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Get Yourself Connected

April 1, 2004

Bev Weston, group marketing director for David Wilson Homes (pictured), argues that to get your message across, you need to have insight - and that means really understanding the people behind the statistics

Update

April 1, 2004

your at-a-glance guide to the key issues in the housebuilding industry

It’s all down to timing

April 1, 2004

Steve Menary visits the people behind Pochin Homes, the contractor’s newly formed housebuilding arm, and asks: is this a good time to be setting up in and around the north west?

Housing takes centre stage in Brown’s Budget

April 1, 2004

Housing again got a starring role in Gordon Brown’s Budget with the chancellor tackling the Barker review early in his speech. Brown confirmed that the progress on Barker will be reviewed by the end of next year against key objectives - that planning refo

Housing takes centre stage in Brown’s Budget

April 1, 2004

Housing again got a starring role in Gordon Brown’s Budget with the chancellor tackling the Barker review early in his speech. Brown confirmed that the progress on Barker will be reviewed by the end of next year against key objectives - that planning refo

Industry set for Barker challenge

April 1, 2004

Housebuilders are gearing up to meet the series of challenges laid down by Kate Barker in her final report on housing supply in the UK. Improvements in customer care, design, innovation and recruitment are highlighted in the report and seen as the governm

Hall 8, 9 && 10

April 1, 2004

<b>Iconic radiator</b> Ultraheat will be launching its Aeon radiator collection, which takes a major step into the designer market with “a number of emphatic sculptural and design statements”. The stand will also feature examples from its established rang

Lords spanner in planning works

April 1, 2004

<MMC-TINTED 300 align=right> <b>Codes central to design conference</b> This year’s national HBF design conference will focus on design codes, the government’s favoured option for streamlining large planning applications,. Speakers will include ODPM’s head

...and push for improved new home finish

April 1, 2004

NHBC is calling on housebuilders to make further improvements on new home finishes to improve industry <MMC-CAPTION 300 align=right> [MMC-IMG=557-A=Right] Persimmon is introducing a programme to train site mangers of the future. Group chief executive John

NHBC to investigate customer satisfaction...

April 1, 2004

NHBC has launched a new research project to assess the level of customer satisfaction among new home buyers.