Housing takes centre stage in Brown’s Budget
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
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
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
<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
<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
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...
NHBC has launched a new research project to assess the level of customer satisfaction among new home buyers.
Greenfield use is inevitable insists Savills
FPDSavills head of mixed development research Yolande Barnes has warned that the use of greenfield land for housing is inevitable in light of the current shortage. “Since the 1990s, greenfield land supply has gone down by a third; it has fallen off a clif
Green is the new red on CML
It was billed as the biggest industry shake up for decades. Few would deny that “a head in the sand” attitude was simply not an option. As it reaches its first anniversary, Housebuilder reports on the CML initiative - the industry response to it and wheth
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