Mail order pride
Genteel Worcester may not be awash with landmarks of Britain’s industrial heritage on the scale of Manchester or the Black Country, but it could lay claim to being the birthplace of retail therapy. Steve Menary browses through the redevelopment of the Kay
Sparkling surge
[MMC-IMG=323-A=Right] Persimmon Homes has grown dramatically in the past seven years and is now posting record profits as one of Britain’s biggest builders. But is the firm a modern innovator or one of the old school? Ben Roskrow talks to Persimmon’s regi
Hot Seat
[MMC-IMG=322-A=Right] Andrew Wiseman, 47-year old chief executive of Telford Homes, has been improving his golf handicap while Telford has doubled in value in its first three years.
Squatter rights
Housebuilder’s legal team from Campbell Hooper - Heather O’Sullivan, Sara Hampson, Stuart Jordan and Bill Bidder - looks at indemnities and the effect of the new Land Registration Act on public documents and squatters’ rights.
A sure thing?
[MMC-IMG=320-A=Right] A third generation of the Surebuild steel framing system has been launched by a Redrow/Corus joint venture. Allison Heller reports on Framing Solutions’ drive into the housing market and how the initiative ties in with modern constru
Roman stroll
[MMC-IMG=319-A=Right] The first housebuilding charity challenge was fought out among 18 teams of five on a wet and windy Hadrian’s Wall last month. Melissa Blamey reports on a weekend of fun, endeavour and fundraising that did the industry proud.
Taywood sails into top flight
Our regular survey of “who’s building where” sees Taylor Woodrow soaring into the top ten of five new regions following the acquisition of Wilson Connolly. Steve Menary crunches the numbers.
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-out. Allison Heller talks to those who’ve taken the plunge about what it takes to make it.
[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 something marginally worse.
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