Monetary Policy Committee holds base rate at 5.75%
The industry has reacted positively to news that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to maintain interest rates at 5.75%.
NHBC remediation course highlights latest techniques
NHBC is re-running its successful alternative remediation techniques course to help builders identify potentially cost-effective alternatives to dig and dump. …
September 10 HIPs roll-out for three-bed homes
Home information packs will be rolled out for three bedroom homes across the country on Monday September 10, following news that adequate numbers of qualified …
Brown appoints Lib Dem to lead rural land use review
Gordon Brown has recruited Liberal Democrat Matthew Taylore to look into the issue of rural land use and housing issues.
News analysis - Destination regeneration
English Partnerships is out to promote the benefits of investing in regeneration schemes to City institutions. Chris Windle considers the case
City Focus
Persimmon is growing its Space4 timber frame business and selling into the social sector on the back of a half-yearly drop in turnover, reports Steve Menary.
Face to Face
SUE WARWICK, Miller’s new north west md, is looking forward to the challenge of expanding the company’s largest division in the face of a tight land market
OFT focus
Catriona Munro and Sarah Hoskins of Maclay Murray & Spens examine the legal implications for housebuilders of the Office of Fair Trading’s imminent industry in…
Rooms for improvement
Sunand Prasad, the new president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), on why housing quality must not be sacrificed in the name of quantity
US sub-prime crisis leads to RBS staff cuts
Royal Bank of Scotland\'s investment banking arm has shed a quarter of its 20-strong structured finance operations team in a cut-down catalysed by the US sub-p…
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