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Fluid thinking

Aug. 1, 2003

Competition in the utility laying sector could save housebuilders thousands of pounds a year. But, as Steve Menary reports, some water companies are not keen t…

Wharf factor

Aug. 1, 2003

Country && Metropolitan boss Stephen Wicks talks to Steve Menary about the firm’s ambitious Granary Wharf scheme in Leeds and the Middlesex firm’s drive for gr…

Matters facts

Aug. 1, 2003

Housebuilder’s legal team from Campbell Hooper - Heather O’Sullivan, Sara Hampson, Stuart Jordan and Bill Bidder - this month tackle reserved matters, collater…

Prefab progress

Aug. 1, 2003

The government has hailed off site manufacture as some sort of panacea for the industry’s ills. Economist Kate Barker, on the other hand, says it won’t save mu…

[MMC-IMG=162-A=Left] the walrus

Aug. 1, 2003

The Walrus reveals his firm’s Worst Kept Secret while wondering how an 80 year old can be the saviour of London’s latest Olympic bid

Battleground

Aug. 1, 2003

Last month Laing Homes won an important case against Buckinghamshire County Council’s decision to register 38 acres of land as a village green and therefore st…

Environmental credentials

Aug. 1, 2003

Sustainability is no longer an optional extra for housebuilders, as the industry comes under increasing pressure to prove its commitment to environmental issue…

appointments

Aug. 1, 2003

[MMC-IMG=155-A=Left] Gleeson Homes Gleeson Homes North West has a new md in Carl Davey. His promotion from construction director makes Davey one of the company…

Village green case sets a precedent

Aug. 1, 2003

Laing Homes has won a High Court challenge to protect a valuable 38-hectare slice of its Buckinghamshire land bank against local attempts to render it undevelo…

Pride in the Job 2003

Aug. 1, 2003

NHBC’s annual quest to uncover the UK’s best site managers has kicked off for 2003 with the announcement of the 400 first-round Pride in the Job award winners.