Making the leap
Housebuilders feeling unloved by the City or their parent company may be tempted by the greater freedom and profit opportunities offered by a management buy-ou…
[MMC-IMG=316-A=Left] The walrus
Reds can crawl out from under their beds as Walrus leads a socialist call to arms (or tusks) to sweep the housebuilding establishment aside and replace it with…
Meeting of the minds
[MMC-IMG=315-A=Center]Bank of England economist Kate Barker listens intently as housing minister Keith Hill challenges the industry to meet the government agen…
Governments in glass houses...
Will Howie warms to the idea of building on brownfield land but thinks the government needs to look at its own land bank.
Appointments
[MMC-IMG=308-A=Right] Barratt bricklaying apprentice Matthew Dunlop has been promoted to assistant site manager on the housebuilder’s Virginia Quay development…
London exodus
London faces an exodus of key workers because of a lack of affordable housing, according to new research from the Keep London Working partnership. More than on…
Boost for rural housing
The Countryside Agency has launched a set of design guidelines for local authorities in a bid to improve the quality of rural developments.
In the pipeline
Barratt (Leeds) is awaiting planning approval for the conversion of Britannia Mills in Bingley. The company submitted plans to convert the mills into 48 apartm…
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