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Buildmark wins FSA battle

June 1, 2004

Housebuilders registered with NHBC and participating in the Buildmark scheme will not require Financial Services Authority authorisation when the new Insurance…

Health && Safety first

June 1, 2004

The housebuilding industry has launched its own Health and Safety Charter committing participants to deliver an annual action plan detailing a rolling programm…

The ins and outs of sustainability

June 1, 2004

Greenwich Millennium Village in London and Childwall Neighbourhood, Liverpool are the first ever winners of the Sustainable New Homes Awards, launched by HBF a…

Royal nod for Planning Bill

June 1, 2004

The much-delayed Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill finally got its Royal Assent on May 13, after the government was forced to capitulate to the Lords on ke…

Hanson Award for Beechcroft

June 1, 2004

Beechcroft’s Allcourt development at Lechlade on Thames in Gloucestershire has won the Hanson Award as the finest greenleaf example of the year at the 2003 gre…