All MMC articles – Page 2
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CommentTime 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 FocusBriefing: 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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NewsLosses 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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NewsModular 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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NewsWeston boss distances himself from modular at offsite factory launch
Bob Weston says ‘no comparison’ between failed volumetric ventures like Ilke and his panelised system
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In FocusWhat went wrong for Ilke Homes?
Following the collapse of the Knaresborough-based business lauded as a pioneer of modular construction, Matilda Battersby asks the experts what happened and how other businesses in the space can avoid a similar fate
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NewsVistry to reopen Countryside timber frame factory in Leicestershire
The Bardon factory will be renamed Vistry Works East Midlands, with the capacity to produce 6,000 homes a year
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NewsIlke Homes goes into administration
‘All activities to cease’ as loss-making modular housebuilder fails to find a buyer
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NewsL&G ‘committed’ to housing despite modular U-turn
Housing boss says insurance giant remains ‘passionate’ about housing after shutting Leeds factory
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NewsIlke Homes files notice of intention to appoint administrator
Action gives troubled modular housebuilder two week breathing space from creditors in which to sell company
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NewsIlke Homes in talks with 15 potential investors over sale
Modular builder says there is a ‘clear appetite’ for a deal to save 1,000-person firm
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NewsIlke Homes in race to pull in more funding
Modular housebuilder aiming to avoid inclusion of ‘material uncertainty’ statement in delayed annual accounts
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NewsL&G's Cala reports ‘encouraging’ sales recovery
L&G-owned housebuilder says reservations down 25% on 2022 but market ‘normal’
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NewsL&G-owned housebuilder Cala buys timber frame MMC firm
Acquisition of Taylor Lane came on the same day L&G ceased production at its own timber modular housing firm
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NewsL&G to cease production at flagship modular housing factory
Insurance giant to make ’majority’ of its 475 staff redundant after £174m of losses over seven years
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NewsPersimmon joins £70m investment into modular housebuilder TopHat
Insurance firm Aviva also among the existing and new shareholders to back the MMC start-up
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NewsIlke to deliver 450 modular homes for Riverside Group
MMC builder says latest contract on Kent site takes its South east pipeline of work to 1,600 homes
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CommentThe offsite sector must come together to develop a universal MMC standard
There is a risk government will lose faith in volumetric modular if the industry can’t present a unified solution to increase confidence, argues David Johnson
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NewsMan Group agrees deal with TopHat to build 226-home zero-carbon scheme
Scheme in Lewes expected to generate £50m in gross development value
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NewsSanctuary completes rescue takeover of Swan
Sanctuary completes rescue takeover of offsite developer Swan