New home completions hit 75-year low
New home completions last year were the lowest in peacetime Britain since 1924. And government stats have revealed that completions have started the year at th…
Prescott delivers tough ultimatum on safety
Deputy prime minister John Prescott has called on all sides of the construction industry to deliver tough new safety plans and targets to cut deaths, injuries …
Raynsford warns of life under the Tories
Housing minister Nick Raynsford has warned the industry that despite the challenges of new tough planning rules, the outlook under a Conservative government wo…
Industry relieved at Part L's u-turn on U-value
Housebuilders and suppliers of traditional building materials are claiming a significant success following the revelation that new thermal insulation values fo…
HBF points finger at Ken
The number of affordable houses being built for key workers in London is far short of that required because of Mayor Ken Livingstone's stance on the issue, say…
Is safety your top prority?
Three construction workers died from falls in three days last month - just a couple of weeks after John Prescott hosted his Construction Safety Summit in Londo…
Stealth planning guidance
Joshua Risso-Gill of law firm Denton Wilde Sapte looks at last year's Barratt/Tower Hamlets ruling on affordable housing requirements and finds it shows that c…
Former glory
The modern housebuilding market requires developers to learn new skills in refurb and restoration. HouseBuilder reports on Prowting's first foray into this str…
Greenfield...
Parting of the Pidgleys Thank goodness that former Berkeley chairman Graham Roper was safely out of earshot and virtually forgotten in semi-retirement when the…
Moves and appointments
Fairclough has appointed David Cummings as construction director for the firm's northern home counties division.
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