APRIL 2017

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In this issue

Sajid’s challenge

Communities secretary tells housebuilders to improve on quality, design and sales terms

HBF Policy conference

We report from a busy day of industry analysis, politics and economics

Advanced Avant

An interview with Avant Homes boss Colin Lewis

Housing Growth Partnership

A new private/public body has been set up to invest in the volume builders of the future

Health and wellbeing

a Housebuilder/Saint-Gobain round table met to discuss a new report into health and wellbeing in new home

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The Interview – Robert Barton, Tarn Homes

Robert Barton is group md of a new housebuilder aimed at delivering homes “the way they should be”. He talks to Suzie Mayes about improving what you have, different tenures and being braver

New Town lowdown

Mark Smulian considers what is known so far about the government’s New Towns programme, what the industry thinks and the lessons that should be learned from the previous wave of new settlements

Going Beyond

NHBC reports from its inaugural event, BEYOND ’25 LIVE, held in Coventry. It was a day of insightful speakers, demonstrations and other activities to highlight the sector’s issues and opportunities

HBF Policy Conference

The HBF Policy Conference in London addressed the many challenges the industry still faces despite the government’s pro-housebuilding stance. Suzie Mayes reports