."</p> <p>Steve Radley, director of policy at CITB, said: "Industry told us that more needed to be done to address the range of skills challenges in the housebuilding sector. Working with HBF, this new pilot fund is a first step in addressing that important issue."</p> <p> </p>
The Housebuilder Awards 2015 - rewarding the best
Crest Nicholson was crowned large Housebuilder of the Year for the second year running at the 2015 Housebuilder Awards at a packed ceremony in London.
