All Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations articles
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NewsHouse prices rise in November as interest rate expectations ease
Market perception is that bank rate has peaked, says Nationwide economist
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NewsHomes England launches awareness campaign to back SME builders
The agency wants smaller firms to be aware of government funding opportunities
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator aims to assess four in 10 occupied higher-risk buildings by 2026
New regulator publishes its first strategic plan, setting out a three-year ‘roadmap’ for action
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NewsPlanning the biggest obstacle for small builders, FMB survey shows
Rising interest rates see mortgage availability become a major issue
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In FocusWhat happens to housing development plans when a council goes ‘bankrupt’?
When a section 114 ‘bankruptcy’ notice is put in place, a council’s non-statutory services are restricted and housebuilding ’goes to the back of the queue’. Yet the growing number of councils in this situation are finding ways to carry on building.
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NewsMore government support needed for industry to meet MMC housing targets, expert tells peers
Academic tells lords ‘very difficult for supply side to do this on their own’
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NewsWatkin Jones’ interim boss made permanent CEO
Pease has been chief executive at troubled firm since July
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NewsRedrow says 2024 results will be at lower end of forecast after ‘subdued’ autumn
Trading update shows value of private reservations down 25%
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NewsAvant completes £60m sale of 306 homes for private rented sector
Sigma Capital Group has purchased properties across eight developments
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NewsVistry eyes more big forward sale deals after £819m Leaf and Sage announcement
Partnerships boss Stephen Teagle says firm is in conversation with other potential partners
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NewsVistry signs deal to build nearly 3,000 homes for rent
Housebuilder continues shift to partnerships-focused model
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NewsHopkins Homes appoints Countryside veteran as new commercial director
Housebuilder also promotes company veteran to construction director role
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In FocusHousing block uses ROCKWOOL non-combustible insulation for recladding
Dan Court is a U-shaped seven storey building containing 138 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments in Wembley, London. Following the ban on combustible materials in the external walls of relevant buildings over 18m[1] in England which came into force in 2018, Catalyst Housing appointed Higgins Partnerships to undertake the reclad ...
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NewsHouse prices rise in October but market remains ‘extremely weak’
Mortgage affordability remains stretched, according to Nationwide
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NewsJapan’s biggest housebuilder moves into UK market with Lendlease joint venture
Daiwa House and Australian developer will deliver residential scheme at Elephant & Castle
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NewsProfit warnings from group including listed housebuilders ‘hit highest level since global financial crisis’
Nearly half of firms issued warnings past year, says EY-Parthenon
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News‘Zero chance’ of building 300,000 homes a year without modular, TopHat chair tells Lords
Hearing came after high-profile failures in MMC sector
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In FocusRecladding: ROCKWOOL supports Streamlight Tower
Façade systems, and especially the cladding of high-rise buildings, have been, and continue to be, the topic of increased discussion and scrutiny in the construction industry and beyond. Due to recent changes in building regulations, the main driver for recladding projects has been the improvement of fire performance, although new, ...
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NewsOrbit seeks partner for £48m decarbonisation retrofit contract
Job would see improvements to 410 homes
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NewsLabour: Nutrients solution ‘cannot be at the expense of the environment’
Party has ‘different way’ to solve nutrient neutrality blockage, says shadow housing minister