All Housing Today articles in April 2020
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NewsNew private equity-backed developer buys Lesko Modular
Impact Capital set up by property veterans Robert Whitton and Nick Shattock to deliver homes post covid-19
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NewsBellway latest housebuilder to reopen sites
Fourth biggest UK housebuilder will begin remobilising from Monday
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NewsHiggins to re-open sites next week
London housing contractor works with major developing associations and boroughs
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NewsPolice search of Liverpool developer’s home ‘unlawful’
No charges have been brought after arrest of Elliot Lawless and house raid last December
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NewsBarratt silent on site restart
UK’s biggest housebuilder says only it will remobilise when ‘safe and appropriate’
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NewsGovernment to test construction workers for covid-19
Health secretary makes pledge in expansion of testing programme
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NewsPersimmon turns down government coronavirus help
Housebuilder alone among volume firms in not furloughing staff or taking state-backed loans
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CommentHow Brick by Brick is adapting to life under lockdown
The challenges of keeping the delivery and sale of homes moving during the pandemic
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NewsBrick by Brick submits proposals for 374 homes on 24 sites
Dozen architects involved in Croydon’s second small sites development programme
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NewsMajority of construction firms have no coronavirus recovery plan
Survey reveals lack of planning for post-lockdown phase could hold sector back
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In FocusSurvey results: Impact of continuing covid-19 lockdown continues
Research indicates growing optimism among people working in construction, although most firms do not have recovery plans in place
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NewsL&G pumps £150m into Sheffield scheme
Scheme designed by 5plus is also being developed by B K’s development arm
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CommentHow housebuilding can help stimulate economic recovery
Government investment in housebuilding is a better bet than infrastructure
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NewsUnite hits out at housebuilders’ ‘dangerous’ return to sites
Construction union says industry risks putting desire to build homes ahead of workers’ safety
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NewsCampaigners fear lockdown “abuse” of planning system
Heritage and environment lobby says councils are taking decisions without involving the public
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NewsForterra latest brickmaker to restart production
Three of the top four UK brickmakers have now re-fired kilns as housebuilders get back to site
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NewsCountryside wins Garden City permission
Ebbsfleet scheme with Clarion Housing Group approved as housebuilder picked by Homes England for two further sites
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NewsSpringfield prepares for ‘full-year’ shut-down
Scottish housebuilder secures funding to last out crisis without returning to site, as English counterparts re-open businesses
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NewsL&G re-opens modular housing factory
However insurance giant warns city that revenue from its other housing businesses has “stopped” since March