April 2020

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In this issue

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS - The HBF's message to the industry

HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley says that, as the trade body for the home building industry, HBF has a key role to play in keeping members informed of the latest developments on coronavirus

The Interview - Andrew Brooks, Bewley Homes

Andrew Brooks, the lively md of Hampshire-based Bewley Homes, talks to Suzie Mayes about growing the small plc business, what quality means and learning from the "University of the breakfast table"

Keeping well

A year on from the launch of HBF's mental health campaign, Suzie Mayes looks at what housebuilders are doing to protect the mental health and wellbeing of their employees and subcontractors, in the office and on site

On the buses

Surely in these sustainable times, a bus route to serve a new scheme would seem essential. But, as Mark Smulian finds, this is not always a given

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All about AI

Suzie Mayes looks at the effect AI could have on the industry and how housebuilders are embracing it

The Future Homes Hub: Then and now

As Jennie Daly, chief executive of Taylor Wimpey, becomes chair of the Future Homes Hub, she looks ahead to the Hub's upcoming challenges and how the Hub will meet them, while her predecessor, David Thomas, Barratt Redrow’s group ceo, looks back at what it has achieved so far

The Interview – Joe Marshall, Sovereign Network Group

Joe Marshall has been Sovereign Network Group’s chief investment and development officer since last November. He talks to Suzie Mayes about how he has put his stamp on the role, purchasing section 106 housing and the importance of the company’s Homes and Place Standard to the industry

Delivering quality housing

Following the announcement of its Pride in the Job Quality Award winners, NHBC details the process of the long-running competition and what it means to site managers