All Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations articles – Page 4
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How and why Stewart Milne collapsed: analysing the numbers
The collapse of the well-known Scottish housebuilder has shocked many within the housing sector. As Daniel Gayne finds out, the firm’s balance sheets over the past few years provide some clues as to what went wrong
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Housing starts down 68% after rush to beat new regulations
Unusually high Q2 starts were followed by a large decline
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Building safety and restructuring costs send Watkin Jones into the red
Trouble student accomoodation specialist made loss of more than £40m
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Hopkins Homes cites interest rate hike as profit and turnover fall
Housebuilder has changed its accounting period to match new owner
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Wait continues for government response to Morrell products review as minister dodges questions
Housing minister Lee Rowley tells MPs the government will reveal its building product safety plans ‘soon’
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UK house prices fell 2.1% in year to November, says ONS
Analysts say outlook for 2024 more positive
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Hill acquires 380-home site in Buckinghamshire
Scheme includes affordable homes and retirement village
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Crest Nicholson downgrades profit forecast for third time in six months
The £780m-turnover firm has been hit by £13m in “exceptional” costs linked to a fire amid other issues with ”legacy sites”
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Biodiversity net gain rules delayed again
Regulations now expected to come into force next month
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Persimmon completions down a third despite better-than-expected fourth quarter
Housebuilder finished nearly 10,000 homes last year
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Westminster council orders redesign of Ebury Estate to add second staircases
Controversial £350m estate regeneration the latest to be affected by proposed new fire safety rules
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Bust housing business subsidiary owes Rydon £5m, say administrators
Covid and inflation brought down Real Contracting Group
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In Focus
Maximise occupant safety with Kidde’s new safety device
The new Cavius Relay RF Interconnect is an interface between Cavius RF smoke and heat alarms and hard-wired, third party input and output devices
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House prices rise in November as interest rate expectations ease
Market perception is that bank rate has peaked, says Nationwide economist
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Homes England launches awareness campaign to back SME builders
The agency wants smaller firms to be aware of government funding opportunities
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Building 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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Planning the biggest obstacle for small builders, FMB survey shows
Rising interest rates see mortgage availability become a major issue
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In Focus
What 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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More 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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Watkin Jones’ interim boss made permanent CEO
Pease has been chief executive at troubled firm since July