Dave Rogers
NewsHousing repairs only bright spot as February deluges send output into reverse
Official figures show 1.9% fall in output with rainfall blamed for delaying jobs
NewsHousebuilding slowdown to blunt recovery, warns Marshalls as profit sinks
Firm begins cost-cutting drive to save £11m a year
NewsLovell operating profit falls 18% as it shifts towards contracting work
Morgan Sindall-owned business increases revenue 20% amid open market sales slump
NewsProfit and revenue tumble at Scottish housebuilder Springfield
Firm only building homes ‘when they are reserved’
NewsBarratt deal for Redrow could see around 850 jobs go
Firm says 10% of staff across enlarged group at risk following £2.5bn deal
NewsConstruction output stays in reverse but housing activity improves
S&P Global/CIPS report says companies more confident about upcoming work as housing shows improvement
NewsFormer L&G modular housing boss Rosie Toogood takes up newly created role at Wates
Rosie Toogood starts at contractor next week
NewsHousebuilding activity remains sluggish as construction output drops again
S&P Global/CIPS report says falling demand, high interest rates and election will keep lid on demand
NewsPartnerships housing firm owes more than £8m, liquidator says
Real Contracting Group went into liquidation just two years after being set up
NewsHuge fire at residential tower site in Reading
Fire brigade called to incident just before midday
NewsPersimmon brings in new chief finance officer from Galliford Try
Galliford Try finance director Andrew Duxbury is leaving the firm after nearly 12 years with the business to join Persimmon.
NewsBarratt reports slip in sales rate
Britain’s largest housebuilder reports reservations hit by mortgage availability and Help to Buy withdrawal
NewsBrickmaker Forterra cites reduced housing demand as earnings slump
Firm adds that full-year earnings now expected to be below previous forecasts
NewsBarratt recruits former British Land director to board
Nigel Webb left in June after three decades at business
NewsIndustry calls for new energy secretary to push housing retrofit
Claire Coutinho replaces Grant Shapps at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
NewsConstruction returns to growth but housing stays stuck in doldrums
Bellwether index says comemrcial and infrastructure drove activity last month
NewsLovell profit hit by drop in open market sales
Partnerships housing arm of Morgan Sindall increases order book 27%
NewsIbstock to shut factory as housing slowdown hits brickmaker’s profit
Cost of closing site will include £1.5m on redundancy payments
NewsHousing slump takes toll on brickmaker Forterra’s numbers
Revenue and profit fall in first half with only ‘modest’ improvement expected in second
NewsHousebuilding’s struggles blunt construction output
Construction output sent into reverse by sector’s problems