All MMC articles
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News
Rowley asks for more time to respond to MMC report as industry exits mount
Lords committee wants full response before end of May
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M&G announces further £30m investment in green MMC housebuilder
Move comes two years after investor bought majority stake in Greencore
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Social housing providers seek contractors for new £800m MMC framework
The NHF-backed alliance is looking to appoint dozens of construction firms in England and Wales
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Comment
We know we need volumetric modular – now we need a plan from government
A House of Lords committee said Whitehall’s plan for MMC is in ‘disarray’. Carl Leaver outlines what government should do to boost volumetric modular
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Former L&G modular housing boss Rosie Toogood takes up newly created role at Wates
Rosie Toogood starts at contractor next week
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Modulous enters liquidation after buyer deal fails to materialise
A last ditch deal to sell off the firm’s TESSA software failed according to an email sent to former employees today
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Government’s plans for MMC in ‘disarray’, says Lords committee
Homes England accused of lacking coherent strategy
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Modulous delays entering administration as CEO forms new business
A new company called Modulous Technologies Ltd was registered on the 9 January
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News
Homes England backs volumetric modular with £15m loan to TopHat
Funding body makes lending facility available despite volumetric market challenges as part of plan for a ‘diverse, efficient’ housebuilding sector
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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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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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Urban Splash cuts a quarter of staff after modular collapse
Urban regeneration developer falls to a loss in results impacted by last year’s modular failure
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Ilke subsidiary to be liquidated due to lack of funds to pay creditors
Statement from collapsed modular firm’s administrator reveals 11th hour rescue bid almost saved company
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Ilke collapsed into administration with debts of £319m
Staggering debts of modular housebuilder include £68m to Homes England and £227m to equity investors
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Comment
Time for bold action from Whitehall to modernise housing production
Just as the state took on improving the nation’s health in 1945, it must now intervene to improve housing through MMC, argues Ben Derbyshire
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In Focus
Briefing: Modulous, the MMC provider without a factory
Client accounts director Chris Spiceley on the story behind the firm’s technology and sub-assembly approach to offsite
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News
Losses at TopHat’s factory business widen to over £20m
Goldman Sachs-backed modular housebuilder sees turnover drop despite ambitious expansion programme
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Modular developer TopHat Communities falls to £5.1m loss
Goldman Sachs-owned firm says it is confident despite ‘headwinds’ and pushing ahead with second factory
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Weston boss distances himself from modular at offsite factory launch
Bob Weston says ‘no comparison’ between failed volumetric ventures like Ilke and his panelised system